Valletta - Malta's Capital City
AVAILABLE: THURSDAY
INCLUDED IN PRICE:
- Half Day Valletta Guided Tour
- Malta Experience Show Ticket
- St. John's Co-Cathedral Ticket
- Pick up and Drop off
Valletta, Malta’s Capital City and a World Heritage site, is nothing
short of an open-air museum. Valletta known as Il-Belt, contains
buildings from the 16th century onwards, built during the rule
of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, also known as Knights
Hospitaller.
The city is essentially Baroque in character with
elements of Mannerist, Neo-Classical and Modern architecture
in selected area, though World War II left major scars on the city.
The City of Valletta was officially recognized as a World Heritage
Site by UNESCO in 1980. The city is named for Jean Parisot de la
Valette, who succeeded in defending the island from an Ottoman
invasion in 1565. The official name given by the Order of Saint
John was ‘Humilissima Civitas Valletta’ – The Most Humble City of
Valletta or Citta’ Umilissima in Italian. The bastions, curtains and
ravelins along with the beauty of its Baroque palaces, gardens
and churches, led the ruling houses of Europe to give the city its
nickname Superbissima – Most Proud.
During the tour you will walk through the bustling streets
and to Barracca Gardens for a breathtaking panorama of the
Grand Harbour. You will then visit St. John’s Co-Cathedral
where you will see the painting ‘The Beheading of Saint John
the Baptist’ by Caravaggio, considered one of Caravaggio’s
masterpieces and the only painting signed by the painter. You
will then watch the Malta Experience Show which will help you
discover the Island and Malta’s amazing history.
Free time will be
available for shopping!
| Pick up place | Time |
|---|---|
| Attard | 08:30 |
| Valletta | 09:30 |
| Sliema | 08:55 |
| St. Julians | 09:10 |
| St. Paul's Bay | 09:00 |
| Bugibba | 09:05 |
| Qawra | 09:10 |
| Golden Bay | 08:50 |
| Xemxija | 08:50 |
| Mellieha | 08:40 |
| Cirkewwa | 08:30 |