Sunday 19 October 2014 marked the first outing of the season – the Xemxija Heritage Trail.
The trail consists of 20 sites of archaeological importance all within walking distance from one another, taking about 90 minutes to complete.
The trail includes a Roman road, dry stone walls, a menhir, the Cave of the Galley, apiaries, an old carob tree, a burial cave, a Neolithic temple, a corbelled hut (girna), a grove, a Punic tomb, a farmer’s hut, a troglodyte cave, a granary/well, unique prehistoric tombs, a pill-box defence post, recently discovered Roman baths, a farmhouse, Mistra Gate and the enigmatic cart ruts.
This project was started in 1993 and to date these sites have been cleaned up and repaired. The San Pawl il-Bahar Heritage Group works hard on a voluntary basis and collaborates with the local council for the preservation of these sites.
