The 10 Best Things to do Adventurous in Malta, Malta

Fort Rinella in Kalkara,was built in 1878. This fort is not only a unique remnant of Malta's recent British colonial past, but it is also the world's first mechanical fort which enabled its small garrison to fire a monstrous 100-ton gun every six minutes. To be able to do this, the fort was equipped with a novel steam-driven hydraulic set-up that enabled the gun to traverse and depress and its ammunition to be hoisted and loaded mechanically. On visiting this fort in 1889, the great French writer Jules Verne described it as a marvel of the industrial age which would render Malta safe for ever. Some say that this is the place from where he got the idea of writing his famous novel a 'Voyage to the Moon', where a man is stuffed into a large projectile and fired from a large gun onto the moon!Originally, the 100-ton gun was built by Sir William George Armstrong of Newcastle in 1878, to equip a new class of Italian battleships - the Duilio class. This caused a serious stir between Britain and Italy which led to the former to obtain examples of the same gun to secure Malta and Gibraltar against a potential Italian seaborne attack.The Armstrong 100-ton gun has a calibre of 17.72-Inches (45cm). It is 35 feet long and has an overall weight of 156 tons making it the world's largest muzzle-loading cannon ever built. It used a quarter of a ton of gun powder to propel its monster shells up to a maximum range of eight miles. At that range it could pierce anything up to 21-inches of ship armour! The gun at Fort Rinella and another at Napier of Magdala Battery in Gibraltar are the sole surving examples today. The fort has recently undergone extensive restoration and improvement. A new 20-minute audio-visual outlining the history of the fort and its gun has also been added and is included in all guided tours.RE-Live History at Fort Rinella - Every afternoon from Monday to Saturday!Throughout the year, from Monday to Saturday at 14.00Hrs sharp, Fort Rinella is brought back to life complete with late 19th century Victorian soldiers who will take visitors on an animated tour around the fort. This tour combines excellent guiding with live and colourful historical re-enacting including military signalling, firing of rifles, bayonet practice, military cooking and more. Much use of original period equipment and weapons is made throughout this tour. All this goes to provide an enjoyable and long lasting experience to visitors.

Go Dive Malta is a PADI 5 star dive resort, our dive centre is based at the 4* Pergola Hotel & Spa in Mellieha at the Northern end of the island, which means we are 5 minutes away from some of the best dive sites in Malta. We're also very close to Malta's sister Islands Gozo and Comino. We offer guided diving in Malta, Comino & Gozo. Also, teaching full PADI scuba courses including open water diver and advanced open water diver and many speciality diver courses. We also offer visitors the chance to try scuba diving with the PADI Discover Scuba Dive program.

We are a PADI 5 Star Instructor Development Dive Centre in the heart of Bugibba. We are teaching courses, in English and German, from beginner- to Instructor level and beyond. Beside dive courses we offer guided dives around Malta, Gozo and Comino. Would you like to get to know us? Visit us and our newly made over dive centre, we will be very pleased to meet you.

Welcome to Gozo's most caring dive centre. We care...about showing you the best diving, about the marine environment, about quality and safety, about customer service and about having fun.

Gozo Adventures is a small eco friendly company offering kayaking, biking, hiking, climbing, abseiling, eco tours and much more. Our knowledge and experience of Gozo and Comino enables us to create unique tours to suit the needs of every client. We build our tours to be fun and exciting while at the same time giving the opportunity to experience the surroundings, culture and history of the islands from a different perspective

DIVE MALTA is positioned on the picturesque seafront of St Julian's bay and is Spinola bay's most dynamic scuba diving centre and snorkelling centre . Located in the heart of St Julian's, it is our intention to become Malta's number one diving and water sports service provider. Our prime position means that we are within easy reach of all the hotels and apartments on the Paceville, St Julian's and Sliema seafront. Being located literally on the waters edge allows us to offer services that other centres can only dream of.

We are diving centre based in Gozo certified by PADI as a 5 Star IDC dive resort. We are also certified by SSI and fully licenced by the Malta Tourism Authority. We are a team of young yet experienced instructors, with a complete range of new rental equipment. The dedication and friendly character of our instructors is what sets us apart and will guarantee good diving fun while keeping your safety always as our top priority. We offer various dive packages, training courses, accompanied diving, boat dives and night dives. We also offer complete holiday services such as car hire, accommodation and return airport transfers. Our instructors and crew are fluent in English, Maltese, Italian, French, Polish and Spanish and will ensure that you get the most both while bubbling away under water or on the surface.

We are the main dive centre in St Paul's Bay and organise daily scuba dive trips for all levels of divers. If you are looking to learn to dive, we have a team of 12 Instructors able to teach in a number of languages. For those of you just wishing to try diving while on holiday, we offer "try dive" lessons every afternoon at 13:00. We have a fully stocked shop with the best selection of good value snorkeling equipment, or if you prefer to hire, you are welcome to come in and rent some snorkeling gear on a day or weekly basis.

A full range of diving options and PADI & TECREC, and SDI/TDI courses available all year round. As well as diving, we can organise accommodation, transfers and car hire, all you need to do is book your flights and leave the rest to us. Gozo Aqua Sports PADI 5* IDC & TECREC dive centre , SDI/TDI Dive Centre and BSAC Dive Resort was the first dive centre on Gozo, established 1981.The owner, Patrick Bugeja is a Master Instructor with over 40 years of both Military and Recreational diving. We strive to deliver the highest standards, quality service and safe diving, all whilst having fun. We pride ourselves on having one of the largest, most spacious and well organised dive centres, which is one of the reasons we have such a fantastic reputation. Our dive centre is equipped with washing and secure storage facilities for your kit. We have a very good stock of hire equipment available to rent if you don't want to bring your own. For those last minute repairs on your equipment, we have our very own on-site servicing area - run by Patrick who is renown across the Island for his skills.

The friendliest dive centre in Malta. Beginners welcome. Guided diving in small groups. PADI 5 Star CDC Centre with two in-house Course Directors. Training from Open Water to Instructor. PADI Authorised TecRec Centre with training from Tec 40 to Trimix instructor. .