Michael’s, in the ex-Civil Service Club, serves up creative dishes conjured from local produce. You can eat rib-sticking Maltese pizza at Nenu the Artisan Baker, or sample a Mediterranean menu at wine-bar-cum-restaurant Trabuxu. Valletta’s restaurant scene is burgeoning by the week. Above ground, the Mnajdra and Ħaġar Qim temples have pinch-yourself sea views. Go on the right day and you may be shown around by the nice-as-pie Marquis himself.Ĭlose to the city you can visit the Hypogeum, an underground temple built more than 5000 years ago. Meanwhile, the Casa Rocca Piccola is the lived-in house of a local aristocratic family. The city’s other attractions include the similarly enriched Grand Master’s Palace. The largest of all Caravaggio’s paintings, a brutal depiction of the beheading of John the Baptist, hangs in the cathedral oratory. It’s fortress-like on the outside, but its interiors are lavishly gilded. Most magnificent of Valletta’s older buildings is St John’s Co-Cathedral. What are the best things to do in Valletta? The latter houses the magnificent Malta at War museum.
The forts of St Angelo and St Elmo, both key during the siege, have also been renovated and opened to the public. He built an open-air auditorium on top of the broken pillars and rubble of the WWII-bombed, nineteenth-century Opera House.
Italian uber-architect Renzo Piano has revamped Valletta’s main City Gate. Regeneration projects spruced up Valletta in preparation for its stint as European Capital of Culture next year, with fine mansions turned into boutique hotels, and new restaurants and bars reigniting the city’s spark. The last few years have almost as if the city has awoken from a deep sleep.
Visiting Vittoriosa Harbour is just one of the many great things to do in Valletta © snowturtle/Shutterstock Why should I visit Valletta?
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