Qormi, Malta · Europe
Qormi works well as a base: 6km from Blue Grotto, Malta.
Qormi is in Malta, with about 17,000 people. You drive on the left here.
Qormi (Maltese: Ħal Qormi, [ħɐl ˈʔɔrmɪ], locally [ħɐl ˈʔʊrmɪ]), also known by its title Città Pinto, is a city in the Southern Region of Malta, southwest of Valletta in the centre of the island. It had a population of 16,324 (as of March 2018), making it Malta's fifth-largest city. The population of Qormi was 19,752Read more
in July 2024. This included 10,664 males and 9,088 females; 15,727 Maltese nationals and 4,025 foreign nationals.
Qormi has two parishes, one dedicated to Saint George and one to Saint Sebastian. It contains two valleys: Wied il-Kbir (The Large Valley) and Wied is-Sewda (Black Valley). Its bordering towns are Marsa, Luqa, Żebbuġ, Siġġiewi, Ħamrun, Birkirkara, Attard, Santa Venera and Balzan.
Elder inhabitants of Qormi speak a broad Qormi Dialect, which is now in decline.
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Within an hour or so of Qormi: Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (3 km), St John's Co-Cathedral (4 km), Upper Barrakka Gardens (4 km), Valletta (5 km).
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ancient ruins
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.
3 km · about 5 min drive
cathedral
Baroque cathedral in Valletta built by the Knights of St John, housing Caravaggio's Beheading of Saint John the Baptist.
4 km · about 10 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Terraced garden on Valletta's bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and Three Cities, with a daily saluting battery firing.
4 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
UNESCO-listed Baroque fortress city built by the Knights of St John, packed with more historic monuments per square metre than any other city.
5 km · about 10 min drive
castle
Bastioned fort at the tip of Birgu commanding the Grand Harbour, central to the 1565 Great Siege and now a museum site.
5 km · about 10 min drive
natural wonder
Series of sea caverns on Malta's southern coast where sunlight creates a luminous phosphorescent blue glow on the water.
6 km · about 10 min drive
ancient ruins
UNESCO-listed prehistoric temples including Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra, among the oldest freestanding structures on Earth.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Malta's ancient walled capital known as the 'Silent City', with narrow medieval streets and sweeping views over the island.
6 km · about 10 min drive
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