The Maltese islands are a small group of islands (with a total are of 316 km squared) roughly situated at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, and roughly about 96km away from Sicily and 288km from North Africa (Tunisia). These islands a favourite choice of tourist all around the world.

Since it is such a small island it is very easy to reach the sea from any point, and usually does not take longer than a 20 minute drive to find a suitable beach. Malta has a shorline of 136km and Gozo that of 43km. Both are in such a way as to provide various natural sandy beaches, rocky bays, creeks and harbours. Comino, Cominotto, Filfla and St Paul's Isles are the other major features of the archipelago.

They have a very rich cultural heritage, spanning over 4,000 years of history, most of which the Maltese spent as a colony of the major forces dominating the Mediterranear. This is reflected in the various neolitic temples scattered around the island (eg. Hagar Qim, Mnajdra), the epochal beauty of the the four cities around the Grand Harbour (Valletta, Birgu, Isla, Bormla) and Mdina, built during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

The Maltese islands' climate is a mild one, with the average winter temperature around 10 Centigrage. The total annual rainfall is about 50cm (20 ins) and it very rarely rains, if ever, during the summer months.

Malta has no mountains or rivers but a series of low hills with terraced fields on the slopes characterise the Island.