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Welcome to Valletta! Want to know the best places to eat? Cool events in town? Which places to go to and which to avoid? Or simply get some help to navigate the city? Book this private tour with a local and get the perfect introduction to Valletta to start your city trip on the right foot.

Destination

Valletta, Malta

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

2 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Italiano, Português

Included

• Private Guide
• All Withlocals tours are carbon neutral

Excluded

• Tickets for attractions not included

What you can expect

Choose your local

Get to know these 2 passionate locals, each bringing unique perspectives and talents. Choose your favorite, check their availability, and book to create an unforgettable adventure tailored to you.

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with the host of your choice.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at National Library of Malta - Valletta to start your journey

   View on Maps

2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. City Highlights

   See Valletta Waterfront, The Upper Barrakka Gardens, and more landmarks and must-sees of the city. Your local host will take you to the main spots of the city so you can get the perfect introduction to what makes Valletta so special

4. Local Hot Spots

   Along the way, your host will point out hangout spots and hidden gems that only the locals know about and will help you get acquainted with the city in the most local way possible

5. Food Recommendations

   Receive tailored recommendations according to your taste and where to go and what to eat while visiting Valletta. Avoid tourist traps thanks to your local host!

6. City Orientation

   Learn how to navigate the city, and get the answers to your Valletta questions that will help you in the following days making your time in the city much easier

7. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Tiago

(About local Victoria)

31 October 2024

Victoria was very helpfuk, very knowledgeable and gave us an overall great tour. We highly recommend her!Excellent introduction to Valletta

Tracey🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Victoria)

22 October 2024

Victoria was knowledgeable, interesting and informative as we walked around the city. We learnt a lot about the history, architecture, culture and family life of the island. Would thoroughly recommend.Great tour of Valletta

Sonja🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Victoria)

18 September 2024

Victoria is an extremely nice lady with a lot of knowledge about Valetta. She gave a good overview, jumping from one topic to the other, which made it kind of interesting. Unfortunately, it was extremely hot, so it was not that much fun to walk around. But that was not Victorias fault. She also gave us a few helpful tips for restaurants to visit and even walked us to our first reservation. Really nice. Crazy little walk

Andrew🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Victoria)

10 September 2024

Victoria was delightful company and gave us the greatest insight of Valletta that we could have hoped for. Given all the things she shared with us we have our entire week full of things to do. Highly recommend everyone who is visiting to spend some time with a guide like Victoria. Thank you. Fabulous tour

Pooja🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Ilona)

29 July 2024

We had a lovely tour in Valletta with Ilona. She was extremely knowledgeable about Malta and its history, and was very open and shared knowledge you wouldn’t typically receive in a regular tour, so it was really interesting and insightful. She is also super friendly and funny, very easy to talk to! Ilona took us to some beautiful spots and provided some great recommendations for places to see and eat / drink - not just in Valletta but also where we were staying in Sliema. Would highly recommend the tour with Ilona ❤️Brilliant tour with Ilona!

CHRISTINA🇬🇷 Greece

(About local Victoria)

26 May 2024

We loved our walking tour of Malta with very nice Victoria, who has deep knowledge of the history of her country and also the gift of "putting you in" all the interesting details through the years. Victoria was exactly what we had in mind, when we booked the tour! We highly recommend her, as a guide and as a personality!Wonderful walking tour!

melodie.triffaux

(About local Josefa)

20 May 2024

I booked a 2h walking tour of Valetta as part of a bachelorette party and it was the best way to end our trip! Josefa is very passionate and knowledgable about her home town of Valetta. She gave us lots of history about the city as well as the best spots to eat/visit. She was really kind and even offered all of us a drink in her local pub at the end to celebrate the bride to be which was so much fun! I would highly recommend using Josefa! Fantastic Guide!

Jan🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Victoria)

5 May 2024

Gute Mischung aus geschichtlichem Überblick und Details.Runde Sache

6n5tm8mb4r🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Bruna)

26 April 2024

Bruna accommodated a later time for me and I was so grateful and she advised that her representative Deborah will so the tour. I arrived early and could not see a guide however it ended up that Deborah was there the whole time and on her phone and not looking for me at all until I approached her. Deborah was friendly and shared interesting facts of fascinating Valletta. However she spent a lot of time on her phone and did not dedicate her time to the tour.i also struggled to understand her at times.

Lawrence🇺🇸 United States

(About local Josefa)

14 April 2024

Josefa was fantastic! She showed us so many things during our tour, and she even extended the tour for an extra half an hour! She was funny, knowledgeable, and answered every question we had. She kept us moving, through many points of interest, and gave us good advice on where to eat, and other things to see on our own. She is our pick again, next time we go to Malta! Jolly, Jaunty Josefa!

Majdi🇮🇹 Italy

(About local Josefa)

15 March 2024

We had many tours with withlocals over the years and honestly our tour in valetta with Josefa was one of the best we had. She is a wonderful host, so passionate about her city nad job, she is great and friendly with children, my daughters loved her, and made history seems fun and interesting for all of us. We enjoyed every minute and we hope to meet with her for another tour in the future. We highly recommend Josefa as local host. Josefa a professional and passionate guide

Danielle🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Victoria)

1 January 2024

Heel correct, aangename vertelster, heel familiaal in omgang. Top!!!Heel aangenaam

Mark🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Josefa)

17 September 2023

Josefa was great, her knowledge of how Valletta has transformed over time made the experience all the better. Because she grew up in Malta she has first hand experience of the people, culture and food. A snapshot history of Valletta

Fatima

(About local Victoria)

23 February 2025

We were a group of 11 and we can't recommend Victoria highly enough. She was flexible and accommodating to the needs and expectations of our group. Her outgoing personality made it easy for us to connect with her immediately. She is very knowledgeable about Malta's history and is passionate about Malta. The food tour, where we sampled local cuisine in small shops frequented by locals, was great. It was a fabulous tour and so informative that it exceeded our expectations!Excellent food tours - highly recommended

Amr

(About local Victoria)

14 February 2025

We were lucky to have Vicky (Victoria) as our guide on a 3hour long walking tour of Valletta. She was very friendly and very well informed and guided us through the city and its fascinating history in a really engaging and often humorous manner, always ready to answer questions and offer helpful suggestions. Highly recommended!Fantastic 3 hour tour

cherylmcj

(About local Victoria)

6 February 2025

Victoria is very professional and friendly, telling us many stories along with interesting facts along the way. We tasted lovely local food and drink and all the communication when arranging was perfect. Victoria also gave us her WhatsApp and we could message her for recommendations afterwards too - all her recommendations were great and she helped us with an itinerary for the next day too. Thank you Victoria Lovely friendly and fun

Sher

(About local Victoria)

17 January 2025

We had an interesting time with Victoria yesterday. We had booked a walking food tour of Vallatta as we thought that would offer a different experience to just a walking tour. We were not disappointed! It was a marvellous morning discovering the food history of the capital. I would really recommend Victoria ( her knowledge was amazing!) and this tour. Don’t have breakfast. You are going to be nibbling all morning! Highly recommended. Fantastic food tour of Vallatta

alexandra.herden

(About local Victoria)

7 January 2025

We did a three hour tour with Victoria. She was extremely friendly, well informed and sympathetic guide. Thank you very much Victoria!Great guide

Margaret🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Victoria)

31 December 2024

Victoria was a fantastic guide! She was able to share so much knowledge about the city and explain how the food developed within the country. We were able to try so many different bites and treats. She was very personable and shared information about food traditions you don't see at local restaurants. I would highly recommend Victoria. She was a great guide and felt like a friend by the end of the tour.Excellent Tour

ianlivingston🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Victoria)

24 November 2024

Victoria was an excellent guide. Arrived promptly, good tour, wide and deep knowledge and friendly. Would definitely recommend. Definitely recommend

Annette🇺🇸 United States

(About local Victoria)

18 November 2024

Vicky shared her extensive knowledge with us and had lots of great suggestions for further exploring. So interesting!

Mandy🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Victoria)

17 November 2024

Victoria was our energetic, engaging and delightful guide who led us on two separate walks during our time in Valletta - a Valletta Kickstart tour and an in-depth walking tour of Mdina and Rabat. Her amazing knowledge of Malta and its history is indeed impressive, and she passionately conveyed this during the tours. Her explanations and descriptions really helped us gain an understanding into the heart of this beautiful country - and the events that have shaped it. She also gave us many brilliant tips and suggestions for the rest of our time in Valletta - invaluable to get all this from a local! Thank you, Victoria! We will definitely be recommending you to all our family and friends!An Amazing Guide - Highly recommend!!

Jen

(About local Victoria)

16 November 2024

Amazing experience. Victoria was brilliant and had so much knowledge. Could not have asked for more

Julie🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Victoria)

10 November 2024

My family and I did a Valletta tour with Victoria . She was super friendly and very informative. The city is beautiful with so much history and Victoria had great stories and was able to provide a lot of information. I would highly recommend her ! Great 2 hours spent with Victoria !

Magnus🇸🇪 Sweden

(About local Victoria)

27 October 2024

We have been to Malta and Valletta before. Victoria was fast in finding out what would be an adjustment of the tour that would make it extra interesting for us. We got a lot of tips what to do on our own when we come back next time. Also the tour itself was excellent. We can highly recommend this tour and Victoria as a guide. Modified tour

Chrystal🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Victoria)

25 October 2024

We spent an amazing afternoon with Victoria guiding us through the historical core. She is very knowledgable about Malta, with the right mix of history and legend to help everything make sense. She knows so much history about all the buildings! We had asked her to show us a few specific things (including local pastries), which she did and showed us much more. She also made great recommendations for other things to do while we were in the city. Thanks Victoria, we had an amazing time!Victoria + Malta = Fabulous!

j4wqtcgg5c🇨🇦 Canada

(About local Victoria)

30 September 2024

We did a historical tour around the city of Valletta. She was very informative and provided us with details of all the amazing history of the city and Malta. We hit all the highlights of the city, as well as some back street gems. I would highly recommend a tour with Victoria.Excellent

Stephen🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Victoria)

25 September 2024

Our group had a fantastic time with Victoria on our walking and food tour. Victoria was engaging and informative and provided a great history of Valetta. Victoria took time to get to know all of us on an individual basis. As a group we shared many of a laugh, over some local cuisine and beverages. Informative and fun

Colin 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Victoria)

12 September 2024

Victoria was a polite and informative guide. We had an easy pace around the whole of Valletta with Victoria explaining the history of the island and pointing out the history of significant buildings from the Knights Templar to the British.Victoria recommended we go back in our own time to see at leisure a number of buildings, eg Cathedral and Hospital or underground tunnels. An enjoyable and relaxing tour Thanks again.Valletta tour

Karin🇧🇪 Belgium

(About local Victoria)

7 September 2024

Onze gidse Victoria was historisch zeer goed gedocumenteerd. Aanstekelijk enthousiasme.Zeer gedocumenteerde rondleiding

Renarta🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Victoria)

27 August 2024

We really enjoyed our tour with Victoria. She showed us some great places for food and drink. Communications were great. Would recommend. Brilliant fun

Axel🇩🇪 Germany

(About local Ilona)

13 August 2024

Thanks for your view and all given information! We‘ll be back.Fantastic host!

Deirdre

(About local Victoria)

21 July 2024

We had a wonderful morning with Victoria. She provided an interesting and engaging insight to the history of Malta and Valletta . Victoria gave us an insight into Malta from a local perspective. She provided great info on where to eat and places we should return to. Thank you Victoria for a great tour. Deirdre WalshGreat time with Victoria

Michael🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Victoria)

13 July 2024

Vicky guided us through the beautiful streets of Valletta on a wonderful tour of its history and culture. A great tour from an engaging and informative host. I would highly recommend. Walking tour of Valletta with Victoria

Leslie

(About local Victoria)

11 July 2024

Victoria is quite honestly the most informative and insightful tour guide we have ever had from Paris to Sidney. Thank you Victoria, we will be back shortly to have a more in depth tour....xo.Extremely insightful!

Evert🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Victoria)

11 July 2024

Vicky met us in Valetta and showed us aroud the not so touristy spots which we enjoyed greatly. Lots of history and little details made for a wonderful walk. The only thing to improve would perhaps be to indeed guide for the full 3 hours. She had to return to her family but left us with a great recommendation for a lunch!A lovely walk!

Genie🇺🇸 United States

(About local Josefa)

13 June 2024

What a treat!!!! Both Josefa and her delicious tour of Malta. Charming wiman with an encyclopedia of knowledge of both Malta's history and food. Every minute was a treat.. Highly recommend.Tastefully done

Stephen

(About local Victoria)

10 June 2024

Victoria is extremely knowledgeable, and she was able to accommodate our schedule to allow us to see the highlights in three hours.Malta with Victoria

Toby🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Ilona)

30 May 2024

We had a brilliant morning in Valetta with Ilona. She was so friendly and knowledgeable about all things Malta and clearly loves where she lives. She put us at ease straight away with a warm welcome and we knew we were in good hands for our walking tour. As well as learning a lot about the history of Valetta, Ilona was also happy to discuss some of the more sensitive topics around the culture and changes she has witnessed in Malta since moving there. This was really refreshing and is why we find these one on one tours so valuable as part of our stay in a new place. Ilona pointed out plenty of useful hints and tips about the city and island which we went back and explored further during our trip. She even booked us a restaurant for our anniversary and her recommendation was spot on. We would highly recommend the tour with Ilona as your guide. 10/10.Amazing guide, fun and knowledgeable

Samuel🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Ilona)

27 May 2024

The tour of with Ilona was an amazing experience. Per request she amended the tour to include Birgu, since I didn't see this place on my former visits. Next to the history of Valletta and Birgu she gave interesting personal insights into the life in Malta.

Carol🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Josefa)

16 May 2024

Josefa was an excellent guide. She went beyond our expectations in giving us an unforgettable experience of Valletta, including its delightful hidden secrets. She was knowledgeable, professional and friendly. Our tour coincided with Mother’s Day which presented some challenges in finding a place to sample Maltese delights at the end of the tour. She handled it in her stride and found us somewhere nice. This meant that she went way over the allocated time for the tour, but she was more interested in making sure we were happy and settled after a huge morning of walking (18,000 steps!). Josefa is an asset to Withlocals.

Jaki🇺🇸 United States

(About local Josefa)

14 May 2024

We absolutely loved this tour! Josefa is wonderful! She took us on a unique walking tour of Valletta sharing the history and her personal knowledge of the city. I can’t say enough about this awesome experience! And after a long, beautiful walk through the city she left us in a nice restaurant with a variety of Maletese snacks- Delicious!! Absolutely amazing!! A hundred thumbs up!! An Absolute MUST!

Tom🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Josefa)

13 May 2024

We had a wonderful time in this tour. We tried so many delicious dishes (many of which we'd never be brave enough to order normally) We were taken to a number of lovely places with some real hidden gems. I'd recommend Josefa as she made sure we had an excellent time, we didn't feel rushed and she was very good with my 3 year old son. Thanks again for a great time!A fantastic, laid back tour

Bob🇺🇸 United States

(About local Ilona)

13 May 2024

So far, With Locals tours are 3 for 3! Ilona is not a native of Malta, but she has made it her home for 8 years and knows a lot. It is obvious that she loves Valetta and is knowledgeable about the history of the island. She is friendly, down-to-earth, flexible, fun and entertaining. She really tailored our time to what we wanted to see, and took us to more local areas away from the crowds. We stopped at a cafe and got pistachio pastries and espresso/cappuccino (mine with Sambucca) which was delicious. If you are looking for a detailed historical tour with hundreds of exact dates and facts, this is not for you. But if you want a tour that shows you Valleta and gives you an understanding of the history of the city and of Malta without getting deep in the details, then we highly recommend you book with Ilona. Wonderful Day with Ilona

Helen🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Josefa)

6 May 2024

We were 4 friends who had a lovely evening with Josefa in Valleta. It felt like being with a fifth friend. Josefa is very easy to talk to and very knowledgeable about all sorts of things to do with Malta. We tried some local dishes which we wouldn't have even known about without a guide. It's also brilliant to do a tour like this on your first day as it gives you your bearings for the rest of your trip and other great ideas for what to see and do. Definitely recommend!Food tour with Josefa

yvonne🇬🇧 United Kingdom

(About local Josefa)

27 April 2024

Josepha (Jo) was friendly, engaging and brought alive to us the history and the people of Valletta. We thoroughly enjoyed visiting places to stop and savour various eats as we strolled and listened as Josepha sharing her heritage and knowledge with us, She took time to try and tailor our tour to our interests and her warm personality and enthusiasm shone through. I am very happy to recommend this personalised tour to anyone who enjoys getting a glimpse of Valletta beyond the tourist surface. Thank you Jowonderful way to live Valletta

Christoph 🇨🇭 Switzerland

(About local Bruna)

27 April 2024

The Tour did not match our expectations, Bruna wasn’t there and the other girl was polite but could barely speak English and was very annoyed. The food was bad: just cheap stuff … not worth the price…

caroline🇲🇹 Malta

(About local Victoria)

26 April 2024

The tour was wonderful! Our team liked everything very very much ❤️ Victoria is a wonderful guide who knows her business very well! I'm sure we'll use her services more than once. Thank you Victoria 🫶🏻

Gayle 🇦🇺 Australia

(About local Victoria)

21 April 2024

Victoria is an engaging and knowledgeable guide, sparkling with passion for her homeland. We learned so much from her, asked all our questions and had some laughs too. She also very kindly adapted the tour for our requests and for my husband’s mobility issues. A perfect tour

Christine🇺🇸 United States

(About local Josefa)

17 April 2024

Withlocals truly delivers on it’s promise. Our guide, Josefa, was not only knowledgable but warm, lively and curious. While tasting a wide variety of Maltese food she recounted history, the provenance of each tasting item & local customs all while pointing out significant sites. It was like spending time with a new friend who clearly loves her country. I can’t recommend her and Withlocals highly enough. Don’t miss this tour!