Żejtun
Żejtun is a city in the Southern Region of Malta.
Żejtun is a city in the Southern Region of Malta. Żejtun is traditionally known as Città Beland, a title conferred by the grandmaster of the Order of the Knights of Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim in 1797. Before that, the village was known as Casale Santa Caterina, named after its patron saint and parish titular.
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Worth seeing in and around Żejtun
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
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Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
Żejtun has a number of important religious heritage sites, such as St Catherine's Parish Church, St Catherine's Old Church – known as St Gregory's, and numerous votive chapels. The parish of Żejtun is one of the oldest on the islands and already existed in 1436. The original parish church was built in the 12th century, and rebuilt in 1492.
- 01Villa Cagliares
A baroque country villa that was built in the 17th century as a country villa and hunting lodge by Bishop Baldassare Cagliares.
- 02Żejtun Roman
From Wikivoyage: Żejtun, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Each September, Żejtun hosts an annual festival celebrating the olive picking season and olive pressing for oil. The aim of the festival is to highlight the intimate link between the city and olive trees, and the promotion of local olive cultivation. The activity starts with a defilé delivering the olive harvest, including the reading of a proclamation, and the blessing of the olives prior to pressing.
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Where to eat
- 01Ta' Barbetta
101 Triq San Girgor, Iż-Żejtun,.
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Getting to Żejtun
- Airports
- Malta (MLA), 4 km · Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA), 185 km · Falcone–Borsellino (PMO), 288 km
- Stations
- Malta International Airport, 5 km · Marsaxlokk, 1.9 km · Ħamrun, 5.2 km · Grand Harbour, 4.5 km · Marsamxett Harbour, 5.6 km
- Catania → Żejtun188 km · quickest by road, 4h 36m · €22–31
- Palermo → Żejtun272 km · quickest by road, 7h 9m · €35–48
- Tripoli → Żejtun352 km · quickest by air, 4h 57m · $190–290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Żejtun
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Żejtun. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWhen arriving on the ferry from Sicily, you will land in the Southern Harbour directly, as this is where the ferry docks.
From Wikivoyage: Southern Harbor of Malta, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06.
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