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Route to keep
South Malta: UNESCO, Caves and Marsaxlokk
707minutes
62.3km
16stops
Mediumdifficulty
A dense heritage day: prehistoric temples, Hypogeum in booking mode, Blue Grotto and Marsaxlokk. Includes a no-booking mode so the user is not blocked by Hypogeum tickets.
Stops on the route
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1
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
A Neolithic burial complex in Paola, carved into limestone on three levels. Discovered in 1902, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1980.
60 minIndoorbooking
2
Tarxien Temples
Four megalithic buildings from the late Neolithic, used again in the Early Bronze Age. Farmer Lorenzo Despott found the site in 1913. Sir Themistocles Zammit, then Director of Museums, led the excavations from 1915 to 1919.
45 minOutdoor
3
Dingli Cliffs
Malta's highest cliffs (253m) overlooking the islet of Filfla. Dramatic landscape — vertical walls dropping straight to the sea. Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene on the edge.
20 minOutdoor
4
Dingli Second Viewpoint
The second Dingli viewpoint breaks the long drive and gives a quieter cliff view away from the main stop.
10 minOutdoor
5
Mdina Gate
Main gate to the Silent City — designed in 1724 by Charles François de Mondion for Grand Master de Vilhena.
35 minOutdoor
6
St Paul's Basilica, Rabat
Church in Rabat's center, next to the Knights' college. prowadzący passes by, telling of St. Paul's connection to Malta — the Apostle spent 3 months here after his shipwreck.
20 minIndoor and outdoor
7
St Paul's Catacombs
Malta's largest underground burial complex — a labyrinth from the 4th-9th century with hundreds of tombs and agape tables (banquet tables for the dead). Under Rabat.
45 minIndoor
8
Cart Ruts / Misraħ Għar il-Kbir
Clapham Junction is a field of mysterious rock-cut ruts whose purpose still invites more questions than one simple answer.
20 minOutdoor
9
Ħaġar Qim
Ħaġar Qim is a late Neolithic megalithic temple on the crest of a promontory above Malta’s southern coast. It is more than 5,000 years old. In 1992 it was inscribed with Mnajdra on the UNESCO World Heritage List, in the serial property Megalithic Temples of Malta.
60 minOutdoor
10
Mnajdra Temples
Mnajdra is three megalithic buildings of globigerina and coralline limestone, about 500 metres downhill from Ħaġar Qim by a footpath. The oldest is the small three-apsed building. The South building, with its concave façade, was finished next. The Central building stands on an artificial platform between them. Both temples are more than 5,000 years old and were inscribed together in 1992.
45 minOutdoor
11
Blue Grotto
The Blue Grotto is a group of sea caves on the south coast, at Wied iż-Żurrieq, south of Qrendi. The operator’s boats leave from there when the weather allows. Visit Malta speaks of a network of six caves.
30 minOutdoor
12
Blue Grotto Boat Pier
The pier is the route’s logistics switch: in calm seas it adds a boat finale, in wind it becomes a viewpoint stop.
35 minOutdoor
13
Għar Dalam
Malta's oldest cave with evidence of settlement from 7,400 years ago. Museum with bones of dwarf elephants and hippos that inhabited Malta during the Ice Age.
50 minIndoor and outdoor
14
Marsaxlokk
Malta's most famous fish market in a picturesque bay full of colorful luzzu (traditional boats with the Eye of Osiris). The Sunday market is a local institution.
45 minOutdoor
15
Marsaskala Salt Pans
The Marsaskala salt pans show practical coastal history: salt was an everyday resource, not just scenery.
20 minOutdoor
16
St Thomas Bay Cliffs
The cliffs near St Thomas Bay close the south-eastern route with a raw, less postcard-like Maltese landscape.
20 minOutdoor
Local note
Pick a mode before starting: No booking / Full plan / Quick. This day needs a ticket decision before leaving.
Before you go
The backup plan is part of the route
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Last verified
28 May 2026
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https://ghawdex.pl/en/szlaki/malta-core-south-malta · Data checked: 28 May 2026