Villa Bighi on its rocky headland above the harbour in Kalkara

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Esplora Interactive Science Centre

Esplora is an interactive science centre opened in 2016 in the grounds of Villa Bighi, a villa of 1675 above the Grand Harbour that became the Royal Naval Hospital Bighi in the 1830s. Its historic buildings and gardens hold hands-on exhibits on physics, the human body and the environment, and a planetarium with a 10.7-metre dome.

When to go

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Mon09:00–15:00

Tue09:00–15:00

Wed09:00–15:00

Thu09:00–15:00

Fri09:00–15:00

Sat10:00–17:00

Sun10:00–17:00

Nearby

Fort Rinella

castle

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