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Car Hire Malta

Car hire in Malta can be wonderful way of exploring the country or region and enabling you to explore the untouched areas where tourist day trips do not reach. Below is some general information which will help your car rental in Malta be a pleasurable experience.

Currency
Maltese liri

100 cents = 1 maltese liri

liri notes: 20, 10, 5 and 2

liri coins: 1 liri and 50, 25, 10, 5, 2 and 1 cents, and 5, 3 and 2 mils

Time difference
1 hour ahead of gmt. daylight saving time observed mar - oct

Bank opening
Open mon - thu 0800 - 1200, fri 0800 - 1200 and 1430 - 1600, sat 0800 - 1130
Public holidays
New year's day - 1 jan
Feast of st. paul's shipwreck - 10 feb
Feast of st. joseph - 19 march
Freedom day - 31 march
Good friday - 18 april 2003 easter monday - 21 april 2003
Worker's day - 1 may
Sette giugno - 7 june
Feasts of sts. peter and paul - 29 jun
Assumption - 15 aug
Victory day - 8 sept
Independence day - 21 sept
Immaculate conception - 8 dec
Republic day - 13 dec
Christmas day - 25 dec

Driving rules
Speed limits
Built-up areas: 40 kmh (25 mph), major roads outside towns: 64 kmh (40 mph)

Drink and driving
blood alcohol limit is 80 mg.

General driving
Drive on the left, overtake on the right.

It is compulsory to carry a warning triangle.

Seat belts are compulsory in the front and, if fitted, in the rear.

Travel tips
Malta is situated in the middle of the mediterranean, 58 miles south of sicily and 180 miles from north africa. its landscape is characterised by low hills with terraced fields jagged coastlines, and sandy beaches.

Malta includes three major islands, malta being the largest inhabited island followed by gozo and comino. there are also two uninhabited islands: st. paul's and filfla.