A view you cannot miss out on & Fontanella ! and other Rabat, Malta Things to Do Tips

On visiting Mdina in Rabat don;t forget to go on the edge of the bastions and see the view that there is. One nice and relaxing thing you can do is go to Fontanella which is a tea garden. Here you can relax in front of this amazing view. Here they serve tea, coffee, soft drinks, ice-cream, sandwiches, snacks, pizza and loads of nice cakes. My favorite are the chocolate cake and the strawberry meringue !

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Address: Mdina - Rabat

Mdina is situated on the highest point of Rabat which is a village adjacent to Attard. Mdina is rich with historical value. No cars are allowed in Mdina therefore one has to go on foot inside. You will find sourvenir shops, restaurants, cafeterias, 2 hotels, 1 police station, chapels, old Maltese houses and the Mdina Catheral which is very nice. The bus that takes you up to Mdina is bus No. 65 and you can catch it from Sliema or Valletta.

Don;t forget to go to Fontanella Tea Gardens to taste their chocolate cake and experience a lovely view ! If you want you can also get a take away from the tea gardens and sit on the bastions outside the tea gardens - the view is still the same ;-)

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Address: Mdina - Rabat
Directions: Coming from Attard go on to main road that leads to Rabat and you will find Mdina.

The Mdina Dungeons consists of Medieval dungeon chambers which go back in the times of the Romans, Arabs, Knights and even Napolean. Wander at your pace and discover horror and the mysterious of the dark past.

Opening Hours:-

Everday between 9.30am - 5.30pm

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Phone: 356 21 450267
Address: Mdina - Rabat
Directions: Just beside Mdina Gate, beneath the Magisterial Villhena Palace.

When visiting Mdina don;t forget to visit the Mdina Experience as this will be a good introduction to the 'silent city' as it is called today. You cannot enter Mdina with your car so the best thing is to park your car outside and walk it in. The audio visual spectacular will take you through time and you will re-live the tragedies and triumphs brought to life before you. This is ideal for all the family and is showen in various languages!

The place also has a coffee shop and also a gift shop offering a vast selection of souvenirs.

Opening Hours

Mon-Fri 10.30 - 16.00hrs

Sat:- 103.0 - 14.00 hrs

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Phone: 356 21454322 0r 21450055
Address: 7, Mesquita Square, Valletta
Directions: Take bus numbers 80 and 81 from Valletta
Other Contact: Fax 356 21450060

In Rabat outside Mdina you can visit the catacombs of St.Paul which were an underground burial place dating back to the 4th & 5th century. The catacombs are outside the previous Roman walls, as no burials were permitted within them. Then there is the church which was orginally built in 1572 and redesigned and enlarged in the 17th Cnetury. The altar painting inside the church is by Mattia Preti. Attached to St.Paul's church one can also see St.Paul's Grotto. According to early traditions and to the St.Luke, Paul found shelter in this grotto after his boat got shipwrecked and contains many sacred art and frescos of considerable value.

Then there are St. Agatha's catacombs and the church. According to the legend these served as an hiding place when St. Agatha fled from persecution of the roman Emperor Decius (AD 249). Here you can see really ancient frescos even dated back from the 11th Century.

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Address: Rabat
Directions: Quite close to the Roman Villa and outside Mdina

This stands on the remains of a Roman town house, although its is often errosneously called 'Villa'. Within the remains fo thsi 'villa' the most wonderfully preserved mosaics were discovered around the 1881. To protect these exquisite mosaics, the present house was constructed around them. The house is also used to display many other findings from Roman times, and is open to the public.

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Address: Rabat

This castle is not far away from Mdina and its the summer seat of Grandmaster De la Verdale, and the summer seat of the Inquisitor, a palace built in 1625. The castle is surrounded with beautiful trees and fruit gardens. Just below it there is Buskett Forest which is amazing to go for long walks and picnics.

Today Verdala Palace is being used by the President as a Summer residence.

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Address: Rabat

Walking down in the moat of Mdina, that is, in the car park - if you turn down walking downwards towards the steep down hill : - it is very nice for walking. If you keep going and you pass over the bridge you will come to Mtarfa which is a small village opposite Rabat. However before that you will see what was once a railway station.

Is-Stazzjon meaning in English station was once a railway station where the train used to stop to pick up and take passengers to Valletta the capital city. Today there is only the place where the train used to stop this is why its is called Is-Stazzjon. This cafeteria can be enjoyed both in Winter (as they have large indoor premises) and even in Summer (outdoor premises with umbrellas to provide shade in the hot Summer).

Here they serve home made cakes and pastries. One should their 'pastizzi' (cheesecakes) as they are not done the usual way that is as the local pastizz is made.

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Address: Beneath Mdina
Directions: Rabat

The knights of Malta's epic adventure experience is a place not to be missed. Here you will discover the Great Siege's (1565) events. Foreign Language commentaries are made available.

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Phone: & fax 356 21 451342
Address: Mdina - Rabat
Directions: 14/19, Casa Magazzini, Magazines Street, Mdina, Malta

As you can see there are some very nice houses and buildings with antique and historic architecture.

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