9 May 2007 Rating 8% No Comment  

On Saturday, 19th May, the public has the opportunity to visit some of the interesting and unusual places and discover historical facts of Victoria, the capital city of Gozo, as part of Lejlet Lapsi Notte Gozitana. Four different guided tours of one hour each will be held. Each tour will be led by a licensed guide and will leave a specific departure point every 10 minutes. Each of the four different tours will be held 13 times so that the public will have the option of covering all the four tours at different times during the day. The first tour is entitled 'Shelters'. Participants will visit the shelters in St Augustine Convent, Narrow Street and they will then proceed to the Citadel Bastions. The meeting and departure point is at St Augustine Square, starting from 10.30 am and every other 10 minutes, with the last tour leaving at 12.30 pm. Another tour will be focusing on Victoria's architecture and narrow streets. Visitors will be able to enjoy a walkabout in the various narrow streets and squares of Victoria. The meeting and departure point will be at Sabina Square and the first tour leaves at 12.00 (noon), while the last tour will be leaving at 2.00pm. Sacred art and churches will be the third tour and the route will include St. Francis Church, St. Augustine Church (through A Maria Hili and Charity streets) and St. George's Basilica. The meeting point will be at St. Francis Square (next to the stone cross). The first tour will leave every 10 minutes from 3.00pm and the last tour will leave at 5.00pm. The fourth tour will be focusing on Crafts and Gastronomy and participants will have the opportunity to visit Ta' Sopu, where olive oil, limoncello and goats cheese are produced and Il-Forn ta' Kampnari where the delicious Gozitan ftira (a Maltese bread variation) is baked. The tour will visit Tal-Qubbajd (Gozitan nougat) at Portelli confectionery where they also produce Qaghaq ta' l-Ghasel (honey rings), Prinjolata (Easter traditional sweet) and Krustini (traditional biscuits). In addition to Gozitan gastronomy, visitors will also be taken to see Gozitan crafts at the Ministry for Gozo where students from the Wistin Camilleri Gozo Centre for Art and Crafts will be manufacturing wrought iron. This tour will depart from Independence Square next to St James Church every 10 minutes starting from 3.00pm. The last tour will leave the same meeting point at 5.00 pm. These activities are being held as part of Lejlet Lapsi Notte Gozitana at Victoria, organised by the Ministry for Gozo and the Ministry for Tourism and Culture, sponsored by the National Lotteries Good Causes Fund - Ministry of Finance, Bank of Valletta, Air Malta and Gozo Channel Company Limited and supported by the Victoria Local Council, the Malta Tourism Authority, the Gozo Tourism Association and BPC. Further information can be obtained on telephone 21559832, via email to events@gozoculture.com or online at www.gozoculture.com.