About Malta Car RentalMalta Car Rental has been in business since 1979 and since then Malta Car Rental has become one of the leading Malta car rental establishments. As a member of the Rent-a-Car association, Malta Car Rental adheres to strict professional standards and practices while still offering the personalized service typical of a family-run business. Malta Car Rental offers a wide range of cars, ranging from modern economical city cars to family cars, open-top jeeps, cabriolets, mini-vans and MPVs all equipped with desired features such as air-conditioning, power steering and others. These are available for both short and long term rental agreements with cheap and competitive prices. Malta Car Rental's user-friendly terms and optional add-ons are designed to accommodate every business and leisure user. For the customer's convenience bookings are accepted by mail, fax, the Internet (Online Booking), over the phone and also through a network of tour operators and travel agents. Our car rental services are available throughout the Maltese Islands. We provide delivery and collection all over the island including Malta International Airport. Currently Malta Car Rental owns and operates over 150 vehicles. All of our vehicles are serviced regularly to ensure maximum safety for the customer. Malta Car Rental operates from centrally-situated and fully equipped premises in St. Venera. Malta Car Rental is now highly regarded by both local and foreign clients for the quality of its vehicles, backed by a friendly and extremely efficient after sales service.
About MaltaMalta is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea that lies south of the island of Sicily, Italy. The country is an archipelago, with only the three largest islands (Malta, Għawdex or Gozo, and Kemmuna or Comino) being inhabited. Other destinations
HistoryAlthough small, Malta has a long and rich history, with evidence for habitation going back to the Neolithic era (4th millennium B.C.). The country boasts some of the world's most ancient standing buildings (the Neolithic temples), and its strategic location and good harbors in the middle of the Mediterannean have attracted Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans, Crusaders, the French and finally the British, with the colonial period lasting until 1964. The Knights of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as the Knights Hospitallers and Knights of Malta, took over sovereign control of Malta in 1530, and by 1533 the Order had built a hospital at Birgu (one of the Three Cities) to care for the sick. In 1565, Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, mounted a great siege of Malta with a fleet of 180 ships and a landing force of 30,000 men. In response the Order, with only 8,000 defenders, drove the Ottoman Turks away after a hard siege of several months. After this siege, the Order founded the city of Valletta on a peninsula, and fortified it with massive stone walls, which even withstood heavy bombing during the Second World War. By 1575 the Order had built a new large hospital known as the Grand Hospital or Sacred Infirmary in order to continue with its primary mission of caring for the sick. In 1798, the French under Napoleon took the island on 12 June, without resistance, when the Grand Master of the Order capitulated after deciding that the island could not be defended against the opposing French naval force. French rule lasted a little over 2 years, until they surrendered to the British Royal Navy, under Admiral Nelson's command, in September 1800. Great Britain formally acquired possession of Malta in 1814. The island staunchly supported the UK through both World Wars. The island was awarded the George Cross for its heroic resistance during the Second World War. An image of the cross is displayed on the flag. Independence Malta remained in the Commonwealth of Nations when it became independent from Great Britain in 1964. It is still a member. A decade later Malta became a republic. Since about the mid-1980s, the island has become a freight trans-shipment point, financial centre and tourist destination. Malta gained European Union membership in May 2004. ClimateMalta's Climate is influenced by the Mediterranean Sea and is similar to other Mediterranean climates. Winters are wet and windy. Summers are virtually guaranteed to be dry and hot. TerrainMostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains, with a coastline that has many coastal cliffs and numerous bays that provide good harbors. Highest point More information can be obtained at http://wikitravel.org/en/Malta. |