Day 12 Valletta Optional Hagar Qim & the Three Cities tour Optional Mdina, Rabat & Vittoriosa tour

Destination: Valletta
Meals included: B L D
Accommodations: M/V Clio

Breakfast: Onboard the ship.

Morning: Spend the day discovering Valletta at your own pace. Or, join your Trip Experience Leader on your choice of one of two full-day optional tours: Hagar Qim and the Three Cities, or Mdina, Rabat & Vittoriosa.

Optional Tour: Travelers on our Hagar Qim and the Three Cities optional tour will begin at Hagar Qim, one of Malta's best-known prehistoric temples. This megalithic temple complex, whose name translates to “free-standing boulders,” was constructed more than 5,200 years ago. The large stone complex contains rooms formerly devoted to animal sacrifices, burnt offerings, and ritual oracles, making it one of the oldest religious sites on Earth.

Next, explore the area Napoleon dubbed “The Three Cities,” settled as early as the time of the Phoenicians. A trio of historic fortified towns—Cospicua, Senglea, and Vittoriosa—ring the Grand Harbor.

Optional Tour: If you join our Mdina, Rabat & Vittoriosa optional tour, you’ll start the morning with a drive to Mdina. This ancient walled city represents nearly thirty centuries of history, part of which you'll discover as you make your way through its narrow cobbled lanes with your Trip Experience Leader. We'll also make our way through nearby Rabat, the quaint village neighboring Mdina. While there, we'll go to a local bakery to chat with the owners and sample pastizzi, a hot, flaky pastry for which Malta is known. After our walking tour, you'll have about a little time to explore independently before driving to Vittoriosa.

Lunch: Both optional tours include lunch at a local restaurant in Vittoriosa. Otherwise, lunch is onboard the ship.

Afternoon: Both of today’s optional tours conclude in Vittoriosa, where you’ll have some time to discover its medieval charms independently. Some refer to Vittoriosa as a "mini Valletta," full of relics hailing from the Middle Ages dotting crooked yet pristine alleyways. In the mid-afternoon, you’ll return to the ship and greet the rest of your fellow travelers.

Dinner: Onboard the ship.

Evening: The evening is free. You may enjoy a cocktail and conversation in the lounge or retire to your cabin for the night as we begin sailing for Siracusa.

12/15/24

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