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Live tours in Sliema

Explore Sliema, Malta, live with a local who lives there. A guide walks you past Tower Road Promenade, Sliema-Valletta ferry crossing and Tigné Point on a video call, or talks you through it by phone.

7 live tours From 18,00 €

Explore Sliema live with a local

Sessions run live, not as a recording: you join at a time in your own time zone, and the guide follows whatever you want to see or ask about. Tigné Point is worth asking about: the redeveloped headland with the old fort and the newer shopping quarter.

Every date has a minimum group size: if it does not fill up, it is cancelled and you are refunded in full automatically. Small groups, real answers, no script.

What a live session shows

  • Tower Road Promenade A long seafront promenade facing Valletta across Marsamxett Harbour, lined with Art Nouveau and later Modernist façades.
  • Sliema-Valletta ferry crossing A short passenger ferry crossing Marsamxett Harbour, giving a low angle on Valletta's bastion walls.
  • Tigné Point A headland where the Order of St John built its defences, later redeveloped into a modern residential and shopping quarter.
  • Fort Tigné An eighteenth century polygonal fort at the tip of Tigné Point, among the earliest forts of its design anywhere.
  • Manoel Island A small island in Marsamxett Harbour, seen from Sliema's shore, holding an old fort and a former quarantine hospital.
  • Balluta Bay A curved bay lined with early twentieth century Art Nouveau buildings, including the landmark Balluta Buildings block.
  • Stella Maris Parish Church A nineteenth century parish church near the old ferry landing, its dome visible from boats crossing the harbour.
  • Exiles rocks A stretch of flat coastal rock near Independence Garden where people swim directly off the shore.

Neighbourhoods

  • Tigné Point the redeveloped headland with the old fort and the newer shopping quarter
  • Balluta the curved bay of Art Nouveau buildings toward the St Julian's border
  • The Ferries the older core around the historic Valletta ferry landing and Stella Maris church

Food to know

  • Pastizzi (ricotta or pea pastries)
  • Ftira (Maltese flatbread sandwich)
  • Fenkata (rabbit stew)
  • Bragioli (beef olives)
  • Kapunata (Maltese ratatouille)

Book a live tour in Sliema

7 tours

Good to know about Sliema

Do I need to be in Sliema to join a session?

No. You join from wherever you are; the guide is the one in Sliema, live on camera or on the phone.

How long does a session last?

Between 0.5 and 1.5 hours, depending on the guide and the topic.

What language is the session in?

Guides here offer English and Italian; pick the one you want when you book.

What if I lose connection partway through?

Rejoin with the same link within a few minutes and the guide will catch you up.

Can I ask the guide anything, or is it a fixed script?

Anything. Sessions leave room for your own questions throughout, not just at the end.