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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Travel
Julie Delahaye

Abandoned Popeye village built for 1980 Robin Williams musical now tourist hotspot

An entire village built purely for a musical about Popeye may not sound like your typical holiday hotspot, but that's exactly what Malta's Popeye Village offers.

The village, which has 20 wooden homes, was originally built as a set for the 1980 musical adaptation starring Robin Williams.

165 crew members headed to Anchor Bay armed with two thousand gallons of paint, wood and eight tons of nails. (The village is three kilometres away from Mellieha, approximately an hour's drive away from capital Valletta).

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