Welcome to
Valletta
Malta
Valletta is Europe's smallest capital city — a Baroque fortified city-state built on a narrow peninsula between two of the Mediterranean's finest natural harbours by the Knights of St John in the 16th century. Every street in Valletta is a monument: the Co-Cathedral of St John contains Caravaggio's largest surviving painting, the Upper Barrakka Gardens offer the most dramatic harbour view in the Mediterranean, and the Grand Harbour itself is one of the great natural spectacles of the sea. Malta's unique history — Phoenician, Roman, Arab, Norman, Aragonese, Ottoman-besieged, French, British — has produced a culture, a language, and a cuisine (rabbit stew, pastizzi, ftira bread) unlike anywhere else in Europe.
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Fort St Elmo
The fortress that held Malta's fate during the Great Siege of 1565.
Grandmaster's Palace
The Knights of Malta built their headquarters here — and it shows.
Lascaris War Rooms
The underground nerve centre where Malta's WWII fate was decided.
MUZA
Malta's national art collection housed in a beautifully restored Baroque palace.
Manoel Theatre
One of Europe's oldest working theatres, still staging shows after 280 years.
Mdina
A medieval walled city frozen in time, perched above Malta's heart.
St John's Co-Cathedral
Caravaggio's darkest masterpiece lives inside this jaw-dropping baroque cathedral.
Three Cities
Three fortified harbor towns that time and tourists mostly forgot.
Upper Barrakka Gardens
Clifftop gardens with the grandest harbour view in the Mediterranean.
Valletta Waterfront
Baroque warehouses turned harbourfront promenade along one of Europe's great historic ports.
Why should you go to Valletta
What other travelers have to say, based on real reviews.