Valletta for First-Timers — The Greatest Hits

Legligin

Iconic kickoff — Cellar wine bar with a daily mezze parade — order the chef's seven-plate special.

Plain outside, gilded riot inside — Caravaggio's largest canvas hangs in the oratory.

Local produce, street food, buskers — easy solo wander or family morning.

5-minute dgħajsa water-taxi to the older fortified harbour cities — wine bars, marinas, quiet alleys.

Saluting battery fires daily at noon — best view of the Grand Harbour and the Three Cities.

Silent walled medieval capital on a hill — palaces, baroque cathedral, sunset from the bastions.