Three Cities guided tour from Valletta: harbour boat included

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Free cancellation

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 50

LanguagesEN · DE +3

PickupAt your hotel

Walk the Knights' first streets, then drift past their fortress from the water

A guided walking and boat tour of the Three Cities — Vittoriosa, Cospicua and Senglea — across the Grand Harbour from Valletta, with pickup included. You walk through Vittoriosa's narrow streets past the first auberges of the Order, then board a traditional dghajsa harbour boat to tour the colourful creeks and see Fort Sant Angelo from the water. The tour runs 4 hours with a live guide in your chosen language.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Three Cities and harbour views

Guided walk in Vittoriosa streets
Harbour boat tour from Vittoriosa waterfront
Enjoy 360° view from Senglea Garden

The Experience

If you have a free afternoon in Valletta and want to see where the Knights of St. John actually settled — not just read about it — this tour crosses the harbour to the Three Cities and puts you on foot in the oldest streets. You start in Vittoriosa, walking through narrow lanes in the shade of historic buildings, past the first auberges where the different langues of the Order made their headquarters. The guide walks you through the layout and the history without rushing; the streets are tight enough that you stay cool even in the heat of the day.

At the Vittoriosa waterfront you board a dghajsa — the traditional painted harbour boat that has worked these creeks for centuries — and drift past the colourful inlets and the fortifications that ring the Grand Harbour. From the water, the scale of the defences becomes clear in a way a photograph never quite captures. The boat then heads to Senglea Garden, at the tip of the peninsula, where you step out onto a platform with a 360° view of the entire harbour. Fort Sant Angelo sits across the water — the fortress from which Grand Master La Valette commanded the defence during the Great Siege of 1565. Standing there, you can trace the lines of sight and the geography that made the siege possible and the victory unlikely.

The tour includes an air-conditioned vehicle for the drive and the transfers, and a live guide who speaks your language — English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch or Russian depending on which departure you pick. Pickup from your Valletta hotel is included, so you don't arrange the transport yourself.

What’s included

Air-conditioned vehicle with pickup from your Valletta hotel.
guided walking tour through Vittoriosa's historic streets and auberges.
traditional dghajsa harbour boat ride through the Grand Harbour creeks.
access to Senglea Garden and the 360° view of Fort Sant Angelo.
live guide in your chosen language.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfants must sit on laps

Operated by V. Tabone Travel

Is this one for you?Book this if you're based in Valletta and want to see the Three Cities from both land and water in one outing—you'll walk Vittoriosa's streets with a guide, then take a traditional harbour boat to view the creeks and fortifications from the water. Choose your language at booking; departures run in English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Dutch and Russian.