2010 August - Malta

Ghar Dalam Cave near Birzebbuga

In Maltese it means ‘Cave of Darkness’ and is located outside of Birzebbuga they have found here bones of elephant, hippopotamus, deer and bear from different ages.

It is said that the cave is about 144 meters deep but for visitors only 50 meters is accessible for visitors. The cave is open all year from 9 am till 5 pm and last admission is at 4.30 pm. A ticket for adults costs 5 Euro and for children 2.50 Euro. 

They accept Euro<26 card. More information you could find here:
http://www.heritagemalta.org/sites/ghardalamcave/ghardalamcaveinfo.html
And if you are looking for some information about caves in Malta, see this website:
http://www.showcaves.com/english/explain/Maps/index.html

For me this cave wasn’t interesting but maybe you will find here something for you.

We tried to find the Bronze Age Village but we found only a cross and a nice view.

Dingli Cliffs

One day we decided to go for a walk from Dingli to Blue Grotto, all way is about 15 km. long. 

We started in Dingli, a small village on the south of Malta (there is a direct bus from Valletta). The cliffs are huge and majestic. Near the cliffs there is a road and there isn’t any footpath so we walked on the cliffs or on the road but there weren’t many cars. 

We had a break near a small chapel called Madalene near the Radar Station which looks like a big ball. The road doesn’t go all way near the cliffs and we needed to visit the Laferla Cross. 

This place is amazing here we met there a chameleon and from the Laferla Cross there is an awesome view on almost all Maltese Islands. We had luck because probably in Zabbar was feast and we saw some fireworks on the sky.

From the Laferla Cross there are Stations of the Cross to Siggiewi but we decided to visit once more the Blue Grotto and at the end of our trip we went to Zurrieq to take a bus to Valletta.