Souvenirs from Malta. What to bring from Malta. The best places to shop

Not far from Valleta is the village of Ta 'Kali, well known for its national stadium. On the site of a World War II military airfield, a' craft town 'has been set up - old Nissen barracks have been converted into shops selling a variety of products, some of which not found anywhere else in Malta. "Town" is located in the same area as the national stadium, national park and the national aviation museum. Here you can see artisans at work, creating unique artifacts, be it blown glass, metal structures, lace, fabrics, ceramics, jewelry, furniture ... The list of traditional specialties is quite large.

Great souvenirs and gifts discounted prices can be found at the market in Marsaxlokk (open every day, including the famous Sunday fish market). The kiosks sell household items, lace self made, knitted tablecloths, branded T-shirts, clothing, toys, classic knick-knacks, scented candles and other home accessories. The market in Marsaxlokk is a well-known attraction and is indicated in many guidebooks, thus attracting many tourists and locals. It is very interesting not only because it sells a lot of useful goods, delicious products (honey, fruit jams, wine, vegetables), but also because of the atmosphere itself - people come here to socialize. After pleasant shopping, you can dine at one of the many seafood restaurants found throughout the scenic Marsaxlokka Bay.

Valletta Sunday Market is another popular landmark that attracts tourists from all over Malta and internationally. What the interested visitor will not find here ... but perhaps the most attractive will be handicrafts and antiques.

The high reputation of Maltese master jewelers is known all over the world. Filigree gold and silver items are often exported to major cities around the world. It is good news that everyone in Malta can buy their favorite product - brooches, bracelets, earrings ... Affordable prices, designed for people with different budget options. All products are certified by the Maltese government.

More maltese gifts- vases, blown glass figurines, curving lines inspired by the blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea, brown hills with olive groves, bright wild flowers. Tourists have the opportunity to visit glass blowing workshops to see how wonderful objects are created from scratch, in particular in Ta "Kali, but the products are easy to find in specialized stores located throughout Malta or Gozo.

Famous Maltese craft brand Heritage Homes and Artistorika with an award-winning and operating experience for decades The World Organization intellectual property, produces a wide range of souvenirs and gifts for tourist market... These are collections of miniatures of architectural landmarks of the Maltese archipelago (from a rustic country house to the decoratively majestic Royal Opera House in Valletta), products inspired by motifs, decorations, structures characteristic of Maltese history. Most of them are made of artificial Maltese stone.

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Wine / Wine / Inbid [inbID]

In Malta, grape varieties are grown such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Moscato, Syrah and some others. Local varieties are Gellewza and Girghentina. If you see the name of the islands (MALTA or GOZO) and the abbreviation D.O.K. (Denominazzjoni ta ’Origini Kontrollata), which means that this wine was produced from grapes grown in Malta or Gozo.

There are two leading wineries - Delicata and Marsovin. Each of them has an official website on which their products are presented. Let's note just a few varieties that the Maltese usually drink at home and that are often found on restaurant menus.

At lunch, cheap table wines are usually served: Lachryma Vitis [Lacrima Vitis], Special Reserve [Special Reserve], Vigne d'Or [Vin d'Or]. In the wine lists of restaurants in the "Local wines" section, the most common ones are Dolcino [Dolcino], Red / Green Label [Red / Green label], La Vallette [La Vallette], Verdala [Verdala]. As for the wines that are considered expensive here and which could well be brought to someone as a gift, these are Antonin [Antonin], Gran Cavalier [Grand Cavalier], Marnisi [Marnisi], Cheval Franc [Cheval Frank], Grand Vin de Hauteville [ Gran Vin de Hoteville] and others.

Beer / Beer / Birra [birra]

"National Maltese beer" - Сisk [Chisk] (light). Other varieties are Blue Label and Lacto (dark). By the way, in the latter, you can stew a rabbit, octopus, snails. Anyone who wants to indulge in a light beer buys Shandy [Shandy] - beer mixed with lemonade. All this is produced by the Farsons company (Farsons).

Another local type that deserves attention is “1565” from Lowenbrau Malta. The name is the date of the Great Siege of Malta, in which the islanders and knights-johannites, led by the Grand Master la Vallette, defeated the Turks.

Liqueurs / Liquors

  • Anisette - a strong drink made from anise seeds, which the Maltese love to add to coffee in winter;
  • Limuncell [Limunchel] - lemon;
  • Laring - orange;
  • Mandolin [Mandolin] tangerine (the fruits of their production are grown in Gozo);
  • Ghasel [Asel] - honey;
  • Rummiena [Rummina] - pomegranate;
  • arruba [Harruba] - ceratonia;
  • ajtra [Baytra] - prickly pear.
  • Where to buy: grocery or supermarket, souvenir shop.

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Kinnie

Kinney is a bitter orange and herb flavored soft drink produced only in Malta. Perfectly quenches thirst. Farsons also recently launched Kinnie Zest, which tastes more orange than regular Kinnie.

Goat cheese / Goat cheese / Gbejniet

The local round-shaped goat cheese comes in three varieties - soft (frisk), no pepper (abjad) and pepper (tal-bzar). "Frisk" can be smeared on bread instead of butter and sprinkled with salt and pepper, but the other two solid varieties are an excellent appetizer for wine. They can also be chopped into fresh vegetable salad and pizza. Jbeinit should be kept completely submerged in oil (otherwise it will become moldy), to which you can add a few drops of wine vinegar.

Sun dried tomatoes / Tadam imqadded

These are the halves of oval-shaped tomatoes, which are abundantly sprinkled with sea salt and ground black pepper, and then exposed for several days under the hot rays of the summer sun. They are sold both by weight and in jars with oil and bay leaves. Sun-dried tomatoes add a savory flavor to summer salads and fish, and can also be added to rich vegetable soups.

  • Where to buy: grocery store or supermarket, green shop.

Honey / Honey / Ghasel [Asel]

Maltese honey is easy to obtain at almost any store, as well as conservation organizations (Nature Trust, Gaia foundation). Plus, you might see an ad like "This is where honey is sold." Do not hesitate, go to the beekeepers - for the most part they are very hospitable people, they will not only sell their goods to you, but also tell you about their hard work, or even treat them to a glass of mead!

  • Where to buy: Grocery or supermarket, greenshop, conservation organization, farms / private homes.

Olive oil / Zejt taz-zebbuga [Zejt taz-zebbuga]

The local olive oil tastes differently from the Spanish and Italian varieties we are used to buying in stores - it is refreshing and sweet. Now only real enthusiasts are engaged in this fishery (for example, the Ta 'Zeppi project, whose small plantation is located in the south of Malta in the town of Favvara).

  • Where to buy: grocery store or supermarket, green shop.

Capers / Caper / Kappar [Kappar]

Caper buds are a very popular spice in the Mediterranean. The capers taste sour and salty (in Malta they are stored in white vinegar, and in Sicily, for example, they are simply sprinkled with salt) and go well with fish dishes and summer salads.

Ceratonia Pod Syrup / Carob syrop / Ghasel tal-harrub [Asel tal-harrUb]

Syrup is prepared from the pods of ceratonia, which is added to tea or coffee in the cold months, and they are also treated for mild colds.

  • Where to buy: grocery store or supermarket, green shop, market.

Sea salt / Melh naturali tal-bahar

Coarse sea salt is evaporated from sea water in special salt pits, which are found on almost all the low rocky coasts of Malta and Gozo.

  • Where to buy: Grocery store or supermarket.

The shops Malta open from 9:00 to 19:00, on Saturdays - until 20:00, from compulsory siesta in the middle of the day for 3-4 hours. In busy tourist centers, some shops are open non-stop for lunch. More recently (this spring) trade on Sundays and holidays. On the archipelago(apparently, due to the increased tourist flow) more and more often you can find shops working 7 days a week from early morning until late at night.

I would recommend buying Italian Chianti in beautiful braided bottles, € 5.99 in supermarkets. Limoncello is also an option, as is olive oil. Marks and Spencer offers beautifully packaged coffee and chocolates, as well as true British fudge.

Glassware in Paceville or St. Julian's, like Venetian blown multicolored glass.

Jin will be picked up at Luqa Airport upon departure.

First of all, in the country huge number souvenir shops and jewelry shops, where many tourists rush after seeing the main attractions of Malta. There are large department stores, interesting shops for household goods and interior items. In Valletta lot shoe shops and shop children's goods.

I bought a woman I know as a gift very beautiful gold earrings in the form of a Maltese cross, with diamonds. In itself, it is extremely cheap, profitable, since it cost some € 108.

Paradise for shopping considered a town Sliema... The main shops there are located at St. Anne Square (Diesel, Morgan, Mothercare), Tower Road (Zara, Marks & Spencer, BHS, Dorothy Perkins, Ecco, Geox, Clarks, Bortex, Topshop) ), on Tigne Street (The Point), on Bizazza Street (Monsoon, Accessorize, Plaza).

From supermarkets on the Malta worth mentioning Arkadia(Paceville), PAVI(Qormi), Tower Supermarket(Sliema).

SHOPPING CENTERS IN MALTA

Bay street complex
The Plaza Shopping Center
Arkadia Shopping Mall
The point

SOUVENIRS FROM MALTA

Kit souvenirs brought by tourists from Malta, differs from souvenirs from other countries only by the inscription - Malta... These are standard plates, magnets, mugs, ashtrays, shirts... In addition to the inscription, souvenirs from the archipelago can be marked with a replicated image of Maltese buses, considered a local symbol.

Range of edible souvenirs more varied... So, in addition to local wine and "Kinney", first of all, tourists bring home the goat cheese Jbejniet, which is produced by long drying in the wind and sun. There are three types of cheese - soft (frisk), without pepper (abjad) and with pepper (tal-bżar). This cheese is considered an excellent wine snack. The cost is about 6 euros / kg.

Shopping in Malta

Are in demand among tourists maltese sun-dried tomatoes, or Tadam im'Added (Tadam imqadded), - dried tomato halves, sprinkled nautical salt and spices... They are used in the preparation of fish dishes, salads and soups.

Another national Maltese product- honey, or Asel (Għasel), beekeeping is very common in the archipelago. Truth, apiaries are located in the rocks and differ from the usual for us - they are in caves.

You can buy: - a large assortment of souvenirs;
- lace products. For example, I bought a very beautiful handmade tablecloth and table napkins; - Maltese cactus liqueur; - clothes (there are big discounts); - silver (very beautiful, tracery weaving is typical for Malta); - all kinds of glass products; - and much more.

Bank cost honey- near 6 euros.

Costs try and, if you like, bring home sweet fruit syrup ceratonia(Carob syrop, Għasel tal-ħarrub) - a bread or carob tree, also called "John's breadfruit", which grows in abundance on the islands archipelago... It is customary to add syrup from the fruits of ceratonia to coffee and tea, as well as take it for medicinal purposes - as anti-cold facilities.

Well, and, for sure, the most budgetary and at the same time a very useful souvenir - packaging with local sea salt, which is used both in cosmetic and food purposes... Salt pits where salt is evaporated are found in abundance throughout coast of Maltese islands.

The famous Maltese cross, which at one time was the sign of the mighty knightly order among the Hospitallers-John. In souvenir shops in Malta, you can find a huge assortment of these crosses from a variety of materials. But, the most popular among a large number of tourists are gold and silver crosses, which are inlaid with stones. Their cost is quite inexpensive, that is, 5-7 American dollars is a small gold cross, and a silver cross is three American dollars.

Maltese wines are immensely popular among tourists from all over the world due to their excellent aromas and taste. The most famous brands among Maltese wines are Camilleri and Marsovin. You can buy these wines in every wine shop or supermarket in Malta.

Local Kinnie herbal carbonated soft drink. The drink is made from the Sicilian red orange chinotto (kinotto), and eighteen herbs, distinguished by their aroma in the Mediterranean. The unusual bittersweet taste of Kinnie made it the most popular soft drink not only in Malta, but throughout southern Europe.

Maltese (Mdinsky) glass (Mdina glass) is presented in the form of a vase, ashtray, glass, glass, large dish. Basically, products made from this glass are expensive because they are made only by hand. They can be purchased at a cheaper price on Merchant street, where you can also buy other famous brands, for example, Phoenician glass blowers, Mtarfa glass blowers, Valleta glass.

Homemade cheese "Jbejna" is considered to be something between Georgian suluguni and ordinary feta cheese. It is sold in the form of circles, and in special pots. The most popular types of cheese are made by the Benna dairy company. You can buy 'Jbeina' cheese in any supermarket, because the price is much cheaper here.

The famous Maltese honey is best purchased from the Nature Trust Malta plantation itself. Firstly, absolutely all types of flora of Malta are collected on the territory of these plantations, so the honey becomes very fragrant. Secondly, in this way, there will be a guarantee that natural honey is purchased, and not a fake.

The most popular Maltese liqueurs are considered to be anise liqueur ("Anisette"), which is produced only in Malta itself. And also liqueur from ripe prickly pears ("Bajtra"), honey liqueur ("Ghasel"); pomegranate liqueur ("Rummiena"); herbal liqueur (Madliena); Gozitan lemon liqueur (Limuncell); Gozitan orange liqueur ("Laring").

The figurine of the Grand Master of the Order of the Johannes is considered one of the talismans of Malta. It is made with limited number, and looks like a toy from the Playmobil constructor itself exclusively in Malta. This figurine is sold in souvenir shops.

Hand knitted sheep wool sweaters. They look rather rude and have a primitive folk pattern, but they are durable, and these sweaters are very warm in winter. You can find these sweaters only in the street markets and the streets of Gozo, which is considered the second island, which is part of the Maltese Republic itself, or in the city of Sliema in shops for tourists. The price of this sweater is approximately US $ 30-40.

Shopping in Malta is an incomparable pleasure. Local markets and shops offer a wide variety of products - literally for every taste, color and size. The most popular gifts brought from this country are considered - handmade lace (traditional craft of the island of Gozo), filigree jewelry, glass jewelry, brass hammers for entrance doors, woven carpets and blinds.

Not far from Valletta is the village of Ta "Kali, popular for its national stadium. Here, in the very place where a military airfield was located during the Second World War, now the" Town of Crafts "was opened. shops selling a wide variety of goods. Only such goods can not be found anywhere else in Malta. Before your eyes, local artisans go about their usual business - blowing glass, weaving lace, making jewelry, various metal structures, furniture, ceramics and more.

Wonderful souvenirs and gifts can be purchased at a decent discount at the market in Marsaxlokk. Here you can find knitted tablecloths, handmade lace, scented candles, classic knick-knacks and other household goods.

Another place to shop for souvenirs in Malta is the Sunday Market in Valletta. In addition to traditional and popular souvenirs, you can buy antiques and handicrafts here. Typical Maltese souvenirs include magnets, standard plates, ashtrays, mugs and T-shirts. In addition to the inscriptions, they may depict Maltese buses, which are considered a local symbol.

Of the edible souvenirs, tourists usually prefer goat cheese - Jbeinit. It is produced by long-term drying in the sun. There are three types of cheese - soft, with and without pepper. An excellent appetizer for wines.

Maltese sun-dried tomatoes - TadAm im'Added are also very popular with tourists. These are tomatoes cut in half, sprinkled with spices, sea salt and dried. They are usually used to prepare various soups, salads and fish dishes.

Another popular Maltese product is honey - Asel. It must be said that beekeeping is highly developed in the archipelago. True, the local beekeeping has a significant difference - the apiaries are located here in caves inside the rocks.

You can also try, and if you wish, take with you, sweet syrup made from the fruits of ceratonia. This is the name of the bread or carob tree. It grows in large numbers throughout Malta. As a rule, it is added to tea or coffee, and is also taken for colds.

Often, the most budgetary (but also very useful) souvenir is brought from Malta - local sea salt. It can be used for both food and cosmetic purposes. On all the coasts of the Maltese islands, there are salt pits, in which, in fact, salt is evaporated.

There are also some rather unusual souvenirs that can be brought from Malta. Since this state is an island, navigation has played a significant role in its life since ancient times. And the Knights of Malta, as is known from history, were excellent sailors. Therefore, from here you can bring a model of an old sailing ship or a fishing boat. Old Maltese bus models are also popular.

Doorknobs are considered very unusual Maltese souvenirs. On the island, as they say, you will not find two identical doorknobs. In any shop you will be offered a choice of at least 30 pieces. Tourists in particular prefer pens decorated with dolphins. This animal is also considered the symbol of the island.

Maltese chess will be a very peculiar souvenir. Unlike chess produced in other countries, the figures of queens do not have a crown in them. Obviously, this is due to the fact that the Knights of Malta took a vow of celibacy when joining the order.

You can also buy a Maltese falcon figurine as a keepsake. It is also considered the symbol of Malta. In any shop you will find it made of wood, bronze, glass and even gold. Very often, his images can be found on coins.

 

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