Maltese Folklore Summer Nights

Delight all your senses with a trio of food, wine and song. Enjoy a fabulous buffet dinner including wine while enjoying live folk entertainment under the night stars. A most memorable Maltese night out! Starting in April and Ending mid-September 2008. For further information please phone on 21464931.

2008- New extension to the Park

Limestone heritage has recently opened its gardens to the public where every visitor can enjoy strolling around lemon and orange trees with peacocks and other Maltese fauna roaming around freely.

2008- New discovery

Studies at Limestone Heritage, the museum/park which traces the use of stone in Malta, have confirmed that a bell-shaped cistern in the Siggiewi quarry where the museum is located, is an ancient tomb of Punic or Roman origin dating back to 200 B.C. The studies were conducted by Dr Nicholas Vella, Senior Lecturer in Archaeology at the Department of Classics and Archaeology of the University of Malta. Entrance into the tomb is now through one of its two burial chambers but in antiquity the tomb was reached from the fields above, down a deep shaft. Two burial chambers, one opposite the other, are found at the bottom of the shaft. They are small rooms, roughly rectangular in shape, entered through low arched doorways. Dr Vella explained in a report that inside, to the left of each entrance, is a mortuary bed cut into the rock. The corpse would have been laid to rest on the bed with its head lying on a rock-cut pillow at the deep end of the chamber. The tomb is now open to visitors.

Winner of Best Tourist Shop 2007

The Limestone Heritage, was awarded a Star Award 2007 for Best Tourist Shop in Malta and Gozo. The award is prestigious because it is nominated and voted for by tourists to the attraction. Limestone Heritage Managing Director Manuel Baldachino said: “We are thrilled to have received this award because it is voted for by tourists and it is nice to know that our hard work since the inauguration of the attraction in 2002 has been appreciated. We are dedicated to providing tourists with an interesting and comfortable place to shop for genuine Maltese souvenirs.” STAR (The Special Thanks and Recognition Scheme) is an initiative organized through the Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) to show public gratitude to all those people who work directly and indirectly with the tourism industry.

New Extension and a new audio-visual presentation at Limestone Heritage

On the 28th June 2006, Prime Minister of Malta, Dr. Lawrence Gonzi inaugurated the new extension comprising of a new auditorium and a multi-function hall with the capacity of catering for 200 patrons every 15 minutes. A new audio-visual presentation was also launched This addition to the existing complex is the result of a constant increase of visitors year after year. This new project was co-financed by grants from the EU Fund Scheme 2004-2006. Attending the ceremony were various MP's, numerous directors of the leading incoming Travel Agencies and other distinguished personalities from MTA and Heritage Malta. The guests were entertained to an evening of classical music by Mro. Brian Cefai and Ms Stephanie Degiorgio, followed by an impressive pyrotechnic display synchronized with music that lit up the massive quarry walls.