subject: Taking A Sporting Vacation In Malta [print this page] If you like sports and you like Malta you are going to have a great time. Although Malta isn't well known for its sport, there is a lot of quality sport to watch. There is nothing wrong with making your holiday revolve around sports. Many Malta tours in fact do this.
The most popular sport in Malta in football and the national side are known as the Knights of St John. They have never made the World Cup or European Championships, but they have still managed some good wins over good sides. Still they have a way to go.
In the 2010 world Cup, they were in a group with Denmark, Portugal, Sweden, Hungary and Albania. They played 10 games and lost all but one. The other was a draw against Alabania. For the 2012 European championships they are in a group with Croatia, Greece, Israel, Latvia and Georgia. If you are a fan of any of these countries you should come to Malta when they play.
The Maltese Premier League is the ultimate football competition in Malta. You can make your Malta tours revolve around this. When the club you are following plays away matches you can watch them and take in Malta this way. Teams are from all over Malta be it Sliema, Valletta, Hamrun or Floriana. It is a unique way you can take Malta in.
There are great things to do in Malta that have to do with sport but it just doesn't have to be about watching it can also be about participating. There are hundreds of different Malta tours that are devoted to rock climbing. There are more than one thousand rock climbing routes in Malta. It just isn't about rock climbing but sport climbing, trad climbing, deep water soloing and bouldering.
This is one of the most popular participation activities in Malta and because of how small Malta is, rock climbing is very accessible. Hundreds of people flock to Malta just for the rock climbing. If and when there is a rock climbing world competition created, Malta would definitely be one of the stops on the schedule. People may be surprised by this but not people in the rock climbing world.
The sport of Microlight Flying is very popular in Malta. If you like Microlight Flying and are looking to go somewhere on a holiday, you can go to Malta and make microlight flying part of your vacation. There are now over 20 microlight aircraft that fly out of the airport in Malta. There a number of Malta tours now devoted to this.
Part of the attraction of using a conduit such as sports for your vacation is that it causes you to see things off the beaten path. You aren't going to see all of the same things that everyone sees when they go on vacation. You are going to see the real parts of the country. You will see how the locals live and you will get to sample this.
