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Valletta - Capital City of Malta

Valletta (7100 inhabitants) is a unique city. She lies on a peninsula in western Malta. The city possesses enormous fortification. The building of the city started in 1566 and was finished only 10 years after. Named after the Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Vallette.

It was the first city which was fully planned on the drawing board. There are no turnings in the whole city, because the whole city was designed as a reticule. The size of the city measures only 1500 x 800 meters and from almost every spot you can see the sea.

City Tour

To discover the city it is best to go around on foot since most of the busses go or pass through Valletta, so they will bring you to the front of the entrance gate.
After passing the gate, there is a tourist information centre on the right side which helps you to get information about the various places worth visiting in Malta. In order to get to know the capital city a bit better it is helpful to rent an audio guide (From Archeology Museum in Republic Street= main road) which leads you in 24 steps through the whole city. Independently you can walk around while listening to the information (available in different languages).
St. Johns Co-Cathedral is by far worth visiting as well. Any required information will be given to visitors at the entrance via an audio guide (included in the entrance fee) Also interesting is the Grandmasters Palace Armoury Museum close by. It exhibits the numerous armory from different eras beginning from the medieval times.

Shopping

Valletta is a big shopping mall. Especially jewelry and cloth, but also other stuff are sold. The main street is full of shops, every single house is used as a shop. The street is almost all the time full of peole, only during the Siesta(12 - 4pm) and after 7pm, when all the shops are closing, is the street getting empty.

Market in Valletta

Every day there is a market in Valletta. On the market things like cloth, smaller hardware, music-cds, movies (DVDs), souvenirs, baked goods, etc. are offered. The market takes place every morning from 7 to 12.30 o´clock.

Bus: All busses are going to Valletta. The main bus-station of the island lies in front of the city.The bus-system is very easy to understand. A bus always goes two ways, either to Valletta or from Valletta away. In front of the gate of Valletta there is a huge roundabout - that’s the main bus-terminus in Malta. Some buses are also directly linking two cities between the north and south, but most of the buses are stopping in Valletta.

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Valletta - The capital of Malta

Valletta is the capital city of Malta - a very nice city, very well fortified and preserved. Everywhere you can see fortifications, huge constructions! The main road is full of shops and also always full of people, except at night when most of the shops are closed. As soon as the shops have closed the city is empty.

Sights in Marsaxlokk

In Marsaxlokk there isn’t much to see. The city has a nice bay, full of colorful traditional Maltese boats, also known as Dghajjes- or Luzzu-boats. The attraction #1 is the market. In the centre is a beautiful big church surrounded by old houses. Not far away from Marsaxlokk in the south lies the Fort St. Lucian. North-eastwards are an old church and the temples of Tas-Silg.

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