Malta's National Park

A picture is worth a thousand words and all of that, but photographs can also do what you want them to do.  That's why most people's facebook pages are adorned with photos of themselves smiling gleamingly at the camera surrounded by friends at a party, or lounging on an idyllic looking beach holding an ostentatious cocktail.  In the same way, I can show you these photos of Ta 'Qali National Park and you may think 'How lovely, let's go there this weekend!'

On the other hand, you could take a look at the following pictures of the same place on the same day, and decide there are maybe you'll just stick to to the beach instead.  It is - as these pictures suggest - a mixed bag.  Some nice areas in the park but quite a lot of pretty scruffy and not tremendously well-maintained parts as well.  Certainly not one of the great national parks of the world, it is nonetheless very popular with the locals as a place to have a nice picnic, and it's also right beside the Craft Village and the national stadium, so if you are in the area why not take a wander and judge for yourself.