Valletta Grand Tour: Exploration of Malta's Fortified City and Knights' History

Embark on the Valletta Grand Tour and explore the fortified city of Valletta. Discover the Knights’ history, their lavish lifestyle, and intriguing vow of chastity. Uncover little-known stories and anecdotes while visiting famous attractions. Choose to tour the city with a guide in an authentic period costume!

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Triton Fountain - Your guide will be picking you up from the Tritons Fountain, make sure you keep an eye out for the House of Tours logo!

The tour will start with a brief introduction of the Knights of St. John, and of the capital city of Valletta. During the tour, we will walk past several auberges, museums, historical houses, churches and monuments. But there is more than just architecture! Your guide will be revealing some of Valletta’s hidden secrets, forgotten stories and scandalous secrets.

The tour will end in front of St. Johns Co-Cathedral, in the heart of Valletta where you could easily finish your visit with a cold brew, a hot meal or perhaps some shopping!

  • Upper Barrakka Gardens - After moving past the main Valletta gate, we will make some more stops as we head up to The Upper Barrakka Gardens. These gardens offer one of the best panoramic views of the Grand Harbour!
  • Merchant Street Market - Merchants street is quite a rich street, containing interesting auberges, stunning historical buildings and some interesting stories which your guide will mention.
  • Courts of Justice - Walking past the long streets of Valletta we will find ourselves next to the Courts of Justice a Neo Classical treasure that adorns this square accompanied by several coffee shops and one of the entrances to the underground passageways of Valletta.
  • St George Square - Further down, after we say hello to Queen Victoria we will find ourselves in the heart of Valletta. Here the Grand Masters Palace looks over this large square which has a lot of intriguing visuals.
  • St. John’s Co-Cathedral - After travelling through the back streets of Valletta, and after hearing some gossip and hearing about some of the trials of those who stepped out of line with the Knights we will finish off at St. Johns Co-Cathedral. We are only talking about the façade and not entering inside.
What's Included
  • Professional Tour Guide
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

It’s all about entertainment! The Grand Tour of Valletta offers a unique gaze into the fortified city of Valletta with professional and engaging guides.

Learn about the ‘Bloodiest Battle of the 16th Century’, the life of a knight, their lavish lifestyle, and intriguing vow of chastity! In addition to all the famous attractions, such as St. John’s Co-Cathedral, the Grandmaster’s Palace and the Upper Barrakka Gardens, you will also discover little known stories, hear loads of anecdotes and gossip! Be bowled over by the history of the Knights of Malta from the times of the crusades right up to the present day.

Location
Triton Fountain
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The Tritons Fountain is located right outside the main gate of Valletta. Your guide will be waiting next to the fountain. Look out for the House of Tours sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Nadidaa2024
Jul 30, 2024
Review of the Teatro Manoel - Amazing, Jeremy was an amazing guide. So good with the children and has lots of knowledge of the theatre and malta. Amazing way to spend an hours theatre is beautiful
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F5303kgjaninec
Jul 13, 2024
Never disappoints! - Entertaining and interesting tour done by the guide Jeremy Grech! Professionally done with a touch of humour and very informative :)
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Christine_l
Jun 30, 2024
Great walk around Valetta - Great walk around Valletta with Rafa. I enjoy hearing history and stories about the city we visit, however I get bored easily and do not like guides that just go and on. But this is not Rafa, very interesting and engaging and we never lingered for too long. Highly recommended.
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Mag1bird
Jun 18, 2024
A fabulous walk through history - Our guide took us for a walk through Malta's history. So much to see and understand in such a small area. Her knowledge was brilliant, giving us a fabulous glimpse of what went before.
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Wanderer1000
Jun 12, 2024
A great introduction to Valetta. - A very interesting tour led by an extremely knowledgeable guide. There were just 6 of us and it was an excellent introduction to the city.
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Momof2_dc
May 26, 2024
Engaging historical and architectural tour! - For you history or architecture lovers, this tour is great. Our guide Laila was so knowledgeable! Not only answered our questions but connected them with the intertwined history of the Valletta city, its knights, customs, location, buildings and walls. For the first time I got a real sense of how all the knights were connected and why Malta has been so important through the ages. I was engaged every moment - Great experience!
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Claudiahp5564lp
May 20, 2024
Many beautiful impressions with rich information - Very good tour of Valetta, with a great guide and lots of interesting information. Thanks to Jeremy for this entertaining morning
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O9209emsueh
May 7, 2024
Excellent - Jeremy was most informative and answered all our questions. This your was a good introduction to mslta and its history thoroughly recommend
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Efrenmg
May 3, 2024
Great experience - Great tour with a local guide, adapting to our preferences and answering our questions no matter the topic. Strong knowledge of Valetta's history, culture and art. Also, great recommendations for food and drink places. We recommend Jeremy to anyone who wants to get to know Valetta as a local.
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Timothy_h
May 17, 2024
The Cathedral at Valletta... - The Cathedral at Valletta was quite breathtaking, but it would have been better if the guide could have accelerated us through the queue.
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