10 things to do in Malta: From marvellous megalithic temples to the Baroque splendour of Valletta

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For most, the draw of Malta is the more-or-less guaranteed sunshine and clear blue water of the Mediterranean – Valletta was recently rated Europe’s sunniest capital. Swimming and diving are big attractions, but there is plenty here too for the culturally curious, independent traveller. Malta is a palimpsest of European history, seven thousand years in the making, from marvellously intact megalithic temples to the Baroque splendour of Valletta and Mdina, from the buzzing nightlife of the capital’s atmospheric Strait Street to the rural tranquillity of Gozo. Travellers have been visiting this friendly, affordable, English-speaking island since the Stone Age, but...