Back in the 11th century

The ancient city of Mdina has been inhabited since the 8th century B.C. and gets its name from the Arab occupation. There used to be railway doing the 10-mile journey from Valletta but the green and white buses have taken over.

Most of what we see now is high baroque, starting with St. Paul's Cathedral, but traces of Arabic culture remain with the narrow streets of the upper city. There are signs of human life but much of it is the domain of tourists; the lower city, Rabat, is more 21st century. Jokes about knockers have been made before so I'll refrain from them!En savoir plus