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Valletta

Description: Valletta is the capital city of Malta. The whole city was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980.

Newest Review: ... up from the harbours. By the foetid standards of most cities of the time, 16th Century Valletta must have been an extraordinarily modern and salubrious place. It still feels clean and airy today. The houses themselves are tightly-terraced and flat-fronted, faced in the same creamy-yellow limestone of which the whole city is built. They are without front gardens or porches (forbidden in ... more

... the original planning ordinances), though many of the frontages have their upper storeys decorated with enclosed balconies. The basic style is simple, but the detail is often ornate, making for an elegant impression overall, both in the busiest ...more

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Valletta: Siege Mentality (3030 words)
by - written on 23/11/08 (Very useful, 564 readings)
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As the capital cities of Europe go, Valletta is a rather recent invention. It was founded in 1566, and built in a hurry, as if to make up for lost time. For perhaps the oddest thing about Valletta is that there wasn't a city on its site before. A glance at a map shows the strategic importance of the island of Malta. It sits amid the narrows between the eastern and western Mediterranean, so that any shipping going from one to the other must pass close to its shores, as must any traffic plying the shortest route between northern Africa and southern Italy. Malta is a natural location for a naval base, and has a natural harbour to serve just that ... Read the complete review

June 2003 This must be Valletta (1498 words)
by - written on 04/07/03 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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For your information just an account of our visit to Malta and Valletta in the beginning of June 2003. OUR HOTEL We were lodged for some ten days in hotel Osborne, a smaller hotel with some 60 rooms situated in South street, right in the centre of town maybe 1/2km away from the bus terminal. The hotel was an ideal starting point for various excursions throughout Malta and the neighbouring island Gozo. The hotel itself is a three star hotel and in my opinion if they want to hang on to their third star they'd better freshen up their rooms real soon. The ground floor with its reception, bar and restaurant has gonethrough a recent renovation and the ... Read the complete review

Valletta, Visit it twice, at least. (597 words)
by - written on 24/06/01 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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My wife and I visited Valletta for the first time in May 2001. It has been said, about Malta itself, it seems by just about everyone, "You either love it or hate it", No middle ground - I loved it, my wife hated it, Valletta that is. Neither of us could sensibly describe what it was about it that had influenced our opinions. During the next week we went all over Malta, Gozo et al and enjoyed each and every day. Everything that we did, everything that we saw and everybody that we spoke to cemented our opinion of Malta and the Maltese - It and they were lovely. That is if you can put into one small word all that we felt about a very ... Read the complete review