Valletta Walking Tour: Explore UNESCO Heritage Site and European Cultural Capital 2018

Embark on a captivating walking tour of Valletta, Malta’s UNESCO Heritage Site and European Cultural Capital 2018. Discover the city’s main landmarks, hidden charms, and rich history in just two and a half hours.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • City Walking Tours Malta - Meet your guide at the entrance of Valletta next to the New Parliament Building, Freedom Square. The guide will have a City Walking Tours Malta sign.

The guide will give a brief introduction to the city and then proceed for a 2 hour tour in Valletta’s historic city center. We will walk past Auberges, palaces, churches and visit gardens, which offer stunning views of Malta’s Grand Harbour. Apart from the cultural and historical aspect you will also glean interesting tit-bits and behind the scene stories.

Tour will end at St. George’s Square, next to the Grandmaster’s Palace and the guide will help to orient you and also give you tips as to how is best to continue exploring the city on your own.

  • Upper Barrakka Gardens - Admire the stunning views from the terrace of the gardens over looking Malta’s Grand Harbour
  • Merchant Street Market - Walk around Valletta Mechant’s street whilst listening to your guide who will highlight the history behing these imposing Building
  • Auberge d’Italie - In the center of Valletta lie some of the most historical buildings, the Auberges, palaces lived by the Knights of Malta
  • Grand Master’s Palace - Tour will end close to the Grandmaster’s palce along st George’s square in the center of Valletta along Republic Street
What's Included
  • 2.5-hour guided walk with a licensed Malta Tourism Authority guide
What's Not Included
  • Any entrance fees.
  • Transport.
Additional Information

Explore Valletta, the capital of Malta, recognized as a UNESCO Heritage Site and honored as the European Cultural Capital in 2018. Under the guidance of our knowledgeable guide, you’ll traverse the city, visiting major landmarks such as the Barracca Gardens, main squares and distinctive streets. Within a span of two and a half hours, you’ll witness and understand both the well-known and the hidden treasures of Valletta at a relaxed and pleasing speed.

In the course of this stroll, you’ll gain insights into the city’s humble beginnings, its progression through the years, and the incidents that sculpted Valletta into the city we see today.

This tour is perfect for those new to Malta and provides an excellent introduction to the country’s rich history and points to other landmarks you may wish to explore during your visit. To maintain the enjoyable atmosphere, the tour groups are limited to 20 participants.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Location
New Parliament Building
Republic Street
Tour starts at 10.00 am at the entrance of Valletta past the City Gate next to the New Parliament building (opposite Burger King). 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.

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Andrew_m
Jul 9, 2024
Great walking tour! - Thanks to Angel our guide around Valletta, the tour was informative and gave us a great insight into the history of Valletta.
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930reinhardk
Jul 7, 2024
Great walking tour. Angele highly recommended as guide. - Angele did a wonderful tour through Valetta. Great knowledge about the history and makes sure everyone in the group has a good time. Highly recommended.
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Stephen_t
Jul 3, 2024
A great introduction to Malta - Highly recommended, our guide was very knowledgeable and gave us a great insight into the history of Malta. We had loads of questions beforehand and they all got answered without us having to ask. It's hot in Malta though, take water, maybe an umbrella too!
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Narelle_c
Jun 30, 2024
All time best walking tour - Our guide Vesnah was awesome. So much really good information, she went over and above for us. I would say its the best walking tour that i have been on.
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Largile
Jun 25, 2024
Discovery of Valletta. - Good way to discover the city. Friendly guide, speaking French and English. Good knowledge of the history of the island.
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Anonymous
Jun 23, 2024
Fantastic - Our tour guide, Angela, was extremely knowledgeable and presented a very informative and interesting overview of the history of Valletta as well as the must-do and must-see sites in the city. Highly recommend that first time visitors to Valletta do this early in their trip to get an introduction to all that Valletta is, and offers.
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Jane_m
Jun 21, 2024
Excellent and informative guided tour - The lady who was our tour guide was very knowledgeable about Valletta and Malta’s history . She was friendly , helpful and answered any questions we had . The headphones kit was a very good idea indeed as we could hear our guide clearly amongst the noise of the city. We thought that the tour could have been shortened to say 2 hours though.
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500stephf
Jun 2, 2024
Great tour to kick off your stay - We did this tour on our first day in Valletta and it was a great introduction to the city and Malta. Our guide walked us around keys sites, providing historical and current context, good food options and other activities.
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Lottie_l
Jun 28, 2024
A fun little activity - Did this tour on a Saturday morning. Tour guide (I cannot remember her name but shout out to her amazing denim dress in the heat!) was very welcoming and informative. The tour was a little slower paced than we expected but fascinating to learn about the wealth of history Valletta has to offer and we did go all over. Would definitely recommend if you have a few hours to spare and want to learn a bit more about Valletta
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Christy_p
Jun 27, 2024
Very Rude and Demanding Tour Guide - This was my worst experience in Valetta. 1st - the tour guide was not engaged or engaging. It's like she was just reading a boring book. However - at the end of the tour -that was suppose to be two hours - and was not - my friend and I were slightly behind the others. However - I met the guide during the time everyone was turning in their headsets. (I was not "late" ) My friend and I got separated. The tour guide insisted on going with me (leaving the meeting location) to look for my friend. When we didn't immediately see my friend - she DEMANDED I owe her 150 Euro for the head sets. When I told her I didn't have 150euro on me- she was like" there is an ATM - you can go and get money." She was VERY VERY RUDE!! I explained that this was not like my friend and I was very worried about her as maybe she'd gotten sick or something. The woman didn't care - she said she had to go and I owed her 150 euro for the head set. As I was arguing with the lady about he 150 euro -we found my friend. She had been looking for us for over 10 minutes - as the tour guide left the meeting point - and didn't have her umbrella up - she couldn't find the guide. (Again - all this happened before the "2 hours" were done.) This was one of the rudest and most demanding tour guides I've ever had. I do NOT recommend this company.
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