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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
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San Ġiljan
Saint Julian, Malta · Europe
About San Ġiljan
San Ġiljan works well as a base: 4km from Fort St Angelo.
San Ġiljan is in Saint Julian, Malta, with about 14,000 people. You drive on the left here.
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What is there to see near San Ġiljan?
Within an hour or so of San Ġiljan: Valletta (3 km), St John's Co-Cathedral (3 km), Upper Barrakka Gardens (3 km), Fort St Angelo (4 km).
Where is San Ġiljan?
San Ġiljan is in Saint Julian, Malta.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,792
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Malta
- Region
- Saint Julian
- Timezone
- Europe/Malta
- Coordinates
- 35.9184, 14.4898
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Worth the detour from San Ġiljan
8 notable places within an hour's 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
scenic viewpoint
Upper Barrakka Gardens
Terraced garden on Valletta's bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and Three Cities, with a daily saluting battery firing.
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.
4 km · about 5 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.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Mdina
Malta's ancient walled capital known as the 'Silent City', with narrow medieval streets and sweeping views over the island.
9 km · about 15 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.
10 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.
- 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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