Summer driving in Malta means fierce glare, scorching cabins and traffic thick with visitors. Keep sunglasses in the car, use the sun visor properly, and give your air conditioning a minute to make the cabin humane before setting off.
Heat also shortens tempers — yours and everyone else's. Expect hesitant hire cars, double-parked deliveries and crowded coastal roads, and build in the extra ten minutes so none of it rushes you.
