The fortress city built by the Knights of St John — honey-stone bastions above a shimmering harbour.

Tappe di Questo Tour (10)

1. 1
   City Gate (Bieb il-Belt) Renzo Piano's modern gateway through the massive fortifications
2. 2
   Republic Street Main artery slicing through the grid — Valletta was Europe's first planned city
3. 3
   St John's Co-Cathedral Austere outside, overwhelming inside — Caravaggio's Beheading of John the Baptist
4. 4
   Grand Master's Palace Seat of the Knights of Malta — armoury and state rooms
5. 5
   Upper Barrakka Gardens Arcaded terrace with views across the Grand Harbour — noon cannon fires daily
6. 6
   Saluting Battery Row of cannons on the bastions — the noon salute echoes across the harbour
7. 7
   Lower Barrakka Gardens Neoclassical temple memorial to Alexander Ball overlooking Fort St Angelo
8. 8
   Malta Experience Fort St Elmo area — site of the Great Siege of 1565
9. 9
   Strait Street Once the "Gut" of sailors' bars — now Valletta's nightlife and jazz quarter
10. 10
    Merchant Street Morning market beneath baroque balconies — the real Valletta

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