Rugby! Now that must be a difficult ‘sell’ to a new nation. Once you’ve been told that your job is to stop a 250lb man-mountain running at you at full tilt without the aid of a hunting rifle, you’ll be seriously and rightly concerned. But when you’re also told that you get none of that ‘namby pamby’ padding let alone a helmet as in Amercian Football, then you’ll no doubt question the sanity of those who play!

Centrally located in St.Julians, Dean Hamlet Aparthotel has been totally refurbished during 2010 and upgraded to a 3 Star Aparthotel.

Suffused with the clear stillness of our refreshing seaside location, The Westin Dragonara Resort is a luxury 5 star hotel in Malta, in which nothing matters except your delight.

Alborada Holiday Apartments are situated in the heart of Sliema – one of Malta’s main tourist areas, which is serviced by all forms of transport (including buses to Malta main cities, such as the capital city of Valletta), and also hosts one of the largest and most popular shopping centres on the island. Sliema is also well-known for its many cafes and restaurants serving a wide variety of dishes, snacks and cuisines including Italian, Chinese, Russian and traditional Maltese.

Stately homes kept and maintained by heritage organisations are generally very worthy and worthwhile places to visit. But there’s a problem with them! That issue being that at best, what you see is an expert’s best guess at portraying a certain period in that property’s existence. 

The history of Malta has been incredibly well documented but the episodes that are widely known are all of a human perspective. There’s another aspect to this island’s past, however, that is just as fascinating – the history of its geology, plant and animal life – for an insight into that head for the National Museum of Natural History in Mdina .

The Sunny Coast Resort Club, Hotel and self-catering property consists of 91 spacious Studios and Apartments, recently renovated to offer the maximum in comfort and wellbeing.

Serious hikers think nothing of covering 16 to 20km or more in a day while some also incorporate some fairly serious hills along the way. They might reasonably wonder what opportunities could there be for some serious walking on Malta? After all, this is not a big island. How much walking can you do here?  

There is a generation of men, especially men who were born during or just after the World War II, who go all gooey at the mere mention of the name of the famous fighter plane, the Spitfire. They also get misty eyed at the sound of its power unit – the legendary Rolls Royce Merlin engine. 

Children’s TV has always been and remains baffling – as anyone who has watched the Teletubbies or In The Night Garden will tell you! When I grew up in the UK, the choices included a black and white drama about Robinson Crusoe, Laurel and Hardy films, an odd Yugoslavian production called White Horses, or French diving documentaries featuring a chap called Jacques Cousteau.