Malta Rock Climbing

Introduction

By the end of 2016, Jan and I wanted to go climbing somewhere. That meant heading south, to a place with a warmer climate and more daylight. And so, by December, we traveled to Malta, a country that neither of us had been to before. There is a ferry service from Italy, but most visitors arrive by plane using the good connections with many other European cities, and so did we.

Malta is a small country located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, south of Italy and not all that far from Africa. The islands are quite densely populated, especially the area around the capital of Valleta, but some parts of the islands are too rugged to be developed, and that's where you'll find the scenic sea cliffs, wild ravines and steep escarpments that brought us here, offering many traditional and bolted climbing routes.

We climbed both on the main island of Malta and on the second largest island of Gozo (or Ghawdex as it is called in the local Maltese language). After a week and a half of rock climbing I can safely say that we've left enough routes unclimbed to come back for many more years.

External Links

Visit Malta - The Official Tourism Site
Rock Climbing in Malta and Gozo
The Times of Malta on the collapse of the Azure Window

Images

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