Intricate designs

Old warehouse buildings along the pier have been modernized and converted to shops and restaurants, write Kit and Grandma in TravelPod:

Up the hill, the town is laid out in a grid with the gates to the town opening onto the main street. Buses stand ready to take you to the medieval town of Mdina and into the countryside,but we had only a few hours so we stayed in the older section of the city. Many of the streets run right to the edge of the hill, offering spectacular views of the sea, and then turn into steps that offer a shortcut down the hill.

Just a few blocks up the main street was St. John's Co-Cathedral-the church built by the Knights of Malta, when they came here from Jerusalem. The outside of the church is very plain-and is built of the limestone from the island. Inside, however, is another story, as the nobles throughout Europe contributed furnishings, paintings, monuments, and marble tombstones to show their support (and buy a little piece of heaven, it seems) for the Knights of Malta...The church has a huge collection of golden vestments, given by kings and other nobles, as well as one of the largest collections of Flemish tapestries in existence. The tombs in the floor of the church are covered by slabs that are made up of marble, bronze, and gold inlay. The designs are intricate and filled with flowers, angels, and skeletons-very impressive work!