Valletta · Malta
Valletta Audio Tour
The city the Knights built, in fifteen stops
- Stops
- 15
- Listening
- 48 min
- Distance
- 2.5 km
A self-guided audio walking tour of Valletta, Malta — fifteen stops from City Gate to the Siege Bell, taking about two hours at an unhurried pace.
Every stop below is free to read in full — the history, what to look at when you get there, and the walk to the next one.
Unlock the full guide and it is read to you instead: hands in pockets, eyes on the city, the map following you from stop to stop, and the whole thing downloaded so it works underground and out of signal.
Unlock the full guide — €7.99The route
- 01City Gate & the DitchWhere a fortress lets you in3 min
- 02The Ruined Opera HouseA wound the city chose not to heal3 min
- 03Auberge de CastilleEight nations, eight houses, one order3 min
- 04Upper Barrakka GardensThe best view in the Mediterranean4 min
- 05The Saluting BatteryHow a harbour told the time3 min
- 06Our Lady of VictoryThe first building in Valletta3 min
- 07Republic Street & the Auberge de ProvenceThe spine of the city, and a lady asleep for five thousand years3 min
- 08St John's Co-CathedralThe plainest door in Valletta, and what is behind it5 min
- 09Great Siege SquareThree bronze figures and a missing auberge2 min
- 10Republic Square & the BibliothecaA queen in Maltese lace, and the Order’s memory3 min
- 11The Grandmaster's PalaceWhere the island has been governed for 450 years4 min
- 12Strait StreetDuels, jazz and the Royal Navy3 min
- 13The Manoel TheatreFor the honest recreation of the people3 min
- 14Fort St Elmo & the War MuseumTwenty-eight days that saved Europe’s southern flank4 min
- 15The Siege Bell & Lower BarrakkaNoon, every day, for seven thousand people3 min