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Valletta Maltese food walk
Your local guide
Maria Borg
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Highlights
- Pastizzi with ricotta and with peas, straight from the oven
- Ftira built with tuna, capers and tomato paste
- Gbejniet cheeses and bigilla, shown up close
- Imqaret date pastries, fried while you watch
- Maltese wine and Kinnie on the counter
About this tour
This session follows Valletta's food streets, from a pastizzi counter to a bakery selling ftira and gbejniet cheese and a stall frying imqaret. The guide moves between three stops in the historic centre, explaining what goes into each dish and why locals eat it the way they do. It is a look at everyday Maltese food rather than a restaurant tour.
The session opens with a sound check, then moves stop by stop between counter, bakery and stall, pausing wherever the guide wants a closer look at what is being made. Questions are answered as they come up, and a shortlist of places to try later follows the call.
This suits anyone curious about Maltese food before or after a trip, or anyone who simply likes watching food being made. It also works well around a mealtime at home.
Included
- Live video session with a local guide
- A close look at the dishes and where locals buy them
- A short list of places and dishes to try later
Not included
- Food and drinks shown on camera
- Travel to the city
Itinerary
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Welcome and sound check 7 min
The guide joins the video call, checks the picture and sound with you, and gives you a quick sense of Valletta before heading out.
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Pastizzi counter 21 min
Outside a pastizzi counter, the camera watches trays come out of the oven, and the guide explains the difference between the ricotta and the pea filling and why locals eat these standing up on the way to work.
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Ftira and gbejniet stop 21 min
At a bakery and small cheese shop, the guide shows how ftira is built with tuna, capers, olives and tomato paste, then holds up gbejniet, the little sheep cheeses, alongside a bowl of bigilla bean dip.
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Imqaret stall 21 min
The last stop is a stall frying imqaret, the date pastries, and the guide explains what goes into the dough and the filling while the pastries cook, with a glass of Maltese wine and a Kinnie shown on the counter beside them.
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Your questions 14 min
Time to ask anything about Valletta: prices, safety, food, or whatever you are curious about.
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A short list to keep 6 min
Before you go, the guide sums up with a few things worth remembering: a dish to try: Ftira and Valletta city centre, worth a slower look.
Good to know
- A stable wifi or mobile connection makes the picture smoother than a shaky one.
- Any phone, tablet or laptop with a camera works. You watch, the guide does the walking.
- Times are shown in Malta time, so check the time where you are before you book.
- The session is not recorded, and recording it yourself is not allowed. Feel free to take your own notes.
- Ask questions any time, out loud or in the chat. The guide will pause to answer.
- Sessions run in small groups, up to 10 people, so there is room for everyone to ask something.
Questions about this tour
What will the session cover?
The guide walks through Valletta, showing you Grandmaster's Palace and St John's Co-Cathedral live on camera, plus whatever else you would like to see.
What happens if my connection drops?
Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up on anything you missed.
Can I ask the guide questions during the session, or is it a fixed script?
Anything, any time. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.
How it works
- You get one join link after booking.
- Join from any device: phone, tablet or laptop.
- We meet on Google Meet; the link comes with your booking. I walk Valletta live with my phone and you ask anything as we go.
Times shown in Malta time (CET)
Cancellation
Flexible
- Cancel up to 24 hours before the start: full refund.
- Cancel less than 24 hours before the start, or no-show: no refund.
- If the guide cancels or the date does not reach its minimum group: full refund.
- Cancel in My Account → Bookings; the refund is calculated from the start time in the tour's local time.
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