Malta has been a Mediterranean Forrest Gump, finding itself always in the middle of important events. Yet, with such an extraordinary history, how could it have just 1.5 million visitors a year? With a main island just fifteen miles long and seven miles wide, it has more World Heritage sites per square mile than anywhere else in the world, and, after a recent visit, we’ve concluded that Malta is the biggest little country in the world.

Almost any vacation can be improved with a visit to a winery, for they not only offer superior samples and fine restaurants, but they may also be surrounded by scenery one wouldn’t see anywhere else.

One of the great wonders of travel is that a journey far from your everyday surroundings can help eliminate the cobweb maze that daily stress creates. What better way to travel than to create a vacation that becomes much more than just “time off” by including some spa treatments?