Perched high above most of the rest of the island, Rabat overlooks the fields of golden wheat as the Maltese summer is steadily on the way. Rabat is the suburb of the island’s old capital city Mdina and a proud locality with a bubbling community of its own. Originally, Rabat formed part of the fortified…

Vittoriosa does not take its name lightly. The proud city where the Knights of St John’s lead the defence of the island during the Great Siege of 1565 from, is still the buzzing hub of life it was 500 years ago. “There’s no stopping here!” tells me John Boxall, the iconic Mayor of Vittoriosa, or…