Photo: Silar (CC BY-SA 4.0)
A self-guided audio tour of two of Malta's megalithic temples, listed by UNESCO in 1992 and now under protective shelters built in 2008. It starts at the visitor centre built into the ridge, then goes through the east-facing trilithon doorway of Ħaġar Qim, a temple of globigerina limestone raised on a hilltop from between 3600 and 3200 BC, where the 'fat lady' statuettes and the Venus of Malta were found and an oval oracle hole pierces the wall of an apse. A paved path of about five hundred metres runs down towards the sea and the islet of Filfla, past the story of the clearing of 1839 and the excavations that followed. At Mnajdra it visits the small East Temple, the oldest of the three, the Middle Temple on its artificial platform, and the South Temple, where the rising sun shines straight through the doorway at the equinoxes. It ends at the Misqa Tanks, bell-shaped rock-cut cisterns on the plateau above both temples.
8 narrations, yours to keep — no subscription, no expiry. Works offline once downloaded, and if it isn’t for you we’ll refund it.
Going somewhere with no signal? Put the guide on your home screen first, then download it from that icon while you are on wi-fi — that way you download once, and it works in airplane mode with no roaming charges. Show me the order →
Every claim in this tour traces back to a named source — excavation records, the heritage authority for the site, and the primary texts themselves. Nothing is copied from other guidebooks, and anything we can't source doesn't make the recording.
Each stop is built from OpenStreetMap · 6 features in this old town (the field-surveyed mapping database behind Apple Maps), Wikidata · 3 cross-referenced entries (peer-reviewed structured records), the heritage authority below, and the primary historical texts where they exist.
Cross-referenced against Modern excavation publications · academic peer-review.
Every sentence is checked against those sources before it is recorded. If a claim can't be traced, it doesn't make the audio.
Every tour is reviewed by a person before it goes on sale. Stop selection, the route and anything ambiguous come back to the editor for a decision, and those questions routinely send a stop back for another accuracy pass. Nothing publishes on a machine’s say-so.
Spot anything inaccurate? Email [email protected] — fixed in the next pass.
Upright megaliths frame a trilithon doorway, with notched inner corners on the two great end stones of the façade.
A hilltop temple of local limestone where the Venus of Malta was found, with an oval oracle hole cut through an apse wall.
A paved path of about 500 metres down towards the sea, with the islet of Filfla on the horizon and layered limestone cliffs.
The smallest and oldest of Mnajdra's three temples, with pitted uprights and a small engraving of a temple façade inside.
Aligned so the rising sun shines straight through its doorway at the equinoxes and lights the sides at the solstices.
Bell-shaped cisterns cut into the bedrock on the plateau, with channels carved to lead water into storage.
Tap "Start Walking Tour" and allow location access. The map shows all 8 narration points.
Follow the suggested route or explore freely. GPS tracks your position. Reach a site and the narration plays automatically.
Each site has its own narration. 8 narration points.
Narrations play when you reach each site. No buttons, no track numbers. Walk naturally — the stories find you.
Premium narration that sounds like a documentary. Warm and knowledgeable, not a textbook reading.
Every narration is drafted, cross-checked against primary sources, then passed through a second editorial pass that strips unsupported claims. Dates, names, and citations verified.
See all narration points on the map. Tap any point to hear it early or replay it later.
Every narrated point in Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra — the Temples above the Sea, each with its own narration.
Spend an hour or a full day. Skip sites, revisit favourites, take breaks. The tour adapts to you.
8 narration points, including The visitor centre, Mnajdra: the forecourt and the East Temple, Mnajdra: the Middle Temple, Mnajdra: the South Temple and Misqa Tanks. That is about 9 minutes of narration in all, and you walk between the stops at your own pace.
Yes. It plays in your phone’s browser as you walk: no guide, no group, no app to install and no fixed start time.
Three ways, all built in:
The map-tap option means you can stand anywhere — even at home before you travel — and play any narration. GPS just makes it hands-free while you’re actually walking the site.
No. Use the “Download for offline” button before you go, and the entire tour — audio, maps, narration text — works without any data connection. Tap-to-play and the map both work fully offline. GPS itself doesn’t need data; only the download does.
Add the icon first, then download from the icon. On iPhone a guide downloaded in Safari cannot be seen by the home screen icon, so downloading first means downloading the whole thing twice.
Putting it on your home screen — iPhone or iPad (Safari):
On Android (Chrome): tap the three-dot menu at the top right, tap Add to Home screen (some phones say Install app), then confirm. On Android either order works.
If you opened this link from inside Instagram, Facebook or Gmail, you are in that app’s built-in browser. It cannot add anything to your home screen, and a guide downloaded there is thrown away when the app closes. Open the link in Safari or Chrome first.
Two backstops. First, the map shows every site — just tap the marker for the place in front of you. Second, you can manually queue any narration even when GPS is off. The platform never assumes GPS works; it’s the convenience layer, not the gate.
The audio runs ~1–2 hours total, but you walk at your own pace. 8 narration points across the site. Most visitors take 2–4 hours; some spread it over multiple visits. Once you buy it, it’s yours — there’s no expiry and no subscription. Come back next year if you like; the link in your receipt always works.
One purchase covers one device session. Most couples share earbuds and use a single phone — the audio is paced for that. If you want everyone listening on their own device, each person needs their own purchase. We do not gate sharing aggressively; we trust visitors to do the right thing.
Full refund if you never trigger a single narration on-site. Partial refund based on how far you got. See the refund policy for specifics.