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Mdina
Malta's ancient walled capital known as the 'Silent City', with narrow medieval streets and sweeping views over the island.
3 km · about 5 min drive
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Dingli
Dingli, Malta · Europe
About Dingli
Dingli works well as a base: 5 minutes from Imtarfa, 8km from Blue Grotto, Malta.
Dingli is in Malta, with about 3,700 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Imtarfa, about 4 km away.
Dingli (Maltese: Ħad-Dingli) is a village in the Western Region of Malta. It is 13 kilometres (8 miles) from the capital Valletta and two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the nearest town, Rabat. The village lies on a plateau some 230 metres above sea level, near the highest point of Malta. The area provides not only openRead more
sea views over the tiny, uninhabited isle of Filfla, but is also a good vantage point over Malta. The cliffs offer views of the nearby Buskett Gardens and Verdala Palace. The population of Dingli was 3,950 in July 2024. This included 1,995 males and 1,955 females; 3,790 Maltese nationals and 160 foreign nationals.
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Within an hour or so of Dingli: Mdina (3 km), Mnajdra (6 km), Megalithic Temples of Malta (7 km), Ħaġar Qim (7 km).
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Dingli is in Dingli, Malta, about 4 km from Imtarfa.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 3,711
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Malta
- Region
- Dingli
- Timezone
- Europe/Malta
- Coordinates
- 35.8615, 14.3821
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Worth the detour from Dingli
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
ancient ruins
Mnajdra
Prehistoric temple group aligned to solstice sunrises, sited on a slope above the sea a short walk downhill from Ħaġar Qim.
6 km · about 10 min drive
ancient ruins
Megalithic Temples of Malta
UNESCO-listed prehistoric temples including Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra, among the oldest freestanding structures on Earth.
7 km · about 10 min drive
ancient ruins
Ħaġar Qim
UNESCO-listed megalithic temple complex from about 3600 BC on a ridge above Malta's south coast, with a visitor centre and car park.
7 km · about 10 min drive
cathedral
Rotunda of Mosta
Parish church with one of the world's largest unsupported domes (37 m), modelled on the Pantheon and built by villagers between 1833 and 1860. In 1942 a Luftwaffe bomb pierced the dome during Mass and failed to explode: a replica sits in the sacristy.
7 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
Blue Grotto, Malta
Series of sea caverns on Malta's southern coast where sunlight creates a luminous phosphorescent blue glow on the water.
8 km · about 15 min drive
beach
Golden Bay
Sandy bay backed by clay slopes in northwest Malta, one of the island's larger beaches with a road-accessible car park.
9 km · about 15 min drive
ancient ruins
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
The world's only known prehistoric underground temple: three levels of chambers carved into living rock around 3300-3000 BC, with red-ochre spirals still on the ceilings. Only 80 visitors a day are admitted; book weeks ahead.
11 km · about 20 min drive
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- Right hereUpper Barrakka GardensTerraced garden on Valletta's bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and Three Cities, with a daily saluting battery firing.
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