Area guide · Malta
Fort St Angelo, the Inquisitor’s Palace, the Grand Harbour Marina and dinner by the water.
The back story
Birgu, Senglea and Cospicua: the Knights’ first home, facing Valletta across the Grand Harbour.
The back story
A naval base for a century and a half: the Grand Harbour fleet, the bakery in Birgu, Strait Street, the wartime shelters and the George Cross.
Guarding the Grand Harbour
The fortress at the tip of Birgu, at the heart of the Great Siege, facing Valletta across the Grand Harbour.
The Inquisition in Malta
The palace of the Roman Inquisition in Birgu, now a historic house and the national museum of ethnography.
The 100-ton gun
A Victorian battery on the coast at Kalkara, run by the Fondazzjoni Wirt Artna.
Saint Rocco Road, Kalkara KKR 9063Explore View on map
Families
An interactive science centre in the old naval hospital buildings at Kalkara.
Half a day
Ferry from Valletta to the Three Cities, the Birgu waterfront, Fort St Angelo and the point of Senglea.
Closed for redesign
The maritime museum in the old Royal Naval Bakery is closed while it is redesigned.
Below Fort St Angelo
The marina on Vittoriosa Wharf in Birgu, below Fort St Angelo, facing Valletta.
Vittoriosa Wharf, Birgu BRG 1721 (The Capitanerie)Explore View on map
Every 15 minutes
Catamaran ferries from the Strand in Sliema to Valletta, and from Valletta to the Three Cities.
MICHELIN Guide
Fish and Mediterranean cooking below Fort St Angelo on the Birgu waterfront.
Fort St Angelo, Birgu Waterfront, Birgu BRG 1734Explore View on map
Facing Valletta
A five-star waterfront hotel at the tip of Senglea, facing Valletta across the Grand Harbour.
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