Baroque fortress and crystal-clear sea. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Valletta

Best months: April, May, June, September, October and November.

What to see in Valletta

1. Co-cathédrale Saint-Jean
   Behind a plain, fortress-like façade, the interior bursts with gilding, marble and Baroque painting, and the contrast hits you the moment you step in.
2. Upper Barrakka Gardens
   Set high on the bastions, these gardens give one of the finest panoramas in Malta over the Grand Harbour.
3. Palais des Grands Maîtres
   Once the residence of the Grand Masters of the Order of St John, the palace is now the official seat of the President of Malta.
4. Trois Cités (Birgu)
   Birgu is where the Knights Hospitaller settled before Valletta was founded, and it still feels like an old stone harbour town, quiet and lived in.
5. Mdina
   Mdina is the old capital of Malta, a small fortified town on a hilltop where the quiet is striking and the honey-coloured stone glows in the light.
6. Blue Lagoon (Comino)
   A shallow channel between Comino and the small islet of Cominotto, where the water shifts from pale turquoise to deep blue over white sand.
7. Marché Is-Suq tal-Belt
   This 19th-century market hall, with its big iron frame and glass roof, is one of the few places in Valletta where everyday city life still shows.
8. Nenu the Artisan Baker
   This former family bakery on St Dominic Street has been restored as a restaurant, and its stone oven is still used for ftira.

A sample itinerary for Valletta, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €139 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Valletta itinerary, hour by hour

Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.