[Updated 24 March 2025]
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Length: 2 hours.
Price: Pay what you want. (€12 per person is a good rule of thumb) If you pay more, it is much appreciated 🙏
The tour is solely conducted in English 🇬🇧.
We will spend roughly 1.5 hours in Mdina, and the last half an hour in Rabat. Which is very close by.
I don't usually allow groups greater than 5. Sometimes I make exceptions (for families for example). If you're booking for more than 5 people, please reply back to the booking email explaining your situation. If the group is very large, please read and follow my conditions for larger groups.
We will meet right next to the Joseph Howard Memorial close to the Mdina Gate. There's a statue of a man named Joseph Howard - I will be in front of it. Here's the Google Maps location: Joseph Howard Memorial.
Please ask for "Ben" 😊
I might adjust and change the itinerary according to my judgement at the time of the tour 😊 If there are any stops which are important for you to visit, please mention it to me at the beginning of the tour.
If some dates in the future are not available it's because I generally make booking available the month before - to avoid unnecessary cancellations (which are rare).
Valletta → Mdina: 51, 52, 53 buses (get off at the "Mdina" stop see below), or the 50, 56 buses (get off at the "Saqqajja" stop see below). It's a good idea to plan to catch the bus roughly an hour before the scheduled tour start time.
Please note, that due to ongoining works in Saqqajja: the buses will stop not stop you at the above bus stops, but at the sometimes existent Saura bus stop, or the Inguanez bus stop. The bus driver might, or might not notify you about this. Google Maps and the Tallinja app have not been updated about this change, so get off at Saura or Inguanez, and then walk to the Joseph Howard Memorial.
To see options on how to get from Sliema, Gżira, or St Julian's you can view an article I've written here: Getting from Sliema to Mdina.
If you have plenty of time before the tour starts you might want to visit the locations I recommend in Mdina-Rabat.
If you're peckish you also might want to visit Is-Serkin, Crystal Palace Bar. It is super famous in Malta for its pastizzi. The traditional flavours are ricotta cheese, and the mushy curried peas.
Unfortunately I haven't found any luggage storage locations in the Mdina-Rabat area!
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