DISCOVER SOME OF MALTA’S MANY FACES
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Mal ta may m e a s u re j u s t 3 1 6 s q u a re k i l ome t re s , b u t t h e re a re d e lig h t f u l s p o t s t o b e d is c ove re d a t almos t every tu r n . H e re a re th re e s i te s tha t w ill a llow y o u t o lo o k a s f a r b a c k a s t h e is la nd ’s e a r ly history; learn of M a l ta ’s re s i l i e n ce d u r i n g t h e S e c o n d Wo r ld Wa r ; a nd s e e o ne o f t h e mo s t r u g g e d ye t p re t t ie s t f a c e s o f t h e is la nd
A SITE FOR THE WAR BUFFS A stop in the island’s capital Valletta is sure to top every visitor’s itinerary. But do not limit your city tour to attractions that are found above the ground, for underground Valletta, which is a maze of passageways and chambers dating to the Knights of St John and later used by the British during the war, is equally worthy of
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discovery. You can take a journey back in time to the early 1940s, when Malta was the most heavily bombed place on earth, with a visit to the recently restored Combined Operations Room and sprawling underground war headquarters found deep beneath the Upper Barakka Gardens in Valletta. War and history buffs are sure to recognise the names of top military figures of the Second World War; the likes of Vice-Marshals Hugh Pugh Lloyd and Keith Park,
