Blue Grotto
Sea caverns glowing with reflected blue light, facing a former bombing-range islet across the water.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to the Blue Grotto near Valletta turns away from the caves for a moment, toward the lonely islet of Filfla on the horizon. It follows that rock from a medieval chapel for storm-caught seamen to the decades when British warships and aircraft used it for target practice. Best heard at the clifftop viewpoint, looking out to sea.
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