Valletta, Mdina & Gozo — 4 days
Baroque fortresses and the silent city. Day-by-day itinerary: Arrival & Valletta; Palace & the Three Cities; Mdina & Rabat; Gozo Island & Departure.
Day-by-day itinerary
Day 1 — Arrival & Valletta
- 11:00 — Arrival at Malta MLA — Aéroport de Malte, Luqa
- 12:00 — X4 bus to Valletta
- 13:00 — Check-in at a hotel inside the walls — La Valette
- 15:00 — St John's Co-Cathedral — La Valette
- 17:00 — Upper Barrakka Gardens — La Valette
- 20:00 — Maltese dinner — rabbit stew (fenkata) — La Valette
Day 2 — Palace & the Three Cities
- 09:30 — Grandmaster's Palace — La Valette
- 12:30 — Pastizzi & coffee lunch — La Valette
- 14:00 — Crossing by dgħajsa (traditional boat) — Grand Harbour
- 14:30 — The Three Cities — Vittoriosa — Birgu
- 16:30 — Grand Harbour cruise
- 20:00 — Dinner facing the harbour — La Valette
Day 3 — Mdina & Rabat
- 09:00 — Bus to Mdina
- 09:45 — Mdina — the Silent City — Mdina
- 10:30 — St Paul's Cathedral, Mdina — Mdina
- 12:30 — Lunch on the ramparts — Mdina
- Walk to the catacombs — Mdina → Rabat
- 14:30 — St Paul's Catacombs — Rabat
- 17:00 — Back to Valletta
- 20:00 — Dinner in Sliema — Sliema
Day 4 — Gozo Island & Departure
- 08:00 — Fast ferry Valletta → Mġarr — Gozo
- 09:15 — Victoria Citadel (Rabat, Gozo) — Victoria, Gozo
- Drive to Dwejra — Victoria, Gozo → Gozo
- 11:30 — Dwejra & the Inland Sea — Gozo
- Drive to Marsalforn — Gozo → Marsalforn, Gozo
- 13:30 — Fish lunch — Marsalforn, Gozo
- 16:00 — Ferry back to Malta
- 20:00 — Return flight from MLA