Manoel Island & La Valletta

While Nicole today opted for an easy chill day at the hotel pool ☀️, I went for a short walk to Manoel Island and afterwards visited St. John Cathedral and the Caravaggio 🤩 in La Valletta.
Manoel Island lies between Sliema and Valletta and hosts Fort Manoel - a Fort that is closed and basically collapsing here & there, but that where you can have a quiet and peacefull stroll around and enjoy either La Valletta on the one side or Sliema on the other.

Stepping into St. John's Co-Cathedral ⛪️🔔 is literally like walking into a jewel box 😍!! For those loving this kind of art - go, absolutely go!
The outside is surprisingly plain, but inside 🤩🤩 — gold everywhere, marble tombs beneath your feet and ceilings that demand you stop and simply stare 👀👀 AND wonder how they did this all back then…
But the wow moment was in the quiet side chapel, standing in front of “The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist” by Caravaggio. It’s raw, dark and feels like you were there as well. Worth every euro I paid.Read more