Guided Tours

Valletta Guided Walking Tour with Access to St. John’s Cathedral

Name: Valletta Guided Walking Tour with Access to St. John’s Cathedral
Start: 2024-11-27T09:30:00
End: 2024-11-27T13:30:00
Location: Valletta

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Tourist exploring the City Gate during Valletta Half Day Guided Tour

Interior view of St. John's Co-Cathedral

Navigate crowded lanes, long winded history, and 400yr old Cathedral hassle-free with a licensed guide and roundtrip hotel transfers.

Highlights

Walk the charming lanes of Valletta beside an expert. Includes comfy hotel transfers, so you can dive into its 500-year-long history with full vigor.
Feel the Malta tenacity! Watch a gripping audio-visual show and discover how this UNESCO city braved and defied a 4-month-long Ottoman siege.
Visit St. John’s Cathedral with a guide. Admire the baroque-style tombs of 400 knights encased in marble and the only signed painting of Caravaggio.
Enjoy commentary in the language of your preference. Choose from English, German, Italian, Spanish, and Polish speaking guides.
Did you know? You can witness the salute of 400-year-old cannons and a little ceremony celebrating the city’s tenacity at the Upper Barrakka Gardens.

Inclusions

4 hour guided tour of Valletta
Roundtrip hotel transfers
Entry ticket to St. John’s Cathedral
Guided tour of St. John’s Cathedral
Licensed guide available in English, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and French (optional)
Admission to an audio-visual show

Exclusions

Food and drinks
Gratuities

Cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

Your experience

Board a comfy ride from your hotel and journey into the heart of the UNESCO-listed city of Valletta.

Valletta from a fresh perspective

Yes, you’ll walk through the city’s iconic cobblestone streets as you admire honey-hued limestone buildings peppered with colorful wooden balconies. But your knowledgeable tour guide will also paint you a vivid picture of how these streets transformed over the past 500 years! Learn about the 4 turbulent months that ripped the city apart and how the location of the 4 island cities drove a victorious military strategy. Spot the other 3 islands from the Upper Barrakka Gardens as you admire the best panoramic view in the city.

St. John’s Cathedral

With a simple upgrade, you can visit St. John’s Co-Cathedral on a guided tour and find out all about how the Order of the Knights of St. John spent 12 years building this opulent structure adorned with Baroque elements. Its carved stone walls, painted vaulted ceilings, and gilded altars will wow you for sure. But what will really blow your mind is the marbled flooring of the cathedral inlaid with ornate tombs and memorials commemorating 400 Knights of Europe. Another treasure you’ll find here is the only signed artwork of Caravaggio, ‘The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist’.

Finish off with a gripping audio-visual show about Malta, its culture, its history, and its people.

Know before you go

What to bring

Dress modestly. Cover your shoulders and knees to visit the Cathedral.
Carry a sunhat or an umbrella as per season to weather the Mediterranean climate of Valletta.
Wear your most comfortable shoes, you’ll be walking on uneven cobblestone streets.
Keep your preferred payment method handy to grab bites or mementos.

What’s not allowed

Leave your luggage at home as this venue doesn’t have storage rooms.
Pets are not allowed for this experience.

Accessibility

This experience is suitable for pram/stroller users.

Additional Information

Being a walking tour, this experience requires a fair amount of walking. Come prepped for an exhilarating day out.
Your Polish guided tour can get canceled if a minimum number of 12 people do not make the group. In such cases, you can either opt for an English-speaking guide or request a full refund.
Note that at times the commentary may be provided by a multilingual guide, depending on operational circumstances.

My tickets

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.
Please display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID during the pick-up.

Hotel Transfers

This ticket includes hotel pick-ups and drop-offs.
In the next step of booking, please specify the name of your hotel.
On the day of your tour, please arrive at your hotel lobby 10-15 minutes prior to the scheduled pick-up time.
If your hotel does not have a lobby, please wait at the entrance of your hotel.