Valletta Culture & Cuisine: Discover local food and traditions in historical center

A perfect tour for individuals who relish in trying regional delicacies while gaining insight into local culinary customs and traditions. Also, they get to explore the historic heart of Valletta alongside a knowledgeable, licensed tour guide.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Valletta - Experience the street food of Valletta with a local tour guide and get a historical overview of the city along the way. Meet your guide at the entrance of Valletta at 9:30 am in front of the New Parliament Building and after a brief introduction to the city start your food tour experience. Start off with the most popular Street Food of the island, Pastizzi, a savoury snack

  • Upper Barrakka Gardens - Taste your way through Valletta’s street food on this walking tour visiting Upper Barracca Gardens, Castille Square, Auberge D’Italie and much more.

  • Merchant Street Market - Eat and sight see your way along Valletta historical city centre, where your guide will blend Valletta ‘s history and Maltese cuisine whilst discovering some of the main landmarks in the city. Stop to taste our delicious bread , the Ftira, a flat bread filled with the best of the Mediterranean ingredients. This will be served with a glass of soda, our Kinnie!

  • Valletta - Learn about the origin of the particular blend of Maltese coffee a spiced coffee, and sample Mqaret, a typical sweet made up of dates, cinnamon and orange blossom water!

  • Valletta - Our tour ends in a local restaurant to sample a local platter, tapas that go down well with a glass of beer, our Cisk lager and one of the traditional dishes. We try to bring to our clients a good variety of traditional dishes, so food items vary from one day to another, the guide will tell you your menu, that may can include either Ravioli, Rabbit or Horsemeat !

What's Included
  • Taste local specialities and beer
  • Enjoy the unique local drink, Kinnie
  • Experience the city with a fully licensed tour guide
What's Not Included
  • Any entrance fee to any museum or church
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Kindly note that children up to the age of 5 can join the tour for free however food items on tour are not provided for non paying clients.
  • Not recommended for clients on a Vegan diet
  • Kindly let us know about any dietary needs
Location
Valletta City Gate
Republic Street
Meet your guide past the City Gate of Valletta in front of the New Parliament Building on the right. Look out for the red City Walking Tours Umbrella
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Laura_l
Aug 2, 2024
Outstanding food and culture tour! - We tasted an impressive amount of Maltese food - a day’s worth in 3 hours - and had an excellent tour guide… really knowledgable, warm/welcoming and struck the perfect balance of culture, history, food etc.
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Jennifer_s
Jul 31, 2024
Yummy Maltese food tour - Our guide was so knowledgeable about the history, culture and food of Malta. I really learned a lot from her on this tour. She took the group to a few places for typical Maltese food which has Arabic, Italian and British influences in the cuisine that are very noticeable. The food provided to us was delicious and it was a nice touch to enjoy a sit down lunch at a restaurant as the last stop. I recommend this tour to families, couples, friend groups or solo travelers like me!
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Movelikejellyfish
Jul 27, 2024
Fantastic few hours with a great guide - Really fantastic walking tour. Marisa was very knowledgeable and gave us loads of history as well as the added bonus of delicious food. An excellent use of a day in Valetta on cruise stop.
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Rebecca_w
Jul 27, 2024
Superb - Fabulous tour. It was amazing. So much great info and delicious food. Our guide was so knowledge and just lovely.
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Carolynj1nn3
Jul 27, 2024
Interesting and tasty tour - Angele was brilliant. Very interesting facts, gave us time to see what we wanted to see and explained very well. I would definitely recommend this tour
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Ann_s
Jul 25, 2024
Tasty Tour - A terrific tour, great local cuisine with a dose of local history ... very informative and friendly tour guide, highly recommend.
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Steve_n
Jul 23, 2024
Half a day well spent! - Informative guide and some decent local food. Tour lived up to the description with a wide range of historical and cultural information alongside some good quality food. Somewhat restored my faith in “food” tours after a couple of disappointing experiences last year.
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Jared_h
Jul 23, 2024
Great Tour!!! - Excellent tour. Our guide Marybelle was extremely knowledgeable on the history of Malta and the cuisine of Malta. We got to go to multiple different cafes/resturants to taste the different Malta specialties and also see some historical spots. Very well organized tour and I liked that it was a small group of 10 of us.
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Bingers2
Jul 30, 2024
Pleasant walk with some tasty bites - Pleasant food tour with a knowledgable guide. Quite a large group but we had some tasty food and a nice walk around the city.
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Rc7926
Jul 23, 2024
Fantastic Food Tour - Meet up imstructions were clear and easy to follow. Mirabelle was our guide. She was good and very informative. She took us to a lot of interesting places around Valleta. The food portions were adequate and hearty. The pastizz is a must try. You will be full after the tour. I really enjoyed this food tour. Would definitely recommend this when visiting Malta.
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