'Revolutionising' the way to visit the Maltese islands
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Island Publications is about to 'revolutionise' the way tourists and residents
see Malta.
The Mosta-based travel industry publisher has just produced Malta Treasure
Hunts.
Devised and written by Terence Mirabelli, the first edition of Malta Treasure
Hunts is a 48-page booklet that contains a series of themed hunts that will
take visitors and residents alike on a self-guided voyage of discovery around
the Maltese islands.
For instance, Temples trail is a 50-kilomtere long treasure hunt that takes in
ancient temples and the more noteworthy churches. Gardens of Malta, as its name
suggests, leads hunters on a tour of the most notable - and some little known -
gardens on the island. Gozitan odyssey is an exciting tour of Gozo. Other,
shorter, pedestrian, hunts let one discover Victoria, Valletta, Mdina, Birgu as
well as the popular resorts of Sliema and St Julian's and Bugibba and Qawra
(dubbed 'Bugiwra').
All treasure hunts are colour coded, denoting levels of difficulty. Green hunts
are easy, yellow ones are slightly harder and red ones require (a bit of)
thinking and deduction.
Each hunt has a set of questions that sometimes lead to a landmark or require
an answer to find a hidden password. Hunts are either circular or linear,
meaning they either end where they start or not. A map is recommended for car
hunts, otherwise one is not necessary for the pedestrian treasure hunts.
No treasure hunt requires the payment of any entrance fees. Some hunts do go
past sites, museums and landmarks that may require payment to visit, but
entering these sites is at the discretion of the hunter.
"Malta Treasure Hunts is the new, fun way to discover and tour the islands and
see what they have to offer", says Terence Mirabelli - managing director of
Island Publications and originator of the hunts.
"The booklet is not intended solely for tourists, but also for residents of the
islands. And hunts can be enjoyed singly, with friends, as a family or as a
team-building exercise at whatever time of year", Mirabelli adds.
"Producing Malta Treasure Hunts has been so much fun and educational, that I'm
already working on a second edition".
Malta Treasure Hunts is available from Agenda bookshops and from leading book
retailers and stationers in tourist resorts at .6.50. It is also available for
download - as a pdf file - from www.travelmalta.com/mth/mthindex.htm at €5.00.
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