Malta’s oldest fort, the star-shaped fortress of stone that is Fort St Elmo on the tip of the peninsula, guards the entrance to Valletta’s Grand Harbour. Fort St Elmo houses a chapel, the ...

Valletta, the heart of Malta and epicentre of the festival, packs a lot of cultural heritage into its compact centre. During the biennale, creativity is woven into this rich fabric, inviting ...

Malta does not have a train network but there are public buses connecting some destinations. When to go: There’s no bad time to visit Valletta, which is one of Europe’s sunniest capitals.

Just over three hours away from the UK, Valletta is the ideal place to spend 72 hours in Malta On a peninsula just 1km by 600m, enclosed in towering bastion walls and surrounded by clear blue ...

This month there are two exhibitions of beguiling maps in the heart of Valletta that look at Malta and beyond through historic collections revealing extraordinary details of the places they show ...

Port guide: Valletta, Malta. By Brian Johnston. August 28, 2024 — 10.14am. ... the view has scarcely changed since, apart from container ships being loaded further along the quays.