Three Cities and Wine Tasting Guided Tour
AVAILABLE: TUESDAY
INCLUDED IN PRICE:
- Half Day Three Cities GuidedTour
- Tasting of Wine and Local Savouries
- Pick up and Drop off
The Three Cities is a collective description of
the three fortified cities of Cospicua, Vittoriosa
and Senglea. During the tour you will drive past Cospicua, a doublefortified
harbour city and the largest of the three. It was also given a
title as Citta’ Cottonera, but erroneously the title is now used to define
the whole region. You will then arrive in Vittoriosa.
Vittoriosa is ideally
situated for safe anchorage and over time it has developed a very long
history with maritime, mercantile and military activities. Prior to the
establishment of Valletta as capital and main city of Malta, military
powers that wanted to rule the Maltese islands would need to obtain
control of Vittoriosa due to its significant position in the Grand Harbour.
The third city Senglea is also called Civitas Invicta because it managed
to resist the Ottoman invasion at the Great Siege of 1565.
The name
Senglea was given by the grandmaster who built it, Claude De La
Sengle. The island on which Senglea lies was joined by a land bridge
to Cospicua during the time of the Knights of St. John and as a result, it
became peninsular in shape. During this tour you will walk through the
various narrow streets shaded by many historic churches and buildings.
You will then drive to the Marsovin Cellars in Marsa. The wine
tasting tour commences with a historical introduction amongst
original artefacts, followed by an explanation about the process of
how the locally grown grapes are pressed, fermented and eventually
transformed into wine.
A walk through the 400-year-old ‘Ageing Cellars’
is an authentic and true piece of Maltese heritage. The wine sampling is
held in the Marsovin wine bar, where trained staff guide guests through
a wine tasting session to sample different Marsovin wines accompanied
by a selection of local savouries like maltese bread and cheese. At the
bar one also has the opportunity to purchase local Marsovin wines.
| Pick up place | Time |
|---|---|
| Attard | 08:30 |
| Valletta | 08:40 |
| Sliema | 08:55 |
| St. Julians | 09:10 |
| St. Paul's Bay | 09:00 |
| Bugibba | 09:05 |
| Qawra | 09:10 |
| Golden Bay | 08:50 |
| Xemxija | 08:50 |
| Mellieha | 08:40 |
| Cirkewwa | 08:30 |