Exploring Malta
Sunday - April 12th 2026
Our second full day in Malta started with breakfast before getting a Bolt taxi
that took us to the small village of Mgarr. There the annual
Festa Frawli, also know as the Strawberry Festival, was taking place. Luckily we arrived
pretty early, because soon a huge traffic jam made it nearly impossible to
arrive by car. The whole village was decorated and nearly all offered
products, like food and drinks, contained strawberries. Not only did we get
regular strawberries, but also strawberry sangria and strawberry cannoli. We
had a great time, but soon the festival was packed with people and so we
decided to check out the nearby
Ta Hagrat Megalithic Site. Afterwards we ordered another Bolt taxi and left Mgarr.
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Mgarr |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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| Festa Frawli |
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Ta Hagrat Megalithic Site
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Ta Hagrat Megalithic Site
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Ta Hagrat Megalithic Site
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Ta Hagrat Megalithic Site
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Ta Hagrat Megalithic Site
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The Bolt taxi took us in about 40 minutes to
Popeye Village, a former movie set that was transformed into a small thempark which is now
major tourist site in Malta. The film set was built for the production of the
1980 Popeye movie starring Robin William and Shelley Duvall. There wasn't a
lot to do except for exploring the buildings, but we still enjoyed spending
time there. After purchasing some souvenirs we left again and took another
Bolt taxi to Mosta to visit the
Rotunda of Mosta. Based on the design of the Pantheon in Rome this Catholic church has the
third largest unsupported dome in the world. Afterwards we got a traditional
cake in a nearby coffee house and then we walked to a nearby shopping mall,
where we had a late lunch at KFC. In Malta KFC offers a plant based burger and
of course we had to try it. To our surprise the burger was really good. Back
at the hotel we went for a swim in the pool und before it was time for dinner
we had an aperitif at the hotel bar. Like yesterday we ate at Coogis again and
enjoyed a relaxing evening taking a walk through Rabat.
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Popeye Village |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Rotunda of Mosta |
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| Mosta |
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| Cake |
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| Late Lunch |
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| Our Hotel |
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| Drinks |
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| Rabat |
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| Dinner |
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