Full-Day Mosta, Mdina, and Rabat Tour from Valletta
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Overview
Today’s excursion takes us to the central part of Malta, dominated by the medieval fortified city of Mdina, Malta’s former capital city. The narrow, winding streets, dating back to medieval times, lead to the imposing bastions, commanding a magnificent panorama of the island. On the way there, you will discover different styles of architecture, including Siculo-Norman palaces and other baroque buildings of great historical importance.
Time stands still in this ‘silent city’ which is a film-maker’s paradise. Leaving Mdina through Greeks’ Gate, we stop at the early Christian Catacombs in Rabat before proceeding to the cliffs at Dingli.
After lunch we will visit the San Anton botanical gardens situated near the Presidential Palace, which you will be able to admire from outside. We shall also spend time at the crafts centre at Ta’ Qali. At the end of the tour, allow us to astound you with Mosta’s majestic dome, one of Europe’s largest.
Time stands still in this ‘silent city’ which is a film-maker’s paradise. Leaving Mdina through Greeks’ Gate, we stop at the early Christian Catacombs in Rabat before proceeding to the cliffs at Dingli.
After lunch we will visit the San Anton botanical gardens situated near the Presidential Palace, which you will be able to admire from outside. We shall also spend time at the crafts centre at Ta’ Qali. At the end of the tour, allow us to astound you with Mosta’s majestic dome, one of Europe’s largest.
Inclusions
- Lunch - 3-course lunch
- Driver/guide
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Mdina Old City, Pjazza San Publiju, Mdina, Island of Malta Malta
Visit the Silent City Mdina, which has defence bastions dating back back to the 9th Century.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: St. Paul's Grotto, Pjazza Tal-Paroccam, Rabat, Island of Malta Malta
Before lunch you will be given free time to visit St. Paul's Grotto. (Admission not included) After St Paul's Grotto you will have lunch in a typical Maltese Restaurant.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Ta' Qali Crafts Village, Attard, Ta' Qali, Island of Malta Malta
Watch local artisans at work, producing typical Maltese ware including glass, silver and filigree.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Mosta Rotunda, 1, Triq il-Bazilika Rotunda Square, Mosta, Island of Malta MST 2015 Malta
Mosta to visit the famous Dome, considered to be the third largest in the world. (Admission not included)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: San Anton Gardens, 7 St. George's, Attard, Island of Malta Malta
Visit San Anton Garden, located near the Presidential Palace, which we can admire from outside
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dingli Cliffs, Panoramic Road, Dingli, Island of Malta Malta
Offering a spectacular view of the open sea and after lunch we proceed to San Anton Botanical Garden.
Duration: 30 minutes
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Mdina Old City, Pjazza San Publiju, Mdina, Island of Malta Malta
Visit the Silent City Mdina, which has defence bastions dating back back to the 9th Century.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: St. Paul's Grotto, Pjazza Tal-Paroccam, Rabat, Island of Malta Malta
Before lunch you will be given free time to visit St. Paul's Grotto. (Admission not included) After St Paul's Grotto you will have lunch in a typical Maltese Restaurant.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Ta' Qali Crafts Village, Attard, Ta' Qali, Island of Malta Malta
Watch local artisans at work, producing typical Maltese ware including glass, silver and filigree.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Mosta Rotunda, 1, Triq il-Bazilika Rotunda Square, Mosta, Island of Malta MST 2015 Malta
Mosta to visit the famous Dome, considered to be the third largest in the world. (Admission not included)
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: San Anton Gardens, 7 St. George's, Attard, Island of Malta Malta
Visit San Anton Garden, located near the Presidential Palace, which we can admire from outside
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dingli Cliffs, Panoramic Road, Dingli, Island of Malta Malta
Offering a spectacular view of the open sea and after lunch we proceed to San Anton Botanical Garden.
Duration: 30 minutes
Additional information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants must sit on laps
- Stroller accessible
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Infant meals not included
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Vegetarian option is available, please advise at time of booking if required
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- Please take with you your masks and/or visors, hand sanitizer and your certificate of COVID-19 vaccination. Please note that as from 17th January 2022 it is important that clients bring their vaccine certificate (digital or hard copy) as it will be required at sites, museums, restaurants, etc.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Ticket delivery
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Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
travel_see_the_world
May 2023
The guide was friendly, helpful and informative. The tour was as described on line, a basic informative overview. The group was large, so it took time to get everyone together. A smaller group would have been nice.
The guide was friendly, helpful and informative. The tour was as described on line, a basic informative overview. The group was large, so it took time to get everyone together. A smaller group would have been nice.christinesG7407RS
January 2022
Highlights of Malta excellent tour and excellent guide, pickup was on time and we went in the most visited sites of Malta such as the Mosta Dome the one which bombed and it did not exploded, Mdina the silence city, Ta Qali the craft village, San Anton Garden, the guide was very good that I still ...
Highlights of Malta excellent tour and excellent guide, pickup was on time and we went in the most visited sites of Malta such as the Mosta Dome the one which bombed and it did not exploded, Mdina the silence city, Ta Qali the craft village, San Anton Garden, the guide was very good that I still remember the commentaries.FeathersMcGraw
November 2019
Picked up on time from hotel and driven to Valetta. Had to wait at least 25mins for remainder of party to arrive before we went to the 5D Malta experience which was excellent. Drove to Mosta and were allowed 20 mins to view the church and dome very good. Next should have been a craft village inst...
Picked up on time from hotel and driven to Valetta. Had to wait at least 25mins for remainder of party to arrive before we went to the 5D Malta experience which was excellent. Drove to Mosta and were allowed 20 mins to view the church and dome very good. Next should have been a craft village instead we were taken to a jewellery shop and a glass factory for the hard sell (what a waste of an hours time).On to the cliffs for a view OK nice view but it again took at least 3/4 of an hour. Next Lunch - what a joke, how poor can a meal get, again a complete waste of an hour and a half. Rabat and the catacombs 20 mins to look round (not enough) then a long walk to the silent City Mdina and a whistle stop walk around lasting about 20 mins. Then end of tour. If less time had been spent on waiting for others,'crafts', cliffs and lunch then we might have seen the 'Highlights of Malta', as it was the tour was a very poor 'taster' and grossly overpriced. However one must appreciate the guide who was excellent and very knowledgeable.Lwish27
October 2018
It’s a shame I have had to give the Highlights of Malta tour a rating of 1 because it should be 0. A terrible day from start to finish and certainly not worth €53. To begin the guide turned up 45 mins late, no apologies and stated the issue with was the bus company and providing school transporta...
It’s a shame I have had to give the Highlights of Malta tour a rating of 1 because it should be 0. A terrible day from start to finish and certainly not worth €53. To begin the guide turned up 45 mins late, no apologies and stated the issue with was the bus company and providing school transportation therefore it wasn’t his problem! We were then taken to Valletta for the Malta 5D Experience, an experience it was, and not a good one. The film is dated and not worthy of the 25 min viewing, time would have been better spent getting out and visiting the places shown. In the cinema only the men’s and disabled toilet were in use both were unclean and foul smelling. Back to the bus and we set off to Mosta, on our arrival we were ushered into watch a short film about the church and the dome and ushered back out to the bus, I had time to take half a dozen photos of the dome. Entrance to the Mosta church was also €2, hardly breaking the back, however annoying that not all entrance costs were covered in the cost of the tour and this was not advised by our rep at point of sale and booking. After leaving Mosta we were told we wouldn’t be visiting the crafts village as per the itinerary, instead we were taken to 1 shop where we could purchase some jewellery if we desired! Next we traveled onto the Dinglie Cliffs, sadly the weather wasn’t in our favour and the visibility from the cliffs was nil, our guide still managed to stop the bus for 10 min to tell us about the views we couldn’t see ! The next stop was lunch in Rabat, by this point we had been on the bus for around 5 hours with 2 20 min stops for “sightseeing”. Lunch was in a small restaurant where the entire party of around 50 people had to sit at 2 lines of tables, it was reminiscent of classes in primary school being taken to the dining hall. On the menu was soup, a choice of beef olives or chicken and a scoop of ice cream to finish. The restaurant was even is kind enough to garnish my Mums chicken with a hair! Next up was a visit to St Paul’s Grotto, this was another charge of €5 and the guide told us we had 20 mins ! We then had a short walk to Mdina, I was looking forward to visiting the Silent City the most however I was sorely disappointed when we had a whistle stop tour lasting no longer than 30 mins all under the escort of our guide. Our Jet2 Rep, gave an excellent sales pitch, according to him this is a brilliant trip and their most popular. All in all a waste of a day of our holiday and a waste of €53.doenecke
September 2018
In retrospect there are far better ways of seeing Malta than Viator. The hop-on, hop-off bus would have made more sense. The tour was misleading from start to finish. The firm did not answer the phone at 8:30 AM when we were seeking confirmation. The tour was supposed to begin at 9:30 AM and we w...
In retrospect there are far better ways of seeing Malta than Viator. The hop-on, hop-off bus would have made more sense. The tour was misleading from start to finish. The firm did not answer the phone at 8:30 AM when we were seeking confirmation. The tour was supposed to begin at 9:30 AM and we were supposed to be picked up and dropped off at our hotel. Indeed, most of the group was picked up and dropped off at their massive hotels, just outside Valletta. At the end of the tour we were just dumped at the Hotel Phoenicia, where we then had a 15-minute walk. We only found out that we had to show up at this 5D theater at 8:30 AM and we had to wait in the theater lobby for at least 45 minutes before the tour group itself showed up. The tour was supposed to take us to Ta Qali Crafts Village in Mdina but the guide told us it was too dusty there. We had to pay our own entrance way into the Mosta Dome. We were promised a free glass of wine with lunch but learned on the spot that we ourselves had to pay for all beverages, including water. When the tour reached Mdina, the guide-- one Paul Spederi-- did not even mention the cathedral, the main feature of the city, as we walked by. What was promised as an 8-hour tour might not even have been 7. There was no point to visiting the glass store. Had we been on our own we could have seen the Mosta dome as well Valletta's higher and lower Barakka gardens and taken a ferry to the naval museum.Rob M
June 2018
All too brief stop at Mdina, brief stop at Mosta and a pleasant lunch accounted for about 75 pleasurable minutes. Doris, the guide, was good. 45 min late start at Malta 5D Malta 5D is kitsch I thought taking punters to shops was a 3rd world thing. Dingli, looking into the afternoon sun is dum...
All too brief stop at Mdina, brief stop at Mosta and a pleasant lunch accounted for about 75 pleasurable minutes. Doris, the guide, was good. 45 min late start at Malta 5D Malta 5D is kitsch I thought taking punters to shops was a 3rd world thing. Dingli, looking into the afternoon sun is dumb. All you see is haze. At least an hour was wasted cat herding the customers. A €21 7 day bus pass is incredibly good value in comparison. Maybe suggesting it for the invalid and over 80s is reasonable. For a fit and healthy 67yo it was poor.