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Malta Themed Tours Wins Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2026 Again

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Malta Tourism Award Winner 2025 – Malta Themed Tours TripAdvisor’s Traveller’s Choice 2026 Malta Themed Tours Wins Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2026 Again Following Two Malta Tourism Awards, 2026 Just Became Even More Extraordinary You helped us do it… again. Dear guests, fellow troublemakers, and lovers of Malta’s wonderfully chaotic past… the Malta Themed Tours […]

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Why Malta Themed Tours Just Won Two Malta Tourism Awards- and What It Means for Your Next Malta Experience

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Malta Tourism Award Winner 2025 – Malta Themed Tours Why Malta Themed Tours Just Won Two Malta Tourism Awards and What It Means for Your Next Malta Experience Malta Themed Tours has won both the Tourism Worker of the Year – Tourist Guides and theTourism Worker of the Year and the Travel & Tourism Services

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Malta Themed Tours Global Toursim Excellence Awards Winner

Malta Themed Tours Wins Global Tourism Excellence Award 2025 (Our 2nd International Award)

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Malta Themed Tours Global Toursim Excellence Awards Winner Malta Themed Tours Wins Prestigious Global Tourism Excellence (GTE) Award for 2025 We’ve got news… very good news and we’re still grinning like corsairs who’ve just spotted a fat merchant ship on the horizon. Malta Themed Tours has officially been recognised with a 2025 Global Tourism Excellence

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A Real Mdina Game of Thrones: Where Noble Families Played the Original Game of Thrones in Malta

Game of Thrones, Malta, Mdina / Giacomo Muscat

A Real Mdina Game of Thrones Walking Tour: Where Noble Families Played the Original Game of Thrones in Malta If you’re a Game of Thrones fan visiting Malta, there’s a good chance you’ve already heard that Season 1 of Game of Thrones was filmed here. You may even know that Mdina doubled as King’s

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WWII Malta: 7 Shocking Facts That Prove the Island Was an Allied Weapon | Malta Themed Tours

WWII Malta: 7 Explosive Facts That Prove the Island Was an Allied Weapon — Not Just the portrayed “Victim”

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World War II Malta: 7 Explosive Facts That Prove the Island Was an Allied Weapon — Not Just the Portrayed “Victim” Search online for Malta and World War II, and you’ll usually encounter the same familiar story: A brave little island bombed relentlessly, (one of) the most bombed places on earth, hanging on by its fingernails. That story

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Plague in Malta: The Island That Learned Quarantine the Hard Way

Gozo, Malta, Three Cities of Malta, Valletta / Giacomo Muscat

Plague in Malta: The Island That Learned Quarantine the Hard Way Malta does sunshine like a professional. Blue sea, warm stone, church domes that look like they’ve been polished for visitors. But Malta also does something else extremely well: survival. And if you want the darkest proof of that, you don’t start with pirates or

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5 Powerful Places in Malta Every UK Visitor Should Experience

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5 Powerful Places in Malta Every United Kingdom Visitor Should Experience You know how some holidays feel “foreign,” and some feel strangely familiar? Malta is the rare one that manages both. One minute you’re wandering a medieval harbour city; the next you’re spotting British military footprints, royal links, and the kind of Victorian engineering that

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5 Powerful Places in Malta Every American Visitor Should Experience

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5 Powerful Places in Malta Every American Visitor Should Experience Malta may be small — smaller than most American cities — but its connection to the United States is surprisingly deep. From World War II strategy rooms to Cold War diplomacy, from the American President’s jeep to the very origins of American liberty, Malta has

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7 Surprising USA–Malta Connections Every American Traveller Should Know

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American history in Malta: 7 Surprising USA–Malta Connections Every American Traveller Should Know If you’re an American planning a trip to Malta, you might be expecting ancient temples, blue seas, and medieval cities. What often comes as a genuine surprise is this: Malta and the United States share a deep, centuries-old history — long before

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10 facts about Great Siege of Malta (1565)

Malta, Three Cities of Malta, Valletta / Giacomo Muscat

The clock tower of Senglea was once the blood soaked Fort St Michael during the Great Siege 10 facts about the Great Siege of Malta (1565) The Great Siege of Malta (1565) stands as one of the most extraordinary defensive battles in European history. For four brutal months, the Knights of St John and

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Great Siege of Malta (1565): Facts, Timeline & Why It Changed History

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Great Siege of Malta (1565): Facts, Timeline & Why It Changed History The Great Siege of Malta (1565) stands as one of the most extraordinary defensive battles in European history. For four brutal months, the Knights of St John and the people of Malta resisted the full force of the Ottoman Empire and in

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Pirates, Corsairs & Malta’s Dark Maritime Past

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Pirates, Corsairs & Malta’s Dark Maritime Past Why Malta Themed Tours Is the #1 Choice for Maritime History Tours and Pirate walks in Malta When most people hear “pirates,” they imagine the Caribbean: parrots, rum, striped shirts, and theatrical nonsense. Fun, sure — but historically laughable. The truth is far more interesting, and far closer

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Top 7 Dark History Sites to Visit in Malta

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Top 7 Dark History Sites to Visit in Malta Dark Tours in Malta: Catacombs, Corsairs and the Island’s Deliciously Sinister Side Malta sells itself like a honey-drenched postcard: sunshine, sea, and enough golden limestone to make you squint artistically. Lovely. But if you’re searching for dark sites to visit and dark tours in Malta, you

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1565 Great Siege of Malta myths and facts explained

7 Popular “Facts” About the 1565 Great Siege of Malta That Are Simply Not True

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7 Popular “Facts” About the Great Siege of Malta That Are Simply Not True The Great Siege of Malta (1565) is one of the most written-about events in Mediterranean history — and also one of the most misunderstood. Over time, dramatic stories, half-truths, and outright inventions have been repeated so often that they are now

America’s Hidden Footsteps in Malta: The Questions My U.S. Guests Always Ask

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Malta American history: America’s Hidden Footsteps in Malta: The Questions My U.S. Guests Always Ask Quick, Clear Answers from a Maltese Guide Who Knows Where America Shows Up on This Island If you’re visiting Malta from the United States, there’s a moment that almost always catches you off guard. It usually happens halfway through a

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Malta Themed Tours Wins Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2026 Again

Why Malta Themed Tours Just Won Two Malta Tourism Awards- and What It Means for Your Next Malta Experience

Malta Themed Tours Wins Global Tourism Excellence Award 2025 (Our 2nd International Award)

A Real Mdina Game of Thrones: Where Noble Families Played the Original Game of Thrones in Malta

WWII Malta: 7 Explosive Facts That Prove the Island Was an Allied Weapon — Not Just the portrayed “Victim”

Plague in Malta: The Island That Learned Quarantine the Hard Way

5 Powerful Places in Malta Every UK Visitor Should Experience

5 Powerful Places in Malta Every American Visitor Should Experience

7 Surprising USA–Malta Connections Every American Traveller Should Know

10 facts about Great Siege of Malta (1565)

Great Siege of Malta (1565): Facts, Timeline & Why It Changed History

Pirates, Corsairs & Malta’s Dark Maritime Past

Top 7 Dark History Sites to Visit in Malta

7 Popular “Facts” About the 1565 Great Siege of Malta That Are Simply Not True

America’s Hidden Footsteps in Malta: The Questions My U.S. Guests Always Ask

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