Malta

Malta Travel Information – Places To Visit

For centuries, Malta has been an attraction in any sense, but economically the most. This European crossroads is a real cultural heritage treasure with its charm and magnificence within just 27 km diameter. When mentioning Malta, we are actually speaking about three islands: Malta, Gozo and Comino. You may have not expected but Maltese Islands are the most densely populated country in Europe.Density in Malta corresponds with its culture and heritage and here you can really find anything and everything. Most popular ones that have left their heritage here include Phoenicians, Romans and Arabs and actually the Maltese language itself is considered to be a mixture of Arabian and Italian language. It seems that we cannot stop mentioning other nations while speaking about Malta so you can only imagine varieties that you can see here. The French and The British had their fingers here – Malta was once a colony of their own. It was not until the year 1921 when Malta was granted self government with responsibility for all internal affairs. Nevertheless, along with Maltese, English language remained its official language and you can hear people speaking it everywhere as well as see true British people walking around thus living in Malta.Landscape is rather flat here not exceeding 300 meters of height. The highlight is on the rocky coastline where you will find mainly limestone and clay but also beautiful sandy beaches mostly in the north part of the island.

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