{"id":785,"date":"2013-07-10T10:40:10","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=785"},"modified":"2013-07-10T10:40:10","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T09:40:10","slug":"malta-valletta-manoel-island-and-spinola-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/?p=785","title":{"rendered":"Malta, Valletta, Manoel Island and Spinola Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you are travelling, you have go to sources of information about your port of call: \u00a0Marine Pilots, Lonely Planet, Wikipedia and Trip Advisor. \u00a0If you are very lucky, you find a book about the place like The Leopard about Sicily. \u00a0If any one knows a great book about Malta, email us but I am sure to find a book or a novel about the Crusades and the Knights of St John. The history here is remarkable, even in this history rich area of the world.<\/p>\n

Malta is comprised of three islands, roughly 1\/3 the size of Fraser Island or about the same size as\u00a0the Isle of Wight or Martha’s Vineyard. It has a population of 400,000+.<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a>
On entering the harbour you can’t help but be awe inspired by the World Heritage listed city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We have spent time walking the bastions of Valetta and the city.<\/p>\n

\"View<\/a>
View to the east of Valetta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"City<\/a>
City vista<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night we took the bus out to Spinola Bay from Valletta. There were several restaurants on the bay and we were lucky enough to find the best mussels in Malta at Ristorante San Giuliano. \u00a0You dine on an al fresco terrace overlooking Spinola Bay, the area is alive with people in boats, walking along the board walk or having dinner and enjoying the view.<\/p>\n

\"Spinola<\/a>
Spinola Bay, St Julians, Malta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We are just beginning to explore, so we won’t write much but here are some photos.<\/p>\n

\"Outlook<\/a>
Outlook over Caffe\u00a0Rafffael, Spinola Bay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Diners\"<\/a>
Wish you were here!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Vista<\/a>
Vista from Ristorante San Giuliano after dark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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When you are travelling, you have go to sources of information about your port of call: \u00a0Marine Pilots, Lonely Planet, Wikipedia and Trip Advisor. \u00a0If you are very lucky, you find a book about the place like The Leopard about Sicily. \u00a0If any one knows a great book about Malta, email us but I am … Continue reading Malta, Valletta, Manoel Island and Spinola Bay<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventures-2","category-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VxXq-cF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=785"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":797,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/785\/revisions\/797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merrington.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}