Malta - pre-trip resources and information by Mark Sukhija

We're in the process of planning a trip of 7 to 10 days in Malta. We've never been to Malta before - these are some of the resources and (really) basic information I've got together so far.

Guide books

Offline, we're using the Lonely Planet guide to Malta & Gozo to help plan our trip. It's a fairly short book - but my impression is that it gives a good overview of the sights and attractions available in Malta. That said, I'd like to have read a bit more about the history of Malta - but given the richness of Maltese history, I suspect that may have changed the balance of the book quite substantially.

Other guide books

I picked the Lonely Planet. after flicking through it at the book store, but these are a couple of possible alternatives

• The Rough Guide to Malta & Gozo 1 (Rough Guide Mini Guides)
• Michelin In Your Pocket Malta, 1e (In Your Pocket)

Getting to Malta

Flights - our way

We'll be flying into Malta International Airport (south of Valetta) with either Air Malta (the Maltese National Airline) or Swiss International Airlines as both have direct flights from Zürich.

By sea - other options

Malta has sea links with Italy and Tunis.

Virtu Ferries runs catamaran services to/from Pozzallo and Catania in Sicily.

Grandi Navi Veloci run services between Livorno, Genoa, Palermo and Tunis to Malta.

Grimaldi Ferries refer to sailings from Genoa, Catania and civitavecchia on their website - but don't seem to have any actual sailings which I can book at around the times were want to go.

Internet resources

• Visit Malta - official website of the Malta Tourism Authority

• Island of Gozo - Gozo Tourism Association official site

Tips I've received

From @TravelSavvyKayt, I've been advised to:

• try some Maltese wine. Apparently, it's very good.
• Visit Trabuxu, a wine bar in Valetta
• Eat seafood.
• Get some pastizzi in Rabat.

Further reading