scenic viewpoint
Upper Barrakka Gardens
Terraced garden on Valletta's bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and Three Cities, with a daily saluting battery firing.
2 km · about 5 min drive
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Marsa
Il-Marsa, Malta · Europe
About Marsa
Marsa works well as a base: 7km from Blue Grotto, Malta.
Marsa is in Il-Marsa, Malta, with about 5,500 people. You drive on the left here.
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What is there to see near Marsa?
Within an hour or so of Marsa: Upper Barrakka Gardens (2 km), Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (2 km), Valletta (3 km), St John's Co-Cathedral (3 km).
Where is Marsa?
Marsa is in Il-Marsa, Malta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 5,454
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Malta
- Region
- Il-Marsa
- Timezone
- Europe/Malta
- Coordinates
- 35.8792, 14.4946
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Worth the detour from Marsa
8 notable places within an hour's 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.
2 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Valletta
UNESCO-listed Baroque fortress city built by the Knights of St John, packed with more historic monuments per square metre than any other city.
3 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
St John's Co-Cathedral
Baroque cathedral in Valletta built by the Knights of St John, housing Caravaggio's Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.
3 km · about 5 min drive
castle
Fort St Angelo
Bastioned fort at the tip of Birgu commanding the Grand Harbour, central to the 1565 Great Siege and now a museum site.
3 km · about 5 min drive
landmark
Marsaxlokk
Fishing village on Malta's southeast coast lined with painted luzzu boats, known for its Sunday fish market and waterfront restaurants.
6 km · about 10 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.
7 km · about 15 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 15 min drive
Driving roads near Marsa
- Right hereUpper Barrakka GardensTerraced garden on Valletta's bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and Three Cities, with a daily saluting battery firing.
- Right hereDingli CliffsMalta's highest sea cliffs on the island's west coast, with a clifftop road, chapel and open views towards the islet of Filfla.
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