🇲🇹

Valletta

Malta

📷 Efrem Efre — Pexels

Route info

Timezone

GMT+2

Currency€ EUR

LanguageMaltese / English

Airport transfer~20 minBus / Taxi / Private transfer

Flight from your airports~3h 48mavg. direct/1 stop

About Valletta

Malta is Europe's smallest country with an outsized amount of history: 7,000 years of continuous civilisation crammed into an island smaller than the Isle of Wight. Valletta — the world's smallest EU capital — is a Baroque stage set of honey-coloured limestone where every street frames a view of the Grand Harbour, and the Maltese take their coffee, their festa, and their history extremely seriously. Beyond the capital, the megalithic temples predate Stonehenge and the Pyramids, the walled city of Mdina has barely changed since the Knights of St John left, and the water off Gozo is some of the clearest in the entire Mediterranean.

Visa requirements

Visa Free

Visa requirements depend on your passport — check your government's travel advice before booking.

Good to know

✓Book a sunrise or sunset slot for Comino — midday boat tours dump hundreds of people into the Blue Lagoon
✓St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta is worth the ticket for the Caravaggio alone
✓Stay in Sliema or Valletta rather than Paceville unless you specifically want nightlife

Popular airlines on this route

Norwegian

Air Serbia

Wizz Air

Ryanair

View deals →

46 deals hidden — members only

Not search results — real price drops, tracked across months of data and verified before they reach you.

Active deals to Valletta46 deals

🔒 46 more deals to Valletta — members only

Get free access →

✈️ Getting there

MLAMalta International Airport

📍 8 km⏱ 20 min🚌 Bus🚕 Taxi🚌 Private transfer

Bus X4 runs directly from the airport to Valletta's main bus terminus for €2 (€3 July–August) and takes around 25 minutes — buy your ticket from the driver; the taxi rank outside arrivals charges a fixed rate of €15–20 to Valletta.

A compact, modern airport 8km from Valletta that handles year-round traffic as well as heavy summer volume — Air Malta, Ryanair, easyJet, and Wizz Air are the main operators; the single terminal is efficient and rarely overwhelming outside peak season.

Don't Miss

Hidden gems and local experiences in Valletta — beyond the tourist trail.

🏰Visit the Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta at exactly noon for the cannon salute from the Saluting Battery below — free to watch from the gardens, and the view over the Grand Harbour and the Three Cities simultaneously is the defining Maltese image.

⛪Book ahead for the St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta — the plain exterior hides one of Europe's most astonishing Baroque interiors, including Caravaggio's largest surviving painting. Buy tickets online to avoid the queue; arrive at opening time (9am) before tour groups.

🌊Take the ferry from Cirkewwa to Gozo (25 minutes, €4.65 return) and hire a bike or a jeep to find the Blue Hole at Dwejra on the west coast — a natural rock chimney diving spot with extraordinary visibility; snorkelling is free and the water colour is genuinely unreal.

🍽️Eat ftira — the Maltese bread ring stuffed with tuna, capers, olives, and tomatoes — from one of the early-morning bakeries in the Three Cities (Vittoriosa, Senglea) rather than the tourist cafes in Valletta; it costs €2–3 and is eaten standing at the counter like locals do.

🌙Visit Mdina at night — the silent city earns its nickname after the tourist coaches leave at 5pm. The narrow medieval streets lit by lanterns, with views down to Valletta's lights in the distance, are genuinely magical and completely free to walk through.

Travel Plans

Suggested itineraries for Valletta — tap a plan to see day-by-day details.

Frequently asked questions

How cheap are flights to Valletta?▾

FairFares is currently tracking fares to Valletta from €16. Prices shift with demand and lead time — checking regularly helps you catch the best deals.

Do I need a visa to visit Valletta?▾

Visa requirements depend on your passport — check your government's travel advice for the latest entry requirements before booking.

How long is the flight to Valletta?▾

Flights to Valletta take around 3h 48m on average. Journey times vary by departure airport and whether you fly direct or with a connection.

Share Valletta

← All destinations

FairFares.app scant 24/7 ticketprijzen en publiceert alleen echt lage prijzen of wat écht afwijkt van het gemiddelde. Boek snel — deals verdwijnen.