"Rabat" a Rabat Travel Page by edinka

Rabat is a suburb of Mdina renowned for glassblowing, pottery and weaving - try to watch the craftspeople at work at Ta`Qali. Some of Rabat's other attractions are St. Paul's and St. Agatha's Catacombs (4th-century underground cemeteries), St. Paul's Grotto (where the saint is believed to have lived) and the Museum of Roman Antiquities.

Rabat was a large provincial township, part of the Roman city of Melita. The Roman wall extended to where the town centre lies today. The sites and the archaeological relics found here testify to the town's importance during the Roman period.