Walking tour in Valletta: discover the charming sights of Malta

Price overview

• Valletta Walking Tour - ca. 3 hrs - per person (+12 years) 20.-€
• Valletta Walking Tour - ca. 3 hrs - per person (up to 12 years) 10.-€

Booking option: Walking tour Valletta

Explore the sights of Valletta, the majestic buildings, monuments and squares that romp around the capital of Malta in a guided 3 hour tour. It is not for nothing that Valletta became European Capital of Culture in 2018, and it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Generations of renowned artists have left gigantic footprints here. Marvel at this epoch-making art.

Overview

• Duration: ~ 2-3 hours
• Hours: 10:00 AM
• Days: daily from Monday - Friday
• Tour: all year possible, excluding Christmas Day and New Years Day
• Languages: English
• Starting points: Valletta

Included

• Professional guide

Detailed description

Walking Tour on Malta: Exploring Valletta's Sights

Visit the historic city of Malta on this Valletta city tour and walk to the sights of this ancient city. The flair of the old magnificent buildings, which blend into the scenery of the city with modern shopping centres, which you can also visit as part of this tour, conveys an impressive atmosphere. The city is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site and European Capital of Culture 2018.
However, most of the important buildings focus on Baroque architecture. Many of the numerous palaces, churches and museums in Valletta were built in this style and make the city an incomparable masterpiece of architecture. After the successful defence of Malta by the Knights of St. John in 1565, Valletta was designed and built as an impregnable fortress town. During the following centuries, Malta's capital was repeatedly extended by magnificent buildings as an open-air museum for major architectural projects. With this Valletta sightseeing city tour many of the buildings are in the program. Marvel at the new Parliament building and the ruins of the Royal Opera House, the Church of Our Lady of the Mount Carmel, the National Library, the Castle with the Court of Knights and the Barrakka Gardens at the fortifications of St. Peter and St. Paul, from where you can admire the Valletta Waterfront with many mooring cruise ships as well as Fort St. Angelo and the large shipyards as a harbour panorama. The memorial of the siege bell and the old university are only some of the other highlights in the city map of the sights. Of course you can also simply visit Valletta's inhabitants and the beaches of Malta.

You walk by the most important sights in Valletta:

• The new parliament building and the ruins of the Royal Opera House
• The Lady of Victory Church
• Upper Barrakka Gardens
• The Auberges of Castile and Italy
• The Castellania or the courts of the knights
• St. John's Co-Cathedral (entrance fee included)
• The Great Siege Monument
• Strait Street
• Sacra Infermeria
• The Siege Bell Monument
• Lower Barrakka Gardens
• The Old University
• Greek Catholic Church Lady of Damascus
• St. George's Square and Grand Master's Palace
• The Bibliotheca Nazionale
• The Banca Giuratale
• The Monte di Pietà and Redenzione

No matter who you go on this Valletta sightseeing walking tour with, the 3-hour journey through time will not be boring, but will provide you with cultural delicacies that you will remember with pleasure.