Malta in November: Two Weeks of Winter Sun

We spent two weeks in Malta in early November - GBP 99 flights, 72 euro a night in Valletta, sea swims off Gozo and two days of rain. Here is what it is actually like.
Honey-coloured limestone, blue water and three thousand years of history on a very small island. Malta packs in far more than its size suggests.
Good for a long weekend, and easy to combine with Gozo if you want somewhere quieter.

We spent two weeks in Malta in early November - GBP 99 flights, 72 euro a night in Valletta, sea swims off Gozo and two days of rain. Here is what it is actually like.

We spent two weeks in Malta in early November, chasing winter sun, and we did the whole trip without renting a car. Buses and the odd ferry took us everywhere, from Valletta’s bastions to the pastizzi counters of Rabat and…

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