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General Tips: Climate
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  • Written by Propermark on Mar 1, 2005
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    • Favorite Thing: Malta’s climate is strongly influenced by the sea and is typical of the Mediterranean. The Islands have a very sunny climate with a daily average of five to six hours sunshine in mid-winter to more than 12 hours in summer.

    Winters are mild, with the occasional short chilly period brought about by the north and north-easterly winds from central Europe.

    Summers are hot, dry and very sunny. Day-time temperatures in summer are often mitigated by cooling sea breezes, but in spring and autumn a very hot wind from Africa occasionally brings unseasonally high temperatures and humidity. This is known as the Sirocco, or, in Maltese, the Xlokk – this wind affects Greece and Italy as well; in Malta the air is generally drier because of the short sea track from the African coast.

    Annual rainfall is low, averaging 578mm a year, and the length of the dry season in summer is longer than in neighbouring Italy. Sea bathing is quite possible well in to the ‘winter’ months, and the peak beach season can last until mid- to late October.


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    General Tips: Languages
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    • Favorite Thing: The official languages are Maltese and English. Maltese is a language of Semitic origin written in the Latin script. Over the centuries, it has incorporated many words derived from English, Italian and French.


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    General Tips: Where's Malta?
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    • Favorite Thing: The Maltese Archipelago lies virtually at the centre of the Mediterranean, with Malta 93kms south of Sicily and 288kms north of Africa.
    Gibraltar is 1,826kms to the West and Tel Aviv is 1,940kms to the East.


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    General Tips: Water
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    • Favorite Thing: Tap water is safe to drink throughout the Maltese Islands. Local and imported bottled mineral water is also readily available.


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    General Tips: Public Toilets
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    • Favorite Thing: There are plenty of public conveniences in towns and villages across the Islands. You will find them mostly at entrances to gardens or in village and town squares. They are generally well kept and clean. There is usually an attendant and it is the custom to leave a few cents small change as a tip.

    P.S. the one on the pic is a toilet in China... in Malta better ones don't worry!


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    General Tips: Religions
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    • Favorite Thing: Most Maltese are Catholic, but other religious denominations are also represented. There are small Anglican, Church of Scotland, Greek Orthodox, Jewish, Methodists and Muslim communities. Church services held by the various Denominations.


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    General Tips: Shop Hours
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    • Favorite Thing: Commercial centres and shops are usually easily accessible by public or private transport. Shops are normally open between 9.00 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. and between 4.00 p.m. and 7 p.m.
    In tourist areas, many shops remain open till 10.00 p.m. Shops are normally closed on Sundays and Public Holidays.


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    General Tips: Banks & Currency
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    • Favorite Thing: Currency, Credit Cards & Banks

    The Maltese Lira(Lm), often referred to as the Maltese pound, is divided into 100 cents. Exchange controls have been removed but any person entering or leaving Malta carrying cash or other monetary instruments, the value of which is equal to or in excess of LM5000 or equivalent will be obliged to fill in the appropriate declaration form available from Customs.

    Banks & Currency Exchange

    Banks are normally open between 08.30 a.m. and 12.30 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and up to 11.30 a.m. on Saturday. Some banks work longer hours. Summer and winter opening hours may differ.

    Exchange Bureaux at Malta International Airport are open 24 hours a day. International bankcards are accepted and foreign currency is easily exchanged. Banks, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and exchange bureaux can be found all over the Islands.

    Many hotels and larger shops and restaurants accept foreign currency. Exchange rates offered by hotels, restaurants and shops may not be as competitive as those available at banks.

    Credit Cards

    Most hotels and restaurants, as well as many shops, accept Access, American Express, Carte Blanche, Diners Club International, Mastercard and Visa.


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    General Tips: Useful Addresses
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    • Favorite Thing: Ministry for Foreign Affairs

    Palazzo Parisio
    Merchants Street, VALLETTA
    Tel: (00356) 21242853

    Immigration Police

    Police Headquarters, FLORIANA
    Tel: (00356) 21224001-7

    Air Malta Head Office

    Air Malta p.l.c.,
    Head Office, Luqa, LQA 01, MALTA.
    Tel: (356) 21690890, 21229990
    Fax: (356) 21673241
    E-mail: info@airmalta.com.mt
    www.airmalta.com

    Malta International Airport

    Luqa, LQA 05.
    Tel: (00356) 21249600, 21697800
    Fax: (00356) 21249563
    www.maltairport.com

    Malta Tourism Authority

    Auberge d'Italie, Merchants Street
    Valletta CMR 02, MALTA.
    Tel: (356) 22915000
    Fax: (356) 22915893
    E-mail: info@visitmalta.com
    www.visitmalta.com


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    Arkeolog Thu Feb 19, 2009 07:57 UTC
     Hey Marco, great pages here on Malta. Congrats. You brought my memories back. Best wishes from Istanbul.Bora    		Myndo Thu May 31, 2007 14:28 UTC
     You got some valuable tips here, but some could use more info ;-). Also I would take off the pics of Miss Malta, since they are not yours and are a problem because of the copywright.
    Superhans Thu Nov 23, 2006 14:54 UTC
     "A small England in the middle of the med" č pazzo, Credo che, tutti le Inglese chi vacanze in Malta sono vecchio, vero?    		Alexandra_B Sun Jul 23, 2006 21:50 UTC
     I liked Footloose and Empire the best in Paceville!
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