Malta Travel Podcast with Nadia Farrugia

society, culture, places, travel, documentary, education · EN-US

This podcast is about living in Malta slowly enough to notice how the island works: the rocky terraces, the winter rains on the coast, the ferries that tie the three inhabited islands together. Travelling here means adjusting to a small archipelago where history is visible in walls and fortified harbours rather than in museums alone. She covers places beyond the main harbours: Valletta's grid of streets, the walled city of Mdina, Marsaxlokk's fishing boats on the south-east coast, and the cliffs at Dingli. Each place is treated as somewhere to return to, not just a stop on a tour. The show follows a longer rhythm: winter rains on the eastern coast, summer heat on the stone, ferry crossings that change with the season. Nadia returns to the same bays and villages, letting each visit add a layer. Knowing a place properly in Malta means learning its weather, its harbours, and the routes between them. Nadia Farrugia lives in Malta and stays for two years, moving betw