AEA welcomes you on this site inspection to Malta. We can't wait to explore the history, environment, and cultural traditions of this unique island nation with you!

Please view the itinerary for more details about the program. We are charging a non-refundable $150 participation fee which is due upon registration.

For questions, please email Jamie Andrew at jamie@aeastudyabroad.com.

     

WED MAR 4: ARRIVE MALTA [-/-/D]

● Upon arrival, go through customs, meet your guide and transfer to accommodation

● Afternoon welcome and introduction to Malta

● Group welcome dinner

● Overnight at NSTS Campus Residence

 

THU MAR 5: ARTS + CULTURE IN MALTESE COMMUNITIES[B/L/D]

● Breakfast at the Residence

● Head out to an arts and crafts village to learn about Ta’ Qali traditional crafts, including glass blowing, filigree curling, and wood carving; try your hand at ceramics and then enjoy a light snack lunch of some typical Maltese snacks and drinks 

● Visit a local brewery to learn how their production of beer and mineral beverages has evolved from the 1920s; includes tour and tasting

● Head to one of Malta’s oldest villages to learn about their cultural sustainability   initiatives; talk with locals about the traditions they hold sacred and their impact on the community

● Fresh fish dinner at a small restaurant in a fishing village

● Overnight at NSTS Campus Residence

 

FRI MAR 6: SUSTAINABILITY AND TRADITION IN GOZO [B/L/D]

● Early breakfast at the Residence 

● Head out first thing in the morning for a day   trip to the island of Gozo, where   residents still lead a richly traditional lifestyle

● Visit the pre-historic megalithic temples of Ggantija, built more than 1,000 years before the   Egyptian Pyramids; then see the nearby Ta’ Kola windmill to learn   about traditional methods of grinding grains into flour via wind energy.

● Call by Calypso Cave (attributed to Homer’s Odyssey) and learn about the land formation,   including a red sand beach

● Lunch at a typical local bakery to try freshly baked bread, ftira, qassata, pizza, and other traditional foods

● After lunch, climb the Cittadella and learn about its history as both a castle and   fortress; then head to the Lunzjata Valley to visit traditional small still cultivated fields and a livestock   farm developed to sustain production 

● Take the ferry boat back to Malta

● Late dinner at the Residence

● Overnight at NSTS Campus Residence

 

SAT MAR 7: MARINE SUSTAINABILITY AND INDUSTRY IN MALTA [B/-/D]

● Breakfast at the Residence

● After breakfast, go for a morning trek to the natural Majjestral Park to learn about local biodiversity issues and sustainable coastal management; then help out with a   short beach cleaning project

● Packed lunch 

● Introduction and discussion to the development   and need of fish farming, followed by a boat ride to a tuna fish pen and   option to swim with the tuna!

● Head to a small village and enjoy Fenkata (rabbit), a favorite Maltese traditional dinner

● Overnight at NSTS Campus Residence

 

SUN MAR 8: DEPART [B/-/-]

● Breakfast at the Residence 

● Transfer to the airport to catch your flight back home