Valletta City of the Knights 3.5-Hour Walking Tour

Overview

Available languages

German

English

French

4 hours

Mobile ticket

Our guided tour through the vibrant streets of Valletta will allow you to discover the beauty and charm of the fortified city built by the Knights in 1566. The order of St. John ruled over the islands for 268 years and left a unique cultural legacy of which Valletta is the prime example. We first enjoy a breathtaking view of the Grand Harbour from the Upper Barracca Gardens. Then we visit St. Johns Co-Cathedral, including the Caravaggio masterpieces in the Oratory. The Co-Cathedral houses one of the most beautiful marble inlaid floors in the world.

Going down Republic Street you will walk past the Grand Masters’ Palace (outside view only) and the recently restored St. George’s Square before watching the Malta Experience, an audiovisual show where Malta’s history throughout the centuries is brought back to life.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Children must be accompanied by an adult

May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

Cancellation Policy

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

What‘s Included

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Driver/guide

Food and drinks

Souvenir photos (available to purchase)

We do not offer the Archaeology Museum in the Valletta City Of The Knights

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

What To Expect

Upper Barrakka Gardens

We walk to the Barracca Garden for a panoramic view of Grand Harbour.

30 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

St. John's Co-Cathedral

St John`s Co-Cathedral, Malta`s greatest treasure that includes the famous painting by Caracaggio.

1 hour • Admission Included

Options

Tour in English

Excursion in English
Pickup included

Tour in German

Excursion in German
Pickup included

Tour in French

Excursion in French
Pickup included

Reviews

3.75

16 reviews

Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor

This tour was ok once it got started.
Donna C,
Sep 20, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
The tour guide was extremely unorganized. She had trouble getting in touch with the bus driver. Our tour started about 45 minutes late.
Good but too fast a pace given very hot weather
Jane P,
Jun 19, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00
Very fast paced- and not enough adaptation to weather conditions. Guide was very knowledgeable but she did not adapt at all to the extremely hot weather
Very poor because it was...
Michael G,
Nov 7, 2024
- Review from Viator
2.00
Very poor because it was late departing. The guide had no audio assistance and unless you were standing right next to her you could not hear what she was saying. People complained but there was nothing she could do at that tme
Trip to Valletta- Impressive
Donna F,
May 17, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00
The walking tour was fantastic, not strenuous at all. We had a very knowledgeable tour guide who spoke English. She knew a lot of the history of Valletta. Learning about Malta, and seeing St John's Cathedral was so impressive. They have someone pick you up from your hotel and drop you off. I highly recommend staying after the tour for shopping, music, and food take a cab back. Beautiful place. Worth the money.
Great.
LuccccS,
Feb 2, 2023
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
Well organized, very interesting with a guide perfectly bilingual and who knows the history of his country at his fingertips
Very nice city
Eric V,
Mar 7, 2020
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
The magical place to visit is St John's Cathedral, a real beauty.The city of Valletta is full of small streets with a lot of charm.
Beautiful Valletta
Clare,
Feb 18, 2020
- Review from Viator
4.00
Jennifer was an excellent guide and it was a beautiful and well-paced tour in the sunshine showing us the delights of Valletta. A time change, 2 languages rather than just English and replacement in the itinerary - all different to the trip advertised gives this 4 rather than 5 stars
Enjoyable tour
Till W,
Oct 18, 2019
- Review from Viator
3.00
The tour guide (I think her name was Janine?) was knowledgeable and friendly, I think she did a good job and I can recommend her. What was not optimal: - The tour was advertised as containing entry fees to the grandmaster's palace, but we didn't go there. Instead we went to see a "5D" movie about Malta (~15 minutes). - Meeting time was preponed within 24 hours prior to the tour by more than one hour (no problem with that) but then we had to wait for 15 to 20 minutes until someone showed up - There was an unnecessary transport shared with other groups at the beginning from the communicated meeting point to another one. We could have went to the final meeting point on our own if it had been communicated upfront. Apart from that the group size was ok albeit a little big (I think about 27 persons). In crowded places it was sometimes hard to understand the guide - as an improvement I would recommend to provide headsets to the attendees and for the guide to use a microphone. That way the guide can even speak while walking in front and leading the group through the streets. Nevertheless I enjoyed the tour!
visit which was to be in French
christelle M,
Aug 25, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
2.00
a guide who speaks French poorly, tries to be funny but misses the essential part of the visit: interest visitors Between reading the signs and the explanations in the guide there is no difference! A guide is expected to provide details, anecdotes and speak the language of visitors correctly.
Cruise souvenir
robert c,
Mar 17, 2019
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00
During a Costa cruise , we stopped in Valletta . On the program a visit to this charming city. Unfortunately the time taken by the stopover did not allow us to visit everything that deserved to be. We will have to consider a short stay to discover all the “treasures” of this charming and welcoming city.