Archaeology handicrafts and science and technology sites to visit East Coast

One of Malta's most beautiful rocky beaches. In this natural pool at the tip of Delimara Point, only the brave spend the day, ensuring peace and quiet. Be sure to check for jellyfish before launching yourself off the rocks! The crystal-clear water turns azure and indigo green, a real paradise for snorkellers. The flat rocky surface allows you to spread out your towel on a spacious surface, or take shelter from the sun under the high rocks. You'll come across plenty of locals.

Located in the south-east of Malta, this beach is one of the most popular on weekends. Initially rocky, sand collected from the seabed has now been added. The water is azure blue and turquoise. The beach is very spacious, with pretty coconut palms surrounding it, providing cool spots; a soccer pitch and a children's playground complete the picture. Restaurants are just a stone's throw away. You'll meet more locals than tourists!

Located near St. George's Bay, on the Għaxaq-Żejtun road, this is undoubtedly one of the island's most interesting prehistoric caves. Mentioned in one of the first treatises on the Maltese islands in 1847, it was in 1865 that the first excavation was carried out and it was discovered to contain fossilized bones of small mammals, including elephants and hippos, as well as giant dormouse bones and other species, namely birds, reptiles and micro-mammals such as bats. Most of these animals are thought to have arrived in Malta while it was still attached to Sicily (some 200,000 to 12,000 years ago). Traces of human occupation have also been found, including Neolithic tools. These are the oldest remains of tools used by man on Malta. The cave was also used as a place to live for many years, and was still occupied in 1911. The cave, which is 144 m long, 18 m wide and 3-6 m high, features some admirable stalactites and stalagmites. The visit is interesting in every respect, and the well-maintained site is particularly pleasant. Għar Dalam is also a site of ecological importance and part of the EU's Natura 2000 network. An endemic woodlouse(Armadillidium ghardalamensis) can be found in the cave's inner recess.

You can then visit the Borg in-Nadur prehistoric complex, home to the ruins of a Maltese megalithic complex and the remains of a fortified village dating back to the Bronze Age. It's an easy visit, as the site is only 500 metres from the prehistoric site of Għar Dalam. Its name means "fortress hill" in Maltese, as it enjoys a unique position on the heights between two valleys: Wied Żembaq and Wied Dalam. You'll notice that its spectacular facade points towards the entrance to the port of Birżebbuġia. This site was used in both the late Neolithic and Bronze Ages (3,000-700 BC). It was in the 1920s that it was excavated by archaeologist Margaret Murray, and the excavations in the Neolithic area of Borg in-Nadur have yielded crucial information that has helped to understand many aspects of Maltese Prehistory that had previously remained mysterious, such as the differences between the Neolithic and Bronze periods. Tickets must be purchased from Għar Dalam.

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If you go to the Il-Madonna Tad-Pawl chapel, which is a little lost in the north of the village, you can see three crosses lined up along a wall since the 17th century. It is not clear why they are there. Let's just say that there are various versions. Do they commemorate the execution of three monks by the Turks? Are they the shrine of a poor man from Zejtun who died of the plague? Or do they bear witness to the three burials of an old man who was thought to have died twice wrongly? Perhaps you can solve the mystery.

Located to the south of Birzebugga, the cave is carved out of the cliff face, revealing an "azure window" such as you might see in other parts of the island. It owes its name to a Saracen warrior who made it his headquarters, even going so far as to install a harem there, in order to indulge in a slave trade from this ideal base. Other, more romantic legends surround the cave with an aura of mystery. In the end, there's not much to see, but the view of the sea is lovely. You may be offered a torch, more or less free of charge. Not really useful in the middle of the afternoon...

Situated in the extreme south-east of Malta, this 1 km² park surrounded by low-lying cliffs and made up of high and medium globigerine (softer than that used to build houses) offers the most beautiful view of the Munxar cliffs. Its name is rather anecdotal: the Maltese compare the boiled water of the pasta to the foam escaping from the water, the result of erosion and condensation, when after a hot day the sediments of the rock mixed with the sea escape and give rise to a film of foam on the surface of the water. At sunset, the atmosphere is indescribable. The park now serves as an environmental education and awareness center for school groups.