Peppino’s (31 St. George’s Road, St. Julian) – this restaurant is at an enviable spot: facing St. Julian’s waterfront. Since this is a multi-level restaurant, its top floor, which offer the best views, are worth making reservations for. Various traditional Italian dishes are served here, along with offering a decent wine list. A number of […]
Medina (7 Holy Cross Street, Mdina) – located in the ancient, one-time capital of Malta (Mdina), this restaurant provides diners with scenery in the form of a stone courtyard hung with oleander and vine leaves. Locally-influenced dishes served here include the Linguini Bir-Rizzi (Linguini tossed in a sea urchin and herb butter cream, Mediterranean clam […]
Legligin (119 St. Lucy Street, Valletta) – located a block away from Manoel Theatre, this is more of a wine bar than a restaurant. Food is served tapas-style, with a Maltese twist – stuffed peppers, Greek dolmades, tender grilled quail breasts, home-made caponata and Maltese sausage – with owner Chris Bonnici on hand to help […]
Il-Mithna (58 Main Street (Triq Il-Kbira), Mellieha) – this restaurant (a 30 minute drive west of Valletta, and a much shorter distance west of St. Paul’s Bay) is also located within a historic building – this time, in a 17th century stone windmill built by the Knights of Malta (“Mithna” being the Maltese word for […]
Guzé (22 Old Bakery Street, Valletta) – housed within one of Valletta’s oldest structures, this restaurant tends to get popular when the evenings are cooler. Dishes served here range from cooked fresh fish, to fillet steak, carpaccio of sea bass, seared free-range chicken breast with fried mushrooms and smoked pancetta, and local rabbit with leek […]
Barracuda (194 Main Street, St. Julian’s) – located on the edge of Balluta Bay (within the popular resort area of St. Julian’s) is this trendy waterside restaurant. Housed in an 18th century seaside villa, fresh fish dishes are its specialty, along with a seafood platter (consisting of freshly-caught fish, shellfish, octopus, calamari, langoustines and prawns), […]
Valletta Ferry Services – this private ferry line runs between historic Valletta and Sliema Strand (giving visitors an opportunity to see Valletta via its water ways). Due to the physical layout of Valletta and nearby areas, it’s sometimes more practical (and quicker) to take a ferry from one point to another than even driving. Here […]
BUS — since Malta is one of the smallest countries in the European Union, buses are the main mode of public transportation there. Malta Public Transport is the public entity in charge of providing such services at both Malta and Gozo islands (with daily service provided between 5:30 am and 11:00 pm). There are […]
TAXI –. Taxis may be used to travel anywhere in Malta or Gozo and may be hired by using any of the following methods: By hailing in places where it is safe to stop; From designated taxi stands; By booking from taxi booths; or On a pre-booking basis by phone, emails, internet, etc… In […]
Valletta Waterfront (Pinto Wharf Floriana, Valletta) — With its nineteen historical 250-year-old warehouses, built by Grand Master Pinto at the height of the baroque period in Malta … stretching along the water’s edge and the historical Quay Wall where the Knights of St John and European merchants used to unload their wares … the impregnable […]