Rabat

Rabat, meaning "the suburbs", once the same town as Mdina until the Arabs dug a ditch to separate the two. Bigger, busier, more commercialised, and a bit of a poor relation by comparison to Mdina, but well worth a wander and literally on Mdina's doorstep.





































St Paul's church


















Think I took a wrong turn somewhere ....

Rabat is most famous for its catacombs, underground burial chambers. The Jewish and early Christians did not believe in cremation but the shortage of topsoil in Malta (still a problem apparently!) meant they build underground graveyard tunnels, 1 square mile of which has so far been found under the streets of Rabat! Open to visitors, but somehow I didn't fancy it!!

Malta's surrounding countryside