Malta Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
sovereign state in Southern Europe situated on an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea
About Malta
Malta is the smallest member of theEuropean Unionby population, with only half a million people, but also by area, making it the fourth-most densely populated country in the world while being the tenth-smallest. Despite its diminutive size, Malta is an important freight trans-shipment point, financial centre and tourist destination. Although small, Malta has a vast and rich history, with evidence for habitation going back to the Neolithic era (5th millennium BC). The country boasts the world's most ancient standing buildings (the Neolithic temples), and its strategic location and good harbours in the middle of the Mediterranean have attracted Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs,Normans,Crusaders, the French and finally the British, with the colonial period lasting until 1964. The Knights of
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