{"id":23216,"date":"2021-05-28T02:23:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.visitmalta.com\/a\/the-three-villages\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T02:23:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:23:37","slug":"the-three-villages","status":"publish","type":"a","link":"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/en\/a\/the-three-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-article__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 text-center font-weight-bold\">                              The Three Villages<\/h2>\n<div id=\"dvArticle\">      <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_lblPageContent\"><\/p>\n<p>Lying between the old medieval capital city of Malta, Mdina, and the Baroque capital city, Valletta, lies the so-called Three Villages, namely&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/info\/hattard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0126&#8217;Attard<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/info\/hallija\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0126al Lija<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/info\/halbalzan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0126al Balzan<\/a>. The present combined population of these three villages does not exceed more than 18,000 people, although this increase is the result of modern buildings around the periphery of the Three Villages.<\/p>\n<p>Walking the streets of these villages one gets the impression of going back in time, with the well-kept alleys, the restored noble palaces, and the beautiful parish churches and other interesting features.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"\/en\/file.aspx?f=31803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">walk<\/a> will take one through parts of the area, although everyone is invited to explore the whole area and be enchanted by the unique villages of <a href=\"\/en\/info\/hattard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0126&#8217;Attard<\/a>, <a href=\"\/en\/info\/hallija\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0126al Lija<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/info\/halbalzan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0126al Balzan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>DOWNLOADS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/file.aspx?f=31802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Villages Brochure (English)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/file.aspx?f=31803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three Villages Map (English)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-23216","a","type-a","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Three Villages - Visit Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Three Villages - Visit Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Three Villages Lying between the old medieval capital city of Malta, Mdina, and the Baroque capital city, Valletta, lies the so-called Three Villages, namely&nbsp;\u0126&#8217;Attard,&nbsp;\u0126al Lija&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u0126al Balzan. 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