Look at valletta, malta from different perspectives. I want emails from lonely planet with travel and product information, promotions, advertisements, thirdparty offers, and surveys. Follow these 4 expertdesigned selfguided walking tours to explore valletta, malta on foot at your own pace. Find out more with this detailed interactive online map of valletta downtown, surrounding areas and valletta neighborhoods. Valletta is malta s lilliputian capital, built by the knights of st john on a peninsula thats only 1km by 600m. It is both the southernmost and the least populated national capital in the european union and one of only two without railbased public transit the other being nicosia understand. Malta boasts over 7000 years of history and is brimming with attractions and landmarks, all available for you to discover on your own terms aboard this malta hopon hopoff bus. The bus station is a very wide roundabout with the triton fountain in its centre. Malta, gozo and comino with a total population of 400,000 inhabitants over an area of 316sq km and a coastline of 196. Map of valletta and travel information about valletta brought to you by lonely planet. This place is situated in malta, its geographical coordinates are 35 53 59 north, 14 30 53 east and its original name with diacritics is valletta. Maltas 7,000 years of history means cruise passengers have much to see and do, from megalithic temples dating from around 3,000 bc and thought to be the oldest freestanding structures in the world, to the old city of mdina, shopping in valletta, the grand masters palace, or simply peoplewatching on the waterfront.
Malta s 7,000 years of history means cruise passengers have much to see and do, from megalithic temples dating from around 3,000 bc and thought to be the oldest freestanding structures in the world, to the old city of mdina, shopping in valletta, the grand masters palace, or simply peoplewatching on the waterfront. For travelers who want to explore malta s famous attractions first, keeping a copy of malta tourist sightseeing map will help you a lot. This map is your perfect guide into exploring the tiny countrys beautiful capital city, which is valletta, and having a closer look into the other cities. Although called valletta s bus station, the bus station is located just out side city gate in valletta s city walls and actually located in floriana. Valletta, the capital of malta, was built by the knights of st john in the 16thcentury. Have searched around the internet but nothing that i can print. The great siege of malta took place in 1565 when the ottoman empire tried to invade the island of malta, then held by the knights hospitaller. Malta attractions map pdf free printable tourist map malta.
Malta is the largest island, about thirty kilometres long by fourteen wide, while gozo is fourteen by seven. Valletta is now the capital of malta and a piece of. Mdina emerged as maltas first urban settlement under phoenician rule, but it was the arabs who rebuilt the fortifications extant today. Feel free to download the pdf version of the valletta map so that you can easily access it. We will continue working remotely on all of our projects and site inspections will be carried out where necessary.
Isswar talbelt valletta are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the capital city of valletta, malta. Malta bus map other routes not serving valletta size a4, in pdf format, 1. Large valletta maps for free download and print high. For clarity, shows only routes not serving valletta use in conjunction with map number 2 above. The climate in valetta malta is hot and dry during the summer months and temperature in the spring and fall. Layers make it easy to customize the appearance of the map using the tools in adobe illustrator. Explore valletta holidays and discover the best time and places to visit. All maps can be downloaded in pdf format and you will require adobe acrobat reader to view and save them. Hi, im ed, the author of this valletta travel guide book. Edit this map valletta tourist map near valletta, malta.
When you enter valletta dont be surprised if your first reaction is disappointment youll see modern flats and a wwll bomb site and wonder how on earth the city is a unesco world heritage city but dont worry as soon as you walk a few steps youll begin to see why valletta does really deserve its title. We ve followed suit throughout this guide, using whatever youll see on the ground. Also is there any tourist info centres in malta sliemavalletta etc. It is a baroque city which has often been described as an openair museum due to the amount of historic buildings concentrated in the area, such as st johns cocathedral and the grand harbour, all built by the knights as well as the over 25 churches all concentrated in an area of 900m x 630m. Travel guide to touristic destinations, museums and architecture in malta island. Map of valletta attractions with description, location. Google map of the city of valletta, malta nations online. Malta attractions map pdf free printable tourist map.
A harbour city, valletta preserves much of its 16thcentury architectural heritage built under the hospitallers. All areas and streets are fully editable objects, font based text. Valletta malta cruise port a guide for cruise passengers. Malta is the largest island and the cultural, commercial and administrative centre. Maphill presents the map of malta in a wide variety of map types and styles. The majority of these sights are concentrated in valletta and the. Youll see the palazzo parisio on your right, where napoleon stayed during his six days on malta, and the auberge ditalie 1574 on your left.
Maps are assembled and kept in a high resolution vector. The map shows a city map of valletta with expressways, main roads and streets, malta international airport iata code. With a population of about 400,000 malta is among the most densely populated countries in the world. The strategic routes and stops cover all the major malta attractions. Walk another few blocks and youll see palazzo castellania, which used to house valletta s law courts. Map number 1 and the gozo map were produced specially for this website and were also adapted for stuart harveys malta bus fleetbook.
All the data used in this app is built into the software, so you can follow the city walks or use the city map without internet access or cellular data plan. Valletta walking tour explore maltas capital with this. The island of malta contains the capital, valletta and the major centres of. Cruise port guide valletta malta by cruise crocodile. Valletta is the capital city of the republic of malta. Malta s 7,000 years of history means cruise passengers have much to see and do, from megalithic temples dating from around 3,000 bc and thought to be the oldest freestanding structures in the world, to the old city of mdina, shopping in valletta, the grand. A walk all round valletta from near the phoenicia and excelsior hotels to the valletta waterfront is also worth doing. Admiralty chart no 195 mediterranean sea malta valetta harbours and the coast westward to madalena pt. Valletta is the birthplace of comic book character corto maltese, created by italian artist hugo pratt. This valletta city tour starts just outside the main gates but you can join it at any point along the circular route. The three cities refer to the harbourside towns of senglea, birgu and bormla in malta.
These are a fleet of chauffeurdriven electric vehicles that go all round valletta. Detailed and highresolution maps of malta island, malta for free download. Including malta and gozo maps, as well as a map of the city of valletta. Valletta, the capital city of the republic of malta is located on the sciberras peninsula on the islands northeast coast. If you are planning on traveling to valletta, use this interactive map to help you locate everything from food to hotels to tourist destinations. Download right now the map of valletta and be ready to live the adventure. Media in category maps of valletta the following 31 files are in this category, out of 31 total. Hello all, is there any printable tourist map that i can download and print. With a copy of my guide book digital pdf ebook youll have all you need to get the most out of exploring maltas unique capital city. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Map of valletta hotels and attractions on a valletta map. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Valletta is by far my favourite place in malta and theres enough to see and do to spend three full days and more. Heres all you need to know before you decide to visit the area.
Valletta is located along the northern coastline of malta and is surrounded by two large natural harbours marsamxett harbour and grand harbour valletta is the capital city of the country malta, which is located in the mediterranean and forms part of europe and a member state of the european union. Selfguided walking tours to explore valletta, malta. Free maps of malta to download and print courtesy of malta tourism authority. With a copy of my guide book digital pdf ebook youll have all you need to get the most out of exploring malta s unique capital city. Located in the south eastern region of the main island, between marsamxett harbour to the west and the grand harbour to the east, its population in 2014 was 6,444, while the metropolitan area around it has a population of 393,938. Valletta truly is one of those unique cities in the mediterranean. It might be surprising to know that there are not even 7000 people that call valletta home. The knights, with approximately 2,000 footsoldiers and 400 maltese men, women and children, withstood the siege and repelled the invaders. The latter building now houses muza, malta s new national community art museum. Independence square ways into valletta from the waterfront others 1. See valletta photos and images from satellite below, explore the aerial photographs of valletta in malta.
The people there are very helpful and you can get a small map of the three cities for free. Most of the nations population of 450,000 live in malta itself, while the greener sister island of gozo is home to a much smaller community. Valletta map map of valletta and other information. The detailed road map represents one of many map types and styles available. Home passenger visit malta map of malta the maltese archipelago consists of three main islands which, in descending order of size, are. Valletta s bus station is the hub for bus transport on malta. Each walk comes with a detailed tour map as well as photos and background information for the featured. You can choose between a 1 or 2day ticket, whichever suits your schedule the best. The maltese archipelago consists of three main islands which, in descending order of size, are. For travelers who want to explore maltas famous attractions first, keeping a copy of malta tourist sightseeing map will help you a lot. I can unsubscribe any time using the unsubscribe link at the end of all emails. This street placemark is situated in malta and its geographical coordinates are 35 53 44 north, 14 30 31 east. Detailed and highresolution maps of valletta, malta for free download.
We build each detailed map individually with regard to the characteristics of the map area and the chosen graphic style. Valletta filfla comino gozo malta m e d i t e r r a n e a n s e a victoria 0 8 16 km 0 5 10 miles malta travel advice exercise normal safety precautions national capital other point of interest this map is presented for information only. May 11, 2008 tourist map of central valletta, malta. Travel guide to touristic destinations, museums and architecture in valletta. City center vector street map includes street names, parks and other local features. Its founder decreed that it should be a city built by gentlemen for gentlemen, and it retains its 16thcentury elegance. With a view towards assisting in containing the spread of covid19, our valletta offices will be closed from monday 16 march 2020.
Large valletta maps for free download and print highresolution. Large malta island maps for free download and print high. Use our free valletta walking tour map at the bottom of this page to help you navigate around the streets and alleyways of the historic capital of malta. The department of foreign affairs and trade accepts no responsibility for errors or omission of any.
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