Malta looks almost dangerously easy to plan. Open a map and the islands seem compact. Valletta here. Mdina over there. The Three Cities just across the harbour. Beaches to the north. Fishing villages to the south. Gozo only another island away. Comino sitting conveniently between them. It creates a very tempting thought: Surely you can…
Walk through an old Maltese street in the early morning and the buildings can look almost cream-colored. Return in the late afternoon and the same façades may appear warmer, deeper, and noticeably golden. At sunset, entire streets can seem to glow. This visual character is one of the first things many travelers notice about Malta….
You are sitting outside somewhere in Malta. Maybe dinner has just arrived. Maybe you are walking back from the beach. Maybe you are standing on a balcony watching the sky slowly turn darker. Then— Boom. A few minutes later: Boom. Boom. You look toward the horizon expecting to see fireworks. Nothing. Then another explosion comes…