A must do (once) when you visit Malta. Despite being listed on a website as a rainy day activity, if it’s raining you will get wet between the catacombs. It’s not all underground. It’s an interesting visit, yes it can be a bit claustrophobic but you would expect this to be the case, and yes you have to bend down a lot and watch your head, again you would expect this to be the case. On entering there is an informative video and it shows how EU funding has allowed investment. When you leave one side, it’s not clear where you go next, you exit at the barrier, turn right towards the shop, enter the shop and show your ticket (so don’t lose it) and show it to be allowed entry to the other side. A couple of hours is all you need. Before entering each catacomb information is displayed at the entrance, however it gives a maximum number of people allowed in each catacomb and there is no way of knowing how many are already down there, so I’m not sure how helpful this is. We enjoyed the visit and are glad we did it.

St Paul catacombs is the biggest among the 3 but be prepared to walk up and down the stairs 20x. it is also the most commercialized of (with metal walkway etc) and is managed by Heritage Malta. Personally, I prefer the more rustic catacombs like St Agatha and St Cataldus. Both are much smaller. St Agatha doesnt allow photography due to frescos

Unbelievable! Such amazing experience, walking through hudge catacombs and felt awe for ancient people who built that holy pace. So good preserved and presented to the public. Great job 👍🏻 Harritage Malta. Don't miss to visit!

Definitely a must if visiting mdina well worth the money. Steeped in history and a eye opener. Beware though not wheelchair accessible due to steep steps and confined spaces

taking a walk away from Mdina you come easily to Rabat, carry on walking through lovely small roads till you arrive at St. Paul's catacombs. Some parts where very narrow( so claustrophobics beware) but generaly well light and fascinating. The story of St Paul coming to Malta is fascinating, even if you are not religious and the area where he carried out devotions , lovely

A great place to visit, the WWII shelters and the catacombs are so interesting as is the small museum it is attached to especially as the entrance fee is only 6 euros. There is also a restaurant outside in the middle where you can sit in a pretty garden and have an incredible pizza. Well worth the short walk from Mdina

Intesting but basic, all bones and atrifacts had been removed or raided. It's a very hot area of malta (not thay thays the sites fault! Just an observation) the Catacombs do provide shelter from the heat, though! Not to expensive to enter, can take around 1 to 1 and a half hours exploring, due to its age it is very Intresting, Located in little town known by locals as Rabat, not much is here but being just one town across from the city of mdina its worth a quick trip to see its dark history. As Roman law prohibited burials within city walls, they created the town for Rabat as a burial town for the city of mdina known then as the Roman capital of Melite. We took the chance to visit St Paul's Catacombs, discovering an extensive system of underground galleries and tombs dating from the third to the eighth centuries CE. To make you realise how old these are, they was last used 1622 years ago with burials of Roman Christians, Jewish & Pagans. This was around the 400AD period, now to put this into perspective on the historical time line, these major events happend well after this time... The Roman empire fell in 476AD, The European middle ages started at 500AD, The Chinese Invented Gunpowder in 700AD, The vikings invaded and occupied at least eight countries, including England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain, Italy, Iceland, and Russia, and had fallen again between 793–1066AD, Henry the 1st is crowned King of England. 1100AD, The University Of Paris as Founded in 1200 AD, Between 1347AD and 1351AD the Black Death, killed 25 million people in Europe, By 1453AD the Turks conquer Constantinople, end of the Byzantine empire, causing beginning of the Ottoman empire, In 1509AD Henry the 8th became king of England, 1600AD British East India Company is established and sets up trading posts in India, Between 1775 and 1783AD was the American Revolution, Between 1861-1865AD was the American Civil war (should have just let us rule ;) ), The death of queen Victoria & the end of the Victorian era was by 1901AD, All the way up to the modern era of the 2000s. Hopefully you now can understand just how old these tombs are we was looking at and walking amongst, pretty incredible once you comprehend the age of them properly! Luckily for us the site was cleared and investigated in 1894 by Dr A.A. Caruana.

The catacombs are a group of about 20, each accessed separately. Therefore there is a lot of going down and up again. Some are very small, some have some inter-connected rooms. Moderately interesting but very little interpretation provided, which makes hard to fully appreciate.

very interesting (pre)roman catacombs! However, you should take water with you, as it can get hot there, since you switch between the catacombs above ground and there is little shade on the way! if a guided tour is offered, you should take advantage of it, as you will certainly learn a lot more than on your own! we didn't have a guided tour, but it was still worth seeing!

We were originally going to visit St Agatha's but found it closed, so we headed over here. The catacombs are extensive and interesting (in an atmospheric/eerie way) to explore. Really impressive. I think we must have been lucky as it wasn't at all busy when we visited; just a handful of other couples.