Hello all! Really excited to go to Malta in a couple of days. I’ll be renting a car and I’ll be staying in a hotel in Sliema.
I’ve prepared an itinerary of main things to do, see and eat and would like to ask your input. I’ve checked different posts on this sub and other reddit subs and compiled this list.
Anything I’m missing out or should add/remove from the list?
I’m a fan of: coffees, good and not expensive restaurants, hiking, sight-seeing, city visiting (I average 25K steps per day)
**Day 1**
Arrive around 3 PM and check-in Hotel in Sliema
Visit Valletta
Visit – [St. John’s Co-Cathedral](https://maps.app.goo.gl/LJXoScu6YQvPorqy6)
Visit – [Upper Barrakka Gardens](https://maps.app.goo.gl/iAesRgGPiY8SsjJq8)
Visit – [Lower Barrakka Gardens](https://maps.app.goo.gl/AMcszvM7AdgZmYCdA)
Coffee break – [Caffe Cordina](https://maps.app.goo.gl/PAQDd3EFVjAoPJRL9)
Coffee break option2 – [Lot 61 Coffee Roasters](https://maps.app.goo.gl/jtramSenENrxGftC9)
Coffee break option 3 – [Coffee Circus Lisboa](https://maps.app.goo.gl/a4o6ANeDoZMHJ9bC9)
snack – [The Submarine](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cdzUM3nXFr69f8vD7)
Visit 3 cities across Valletta (take the Maltese gondola from Valletta)
visit – [Fort St. Angelo](https://maps.app.goo.gl/WxMnoLJWApNQS8pH8)
Dinner- [Sotto Pinsa Romana Valletta](https://maps.app.goo.gl/n7bCLTpHbUqQ5kM27)
Dinner option 2 – [Is-Suq Tal-Belt – Valletta Food Market](https://maps.app.goo.gl/RpdisPgadnSvTjWJ7)
Dinner option 3 – [BeBirgu](https://maps.app.goo.gl/qBaRp4HF8cxfhMZ68)
Dinner option 4 – [MedAsia Fusion Lounge](https://maps.app.goo.gl/uGtzhCCbx47wNwxP8)
Cocktails- [Cafe Society](https://maps.app.goo.gl/EAPF4paGNE3N7wfy6)
**Day 2**
Breakfast with pastizzi – [Pastizzeria by Mc Sims](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZXtgURnDq3NrTtxw9)
Snacks for day trip – [Buchman’s snack bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/mN72ryfzjs1bkDHD7)
Visit temple – [Ħaġar Qim](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pBghQPq7PwZzZiBa7)
Visit temple – [Mnajdra](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DM3Drtx6nhyfNtns9)
Viewpoint – [Blue Wall and Grotto Viewpoint](https://maps.app.goo.gl/tNz86gKqtNM8sedS9)
Visit fishing village – [Marsaxlokk](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XrqEco6J8C5R952L9)
Lunch – [Ta’ Victor](https://maps.app.goo.gl/E9x7ZFv9LTWTKyEDA)
Visit [Mdina](https://maps.app.goo.gl/CoiSnM3juw79wbd9A) (Game of thrones- King’s landing!) & Rabat
see [Blue Mdina Door](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pNcC5GeTMChfLHNL7)
Visit [St Paul’s Catacombs](https://maps.app.goo.gl/aGrfTmHJDmvPexFj8)
Viewpoint – [Dingli Cliffs](https://maps.app.goo.gl/U5iraB6h7kNxyCzk9)
Hiking – [Ras id-Dawwara](https://maps.app.goo.gl/b9jjmDdqm3fzLuMWA) **optional**
Hiking – [Il-Majjistral Nature & History Park](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2Ck8ks3U4DfNY9dFA) **optional**
Visit – [Mosta Rotunda](https://maps.app.goo.gl/k8Jr2t1KTueQNddi7) **Optional**
Visit – [Bugibba](https://maps.app.goo.gl/jo4iy4g6nLkxD9fv8) **optional**
visit- [Malta National Aquarium](https://maps.app.goo.gl/dtQFcSfeARxdm3nA8) **optional**
Visit temple – [Tarxien Temples](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DZ4cJqGcmGfT3BH5A) \- **optional**
Dinner- [Ta’ Kris](https://maps.app.goo.gl/kDGLV6jzjfUJppuU7) (sliema)
**Day 3**
Coffee – [RESTYLE CAFE by SWIEQI](https://maps.app.goo.gl/YFcAqL843kRUERAj6)
Visit – [Gozo](https://maps.app.goo.gl/oDdn55DiEvz5jQus9) ( [https://www.gozochannel.com/](https://www.gozochannel.com/)) take boat with car to travel within island
Visit [Wied il-Mielaħ](https://maps.app.goo.gl/D8ZNGfDxjfrL83Ru6)
Visit – [it-Tempji tal-Ġgantija](https://maps.app.goo.gl/QvH8uuH8MuqWYs4e6)
visit – [Ta’ Dbiegi Crafts Village](https://maps.app.goo.gl/gZn4gYsFqBu3Bh5v5)
visit – [Blue Hole](https://maps.app.goo.gl/XK2tNobmZLEEFE6h9)
Visit – [Bażilika Tal-Madonna Ta’ Pinu Mill Gharb](https://maps.app.goo.gl/wCNQNn9C97QjoPLZA)
lunch – [Maxokk Bakery](https://maps.app.goo.gl/X6jmX1ysA5t7TsDU9)
lunch option 2 – [Mekren’s Bakery](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DMjWDLeCgp8c7wEF6)
visit – [Tal-Mixta Cave](https://maps.app.goo.gl/m31vY6ZYQMzDWLiJA)
visit – [Inland Sea Dive Site](https://maps.app.goo.gl/EX5EHpJrgjDKrKuF8)
visit – [Visit Blue Lagoon Malta](https://maps.app.goo.gl/1DPJJVoF31rx6vED7) (Comino Island)
dinner – simple and traditional- [Nenu The Artisan Baker](https://maps.app.goo.gl/pWYGwWT594Pw7yCXA)
by EvenPatience6243
2 comments
this is more organised and rigid than the Maltese government
Question: do you have a car on days 2 and 3?
Day 1:
Knock off suq tal belt and medasi as dinner options, they’re nothing special.
Submarine for lunch is okay and quick but honestly, I find it to be very overrated so don’t get your hopes up too high. It’s not bad, but it really is just a sandwich shop.
Day 2:
I’d cut out the optional stuff in bugibba.
Don’t go to tarxien temples, Hagar qim and mnajdra are a lot better and close to blue grotto.
Marsaxlokk is incredibly out of the way, but I can see why you saved it for lunch. Try roots instead of ta victor, it’s much better (imho)
Day 3:
For gozo, re maxokk or mekren, check their menus out in the morning and book ahead (and they will still make you wait an hour)
Also, unless you are flying back on day 3 evening, screw nenu and have dinner in gozo.
If you were going to nenu in mgarr, go to a fenkata place instead (nothing against nenu lol)
Blue lagoon is better in the morning than the afternoon
I’ve never been to restyle cafe in swieqi, but I needs to be bloody amazing to delay your gozo departure for. If anything get it take away and drink it on the way to cirkewwa.