One of the major aspects that the tourist appreciates when in the Maltese Islands is the history and the culture that the country of Malta enjoys. It is this history that makes the Maltese Islands one of the most preferable holiday locations for tourists. When one takes a deep view into the Maltese history one can appreciate how valuable are the Maltese Islands and how interesting it will be for a foreigner to spend some days in this country.

Malta is in the center of the Mediterranean and being so it is of most interest to many countries. In this site you shall see what the Maltese history can offer and how the traditions in ancient times where. You shall also see how Malta was in the mediaeval times. 

Malta is a small archipelago of five islands, being Malta the largest Gozo and Comino. There is also Comino, Cominotto and Fifla. The latter two are uninhabited. The Maltese Islands lie some 93 kilometres south of Sicily and 290 kilometres north of Libya. The capital city of Malta is Valletta, while the old and silent city of Malta is Mdina.

The maltese climate is a typically Mediterranean one with hot dry summers, warm autumns and short cool winters with adequate rainfall. Temperatures are stable, the annual mean being 18 degrees celcius, and monthly averages ranging from 12 to 31 degrees celcius. Winds are strong and and frequent, the most common being the cool northwesterly known locally as "majjistral", the dry northeasterly known as the "grigal", and the hot, humid southeasterly known as the "xlokk".

Malta attained independence in 1964. Under the 1964 Independence Constitution, Malta was a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary state. This constitution was amended in 1974 to make Malta a republic within the Commonwealth. Its head of state is a president appointed by the Maltese Parliament which, in its turn, is elected by Universal Suffrage for a term of five years.

Maltese culture stems largely from the Islands' history of domination by Arab, Norman, European, and English influences, as well as from the widespread prevalence of the Roman Catholic Church. Folk traditions have grown mainly around the festas, held in honor of the patron saints of towns and villages;these are marked by religious ceremonies, processions and celebrations of a more mondaine nature.The easter period also give rise to a spate of Good Friday bibical character pageants in several parts of the islands, these being colourful and devotional at the same time. Folk festivals are also popular. The principal one is l-Imnajdra, an agrarian feast held on June 29, the joint feastday of St. Peter and St. Paul, and highlighted by ghana, a type of folksinging peculiar to the Maltese Islands.

Carnival in Malta dates back to at least the middle of the 15th century. Balls and dance competitions featuring the Maltija, the national dance, the parata, a sword dance, as well as contemporary dances and defiles of float, satirical and other, are the order of this 4 day festival.

Malta is a country of bastions and belfries. No other country in the world has so many walled cities, churches and chapels in so small an area. The walled cities are Valletta, Mdina, Floriana, Cospicua, Senglea and Vittoriosa. Mdina, Malta's old capital city,ranks amongst the world's oldest mediaeval cities. St. John's Co-Cathedral, in the heart of Valletta, is hung with beautiful Flemish tapestries and houses many famous paintings by Caravaggio and Mattia Preti. Another church of distinction is the Mosta Rotunda, noted worldwide for its immense dome.

Malta owes its rich architectural heritage to the rule of the Knights of the Order of St. John (1530-1798), known also as Ir-Religjon (The Religion). Under the Knights, the Maltese discomfited the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in the Great Siege of 1565. They also built their capital city , a jewel of Baroque architecture.