Malta, September 2022
Valletta

Bastions guarding the Old City



Cannons over the harbour

Café in the Barracca Gardens
Vittoriosa

Flags everywhere to celebrate Malta's National Day



More flags
Gozo

Boat trip from the Inland Sea at Dwejra

Blue grotto


Pink coral along the base of the cliffs

Entrance to the Citadella in Victoria

Inside the Citadella


Remains of the medieval township in the Cittadella

View from the walls of the Citadella
Tarxien

Excavated megalithic temples

Massive canopy over the temples



The harbour at Marsaxlokk
Valletta

Republic Street


Phoenicia Hotel from St John's Bastion

Phoenicia gardens and pool seen from the bastion

Triton fountain

Jacaranda in the Phoenicia gardens


Happy hour on Merchants Street
Mdina

Distant view (from the open top bus) of Rabat and Mdina

Walls of Mdina

Entrance to Mdina





The Rotonda in Mosta, seen from the walls of Mdina

The 17th-century Wignacourt Aqueduct, seen from a bus
Valletta

"Jellyfish" street decorations

The Co-cathedral of St John

Tombstone in the cathedral

Caravaggio painting (Beheading of John the Baptist) in the cathedral

Another Caravaggio in the cathedral (St Jerome Writing)
Vittoriosa

Lift from the bastions down to the harbour

Student café at the American University of Malta


Ferry crossing the harbour

Final view of the harbour from the Barracca gardens