Malta Highlights Tour – Blue Grotto, Rabat, Mdina, Mosta Full Day
Description
Discover Malta’s top highlights in one unforgettable full-day guided tour. Begin at the Blue Grotto, with the option to join a boat ride into the famous sea caves. Continue to the Dingli Cliffs for breathtaking views before exploring Rabat, including entrance to St. Paul’s Grotto, underground shelters, and catacombs. Enjoy a traditional 3-course Maltese lunch with wine and water, featuring rabbit and local favorites. In the afternoon, step into the walled city of Mdina, known as the Silent City, before visiting the impressive Mosta Dome, one of Europe’s largest domes. This all-inclusive experience covers hotel pick-up and drop-off, air-conditioned transport, a licensed guide, entrances, and lunch – giving you the best of Malta in one seamless day. Boat trip at Blue Grotto is optional and not included.
Tour Options
Itinerary
We will be stopping at the Blue Grotto area where you will have enough time to take the boat trip into the caves along the cliff coast of the SouthWest of Malta
Dingli Cliffs – Standing at around 250 meters above sea level, Dingli Cliffs are the highest point in Malta. From here, enjoy breathtaking panoramic views of the Mediterranean Sea, the uninhabited island of Filfla, and the rugged Maltese coastline – a perfect photo stop.
We walk through the atmospheric streets of the bigger city yet very historic itself.
We visit the St Paul s Grotto, residence to St Paul in his stay in Malta along with the adjacent Catacombs and WWII shelters
We will walk through the narrow winding streets of the old capital city.
We get to walk along the fortifications of the city admiring the amazing views on most of Malta.
Mosta Dome – One of Malta’s most iconic landmarks, the Rotunda of Mosta boasts one of the largest unsupported domes in Europe. Famous for surviving a WWII bomb that never exploded, it is a masterpiece of Maltese architecture and resilience.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We can pickup from any hotel or closest location depending on whether hotel is reachable with out transportation.
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Reviews(12)
I highly recommend the highlights tour with Chris. Chris was very knowledgable & interesting on a wide range of things. I really enjoyed going to see the Mosta Rotunda, the blue grotto, Rababt & Mdina.
Our all day Malta tour with Chris was fantastic and an excellent value! It was just two pairs of us guests, so felt almost like a private tour. Transportation was easy and convenient, all the points of interest were fascinating, free time to explore was ample but not excessive, and the included lunch was delicious in a beautiful countryside setting. Chris is vastly proud of and knowledgeable about his home country - he taught us a lot along the way and incorporated fun personal anecdotes and family history into the day. I highly recommend this tour for anyone looking to experience the highlights of Malta!
Great tour and wonderful guide. Christian was very knowledgeable and made sure he gave us all the historical and cultural information about each site. Due to bad weather we were not able to board a boat to see the lagoon up close but that is not the tours fault. Be prepared to walk a bit in some places. The lunch was ok, you had a choice between Maltese charcuterie board and pasta with Maltese sausage for appetizer, and for the mains it was between rabbit and fish. We went during Holy Week so the churches were preparing for festivities, which were really cool!
The tour is absolutely worth it. Our tour guide, Stephen, was more than knowledgeable. We liked that he is passionate when transmitting the information. The sites we visited were just the right amount for the time we had. The food was delicious. We didn't want the tour to end.
Lively, interesting and none stop information and facts. Excellent tour and a pleasure to walk with Chris. From the informal introductions to the local facts and stories the whole tour was faultless. Thank you.
Chris was my guide. He had lived there all his life, been a big part of local events and he brought things from the past to life at every turn. He was incredible! I highly recommend this tour to anyone.
Super experience! My friends and I were in a group of a total of 6. Glad we weren't so many people. A friendly and humorous local guide took us around and told about Mdina, Rabat, 2. World War shelters and catacombs. 5/5:)
What a wonderful tour guide Chris is. He is a local from Rabat and you can tell how much he loves his home town. It was a pleasure being shown round by him and you can tell by his interactions with nearly every local we met how well liked a guy he is. The group was a maximum of 12 so a really personalised tour. Chris was full of interesting and fascinating facts and also had some funny stories. The catacombs were a real delight to see and not every tour visits these. So glad I chose this tour and cannot recommend it enough.
This was a truly memorable tour of Rabat and Mdina which included the world war two shelters, catacombs and St Paul's cave. The architecture and ambience of the area is amazing but Christopher our guide brought the whole place alive with his tour. He is obviously a local with a real passion for his home and it's incredible history and was riveting from start to finish. One of the best walking tours we have ever been on.
Chris was absolutely incredible I absolutely loved this tour it was so interesting and Chris was full of information and he’s just a really nice person thank you so much it was an absolute pleasure doing your tour and I loved every second of it. Gemma x
