Mdina the Silent City Self Guided Walking Tour

Uncover the story of a Renaissance forgery that sparked one of art history's earliest copyright lawsuits.

Decode why the cathedral carries two different clocks

Encounter a Gothic confection that one architectural historian called a total misfit on Mdina's skyline.

Find the date carved on Malta's oldest surviving home and the chain café proposal that outraged heritage groups.

Imagine the bell tower where a boy once rang the signal that summoned an entire island to war.

Step above a medieval synagogue into a home whose owner fled the Inquisition for practising the wrong faith.

Trace the street where Malta's medieval Jewish community once lived.

Gaze across the island from the exact spot where a governor fired cannonballs on purpose to fall short.

Listen for the footsteps of a headless bride said to haunt these walls searching for heartbroken men.

Cross through the only surviving medieval city gate in Malta

Examine mosaics uncovered by a workman's spade that once told visitors their host was richer than most emperors

Join the queue at a pastry shop nicknamed after south London.

See two churches sharing one facade above the cave where a shipwrecked apostle preached for three months.

End near a burial complex where pagan, Jewish, and Christian graves share the same rock

Pause beneath the long balcony where the Town Herald once announced news to the square below