This itinerary, including the start time, can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below and send me a message with your requests and interests! Click below.

• 09:00 Meeting Point City Gate
  Just outside the main entrance of Valletta, at the beginning of the bridge that traverses the dry moat.
• 09:00 Triton Fountain and the City Gate
  The entrance of Valletta and the Tritons Fountain were refurbished between 2014 and 2018 just before Valletta was declared the culture capital of Europe in 2018. From outside the entrance of the city we can appreciate the formidable battlements of this fortified city and hear how the approach of the city changed through the ages.
• 09:10 Parliament House and the former Royal Opera House
  The building was constructed between 2011 and 2015 to the designs of the renowned Italian architect and creator, Renzo Piano. After years of indecision and inertia Piano recommended the present site for the new parliament in lieu of the previously ear-marked ruins of the Royal Opera House, conserving that site to be adapted to an open-air theatre.
• 09:20   The Church of Our Lady of Victories and Auberge de Castille
  This was the first church to be constructed in Valletta and in whose crypt Grand Master Jean Parisot de La Valette, who gave the city his name, was buried 3 years after the Great Siege. It is a few meters from Auberge de Castille which houses the office of the Prime Minister. In view of these two majestic and historic buildings you will hear the story of the beginning of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Rhodes and Malta and how it shaped the destiny of the Mediterranean Sea.
• 09:50  Upper Barracca Gardens and view of the Grand Harbour
  There isn’t a better commanding view of the majestic Grand Harbour than from the Upper Barracca Gardens. The port that shaped Malta’s history and made us what we are. The Harbour was coveted by the mightiest forces that vied for supremacy in the Mediterranean. Walk in the 17th century gardens designed and built by the Italian knights of the Order for their leisure and make memorable pictures of one of the most iconic views in the Mediterranean.
• 10:30 Merchants Street
  We will walk along Merchants Street, Valletta’s widest thoroughfare, extending from the city’s highest point, the Auberge de Castille to the Sacra Infermeria at the tip of the peninsula. Historically, this street served as the center of commodity trading, including gold and silver. Many of its buildings, dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries, include the Auberge d’Italie, Palazzo Parisio – where Napoleon Bonaparte stayed for six days-the old Law Courts of the Order, the cemetery housing the fallen heroes of the Great Siege of 1565 and other significant city landmarks.
• 10:40  Republic Square and St. George’s Square
  The two squares lie at the heart of the city. The vibrant Republic Square, still fondly referred to as Piazza Regina, houses the Bibliotheca, the final major building constructed by the knights and home to invaluable historical documents, overlooking the white marble statue of Queen Victoria. St. George’s Square hosts the Grand Master’s Palace on one side and the former Chancellery of the Order on the other.
• 11:00 The Grand Masters’ Palace
  Constructed by the renowned military engineer Girolamo Cassar in 1574, the Palace serves as the official seat of the President of Malta. For centuries it functioned as the residence and administrative center of the Grand Master, encompassing the state rooms and grand council chambers of the knights. Following 1800, it became the British Governor’s seat. The Maltese Parliament convened here until the inauguration of the new Parliament building near Valletta’s entrance in 2015. The Palace houses the Armoury of the knights – although plundered by French forces in 1798, it remains one of the most comprehensive collections of 15th and 16th century weapons and armor worldwide. Admission to the Palace is optional and costs €12 per person, a reduced fee of €8 for aged 6 to 11 years applies.
• 11:40  St. John’s Co-Cathedral
  Undoubtedly one of the most awe-inspiring religious buildings in the world, this cathedral was commissioned shortly after the founding of Valletta in 1578 as the knights’ conventual church. Over the centuries, it was adorned by the finest mausoleums of Grand Masters of the Order, embellished by talented Calabrian artist Mattia Preti and accumulated art treasures. The museum houses two masterpieces by Caravaggio, “The Beheading of St John” and “St. Jerome”, painted during the artist’s stay in Malta in 1607 and 1608. The entrance fee to the cathedral, not included, is €15 per person.
• 12:20 Republic Street
  We will return to Republic Street, still fondly referred to as Strada Reale by the Maltese. We will walk through the hustle and bustle of Valletta’s busiest street lined with a myriad of shops and boutiques selling everything from luxury watches to branded clothes, past the Auberge de Provence, nowadays housing the Museum of Archaeology and the 17th Century chapel of St. Barbara, eventually returning to our original meeting point at City Gate where this tour will conclude.
• Ending Point  At the starting meeting point