The Binġemma stretch
The wall above the valley in the west.
Rolf Krahl (Rotkraut) — CC BY 4.0 · Frank Vincentz — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frank Vincentz — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Frank Vincentz — CC BY-SA 3.0
The short stretches, yes, in spring and autumn; the full route (twelve km without shade or water) suits only experienced walkers, and is unsuitable in summer entirely.
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A wall cutting Malta from sea to sea: the British built the Victoria Lines in the 1890s along the great geological fault that splits the island — twelve kilometres of ramparts, forts and gun positions from Binġemma bay in the west to Madliena in the east, to stop any army landing in the north from reaching Valletta and the harbours. Not a shot was ever fired from them: artillery outgrew them before they were used, and they were abandoned — leaving today the longest British relic on the island and its least visited. You walk on the wall itself or beside it through three forts (Binġemma, Madliena, Tarġa) and small bridges and tunnels, between fields and valleys. The full route is a long day's walk, but its best-known stretches are short: west from Binġemma village with the valley below, or the Fort Madliena section overlooking half the island. There are no facilities on the route, no shade, and it is not fully waymarked — take a map or an app.
The wall above the valley in the west.
A view over half the island.
The Great Fault, Malta