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A local view near Imdina, Malta
A local view near Imdina, Malta. Photograph by Frank Vincentz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized proportionally to at most 1200 pixels wide without upscaling or a height limit; original ICC retained; EXIF orientation applied; converted to WebP high-quality photographic compression.

THE SHORTLIST

A few places worth your time.

01Culture · DAY 1 IDEA

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St Paul's Cathedral

Cathedral was built in the Baroque style by Lorenzo Gafà after the earthquake of 1693 destroyed the original 12th-century Norman structure. Like the Cathedral of St. John in Valletta, its floor is covered with intricately inlaid marble gravestones belonging to Maltese aristocracy. Also noteworthy is the impressive wall painting at the back of the cathedral depicting the shipwrecking of St Paul on Malta. The face has two clocks (one for time and one for date).

Allow about 90 minutes · planning estimate

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02Culture · DAY 1 IDEA

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Cathedral museum

The quaint cathedral museum houses a variety of different small collections. Perhaps the most important is a beautiful set of woodcut prints The Life of the Virgin by Albrecht Dürer. Furthermore, it has a collection of the cathedral's attributes and a tiny display of the 19th-century priests who took the initiative to develop Maltese in a written form. Amazingly, as it was never in the colonial power's interest, the Maltese had to do without writing in their own language since the Arabs left in the 11th century.

Allow about 90 minutes · planning estimate

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03Culture · DAY 1 IDEA

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National Museum of Natural History

The museum is housed in an 18th-century palace, designed in Parisian Baroque style. It covers various topics such as Maltese Geology and Palaeontology, exotic mammals, marine fauna, insects, shells and birds and other topics like human evolution.

Allow about 90 minutes · planning estimate

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04Culture · DAY 2 IDEA

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The Knights of Malta

Located within the Mdina battlements, this cultural attraction presents the origins and history of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller of St. John of Jerusalem through a series of tableaux and a 3D audio-visual show.

Allow about 90 minutes · planning estimate

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A note before you go. Start with St Paul's Cathedral, then decide whether Cathedral museum deserves a separate visit rather than rushing both. The suggested days are an editable grouping, not a timed tour. Visit allowances exclude transfers, meals and queues; confirm the exact entrance and current visiting arrangements for The Knights of Malta before setting off.

Reference material retrieved 2026-10-19. Suggested days and time allowances are editorial starting points. Check the linked visitor information for opening hours, access, and reservations.

BEFORE YOU SET OFF

A more practical kind of plan.

Build a route that makes sense

St Paul's Cathedral and Cathedral museum are about 0.0 km apart in a straight line. Use the route link to compare the actual streets or transport connections before putting both in the same morning; the measurement is not a walking distance or a transfer estimate.

A LITTLE STRUCTURE. ROOM FOR DISCOVERY.

Your Imdina plan.

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Location, map & reference details

Find your bearings.

Country
Malta
Area
L-Imdina
Time zone
Europe/Malta
Coordinates
35.8864, 14.4031

Geographic reference: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0.

Imdina

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Reference credits & reuse

This city guide includes selected, abridged material by Wikivoyage contributors, adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. The adapted guide text is available under the same license; photographs and website design retain their separate terms. Selected and abridged reference descriptions; operational prices and timetables omitted. Elsewhere added the shortlist, geographic grouping and planning notes.

Reference material retrieved 2026-10-19. It is community-edited background, not firsthand reporting or a live opening-hours service.

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