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Malta Sightseeing Bus Tour: Explore Malta’s History with Optional Harbour Cruise

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499 Ratings

Discover Malta's rich history and iconic sights on a hop-on hop-off bus tour. Optional harbour cruise offers stunning views of Valletta's fortifications.

Duration: 6 hours, 30 minutes

Cancellation: 1 day learn more

Highlights

Hop-on Hop-off North Tour (Route)

Operating Schedule: North Route departure times from Stop 1:
08:00am - 14:30pm
Every 30/60 minutes. Operates daily

1. Topaz Hotel
Bugibba (Topaz Hotel/ Pebbles Hotel)

2. Bugibba
Pebbles Hotel

3. Bugibba
Seastrips Outlet

4. Bugibba
Bugibba Centre (Opposite HSBC)

5. Bugibba
Bugibba (Santana Hotel)

6. Malta National Aquarium
Malta National Aquarium

7. QAWRA Palace Resort & SPA
Qawra Palace Hotel (Bus Stop opposite Hotel)

8. Qawra Point Beach
Qawra Seafront (Opposite CitySightseeing Outlet)

9. Bella Vista Hotel Malta
Bellavista Hotel

10. Car Rental Office
ITS Roundabout (Radisson & Corinthia Hotels Roundabout)

11. Ninou’s Grill & Cocktails
St. George’s Bay (CitySightseeing Route Stage)

Westin Dragonara

13. 31 Vjal Portomaso
Hilton Roundabout

14. 6 St George’s Road
Spinola Bay

15. Antik
Balluta Bay (opposite Balluta Church)

16. Chalet
Sliema Seafront (Opposite Prelune Hotel)

17. VFS Sliema
Sliema Ferries

18. 1 Triq Sir Frederick C. Ponsonby
Opposite Bayview Hotel (City Sightseeing Outlet)

19. Publiju
Valletta City Centre

20. 31 Xatt Lascaris
Valletta Waterfront Terminus (Change for South Route)

21. Strickland
San Anton Gardens

22. VCR9+868
Ta’ Qali Crafts Village

23. Malta Aviation Museum
Ta’ Qali Aviation Museum

24. 291a Triq Il-Kbira
Mosta Church

25. Mdina Gate
Mdina Main Gate

26. W8PW+4HQ
Golden Bay

Points of Interest

Blue Grotto (Il-Hnejja)
Mosta Rotunda
Tarxien Temples
Mdina Old City
Marsaxlokk Bay
Mdina Glass
City Sightseeing Malta
The Malta Experience
Malta National Aquarium
Malta Falconry Centre
Malta Classic Car Collection Museum
Ta’ Qali
Valletta Waterfront
Mediterraneo Marine Park
Mdina
Sliema

Hop-on Hop-off South Route (Route)

Operating Schedule: South Route departure times from Stop 1:
09:05am - 14:05pm
Every 30 minutes. Operates daily

1. Car Rental Office
ITS Roundabout (Radisson & Corinthia Hotels Roundabout)

2. Ninou’s Grill & Cocktails
St. George’s Bay (CitySightseeing Route Stage)

Westin Dragonara

4. 31 Vjal Portomaso
Hilton Roundabout

Spinola Bay

6. Antik
Balluta Bay (Opposite Balluta Church)

Sliema Seafront (Opposite Prelune Hotel)

8. VFS Sliema
Sliema Ferries

9. 1 Triq Sir Frederick C. Ponsonby
Opposite Bayview Hotel (CitySightseeing Outlet)

10. Publiju
Valletta City Centre

Valletta - Malta Experience/ Fort St Elmo

12. 31 Xatt Lascaris
Valletta Waterfront Terminus

Vittoriosa Waterfront
Esplora Science Centre
Marsaxlokk Fishing Village
Ghar Dalam Cave
Blue Grotto
Hagar Qim & Mnajdra Temples

Points of Interest

Blue Grotto (Il-Hnejja)

What's Included

Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour covering 2 routes
On-board audio commentary available in several languages + free headphones
Discount booklet with offers on dining, shopping, and attractions
Optional Hop On Hop Off Harbour Cruise

What's Not Included

Gratuities
Food and drinks, unless specified. Lunch is not included.
Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Additional Information

Embark on a journey around Malta with this City Sightseeing bus and harbour cruise! Malta, a land with over 7,000 years of rich history, is filled with fascinating sites. Discover the most remarkable and breathtaking attractions with this Hop-on Hop-off tour. Begin your adventure from any of the numerous pick-up locations in the North or South regions of the island, and explore Malta at your convenience.

To make your journey around Malta unforgettable, we’ve added a Harbour Cruise to your itinerary, valid for use within 3 days of activating your pass. This cruise travels around Valletta’s harbour, showcasing its impressive military fortifications and giving you the opportunity to disembark to explore the Esplora Interactive Science Museum (tickets not included). Please note this offer only applies to the bus and harbour cruise ticket.

North Route: Operates every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
North Route: Departures from Stop N1 at 8am, 9am, 10am, 11am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm and 2:30pm
Tour duration - 210 minutes
South Route: Operates every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
South Route: Departures from Stop S10 at 9:05am, 10:05am, 11:05am, 12:05pm, 1:05pm and 2:05pm
Tour duration - 180 minutes
1-Day Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour + Harbour Cruise: Bus ticket is valid for 1 calendar day. Harbour Cruise can be used within 3 days of voucher activation
2-Day Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour + Harbour Cruise: Bus ticket is valid for 2 calendar days but they don’t need to be used on consecutive days. Can be used within 5 days of first activation. Harbour Cruise can be used within 5 days of voucher activation
Mobile vouchers must be redeemed at Sliema Ferries (Stop 17) or Valletta Waterfront Terminus (Stop 20). Paper vouchers can be redeemed at any of the bus stops
Harbour Cruise:- Main embarkation point: Sliema Ferries. Departure times from Sliema Ferries: 10:30, 12:30 and 14:45. Stops include: Esplora (Kalkara) and Sliema Ferries. Customers may hop on and off the cruise at any of the stopping points however, timetables change regularly so they will need to check locally for the latest timetable and stop off times.
Note: Please be aware that boarding on the cruises is on a first come first served basis so we recommend arriving apx. 15 minutes before departure time to have the best chance of securing a place on the cruise.
Vouchers are valid for 12 months giving great flexibility should you need to change your date of travel.
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Please note times and frequencies are subject to change at any time so please check locally for the latest information

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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263silviaf

Mar 14, 2024

Giancarlo excellent professional from Sliema. Recommended tour! - On the Sliema seafront, Giancarlo, at his tour information point, organized a complete hop-on hop-off coach tour of Malta including a cruise to Gozo and Comino. He suggested to us how best to distribute them based on the climatic conditions and our days of stay in Malta. Giancarlo's professionalism continued even during the tour where he suggested ideas for visits and responded when we were in difficulty! Thank you very much!!! I didn't give my best in the review, exclusively because in Gozo the bus driver who took us from the port to the center of the town and vice versa, in an excessive hurry to return, left us little time to visit Rabat and took us ahead of an hour at the port, where we waited for the ferry to continue the visit.

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Pauline_r

Apr 26, 2024

Not the best experience - Almost impossible to tell where stops are for these routes. Also still not sure what the routes are as they seem to randomly vary from those on the route maps! DO NOT use mobile tickets; they cannot cope. Print your ticket. Commentary sketchy, repeats itself a lot and doesn’t always tie up with where you are! Have used hop on hop off all over the world but this was not the best experience. There are 3 companies doing hop on hop off in Malta and I wouldn’t use this one a second time.

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Louisew429

Apr 14, 2024

Ok - Was ok you get what you paid for,best part was going to golden bay great little place to relax in the sand and restaurant and bar there as well

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Kylehk2491hh

Mar 5, 2024

Rude sales representative - The tours were good. The problem was that the sales rep at St Julian’s Beach Club stop was extremely rude to us. My grandmother had a question about one of the routes and he told her he wasn’t going to answer because our tickets didn’t give him any commission. He was an English gentleman who clearly thought he could get away with bullying old ladies. He should be fired!

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Companion58713276726

May 1, 2024

To avoid ! Choose the other bus company Malta seeingsight - Catastrophic! Having disembarked from the MSC cruise, we bought the ticket to visit the island: 3 circuits Red, Yellow, Blue Ticket at €24 for adults and €10 for children Arriving from the Yellow circuit in Mdina we visited the city On the other hand, to take a bus again you have to fight between overbooking and the low number of bus passes we stayed 1 hour before being able to take another bus knowing that we wanted to take the blue circuit at the last moment the driver changes the plate and transforms the blue plate in yellow As in addition the buses of this circuit arrive at the same time, here the Yellow and the Blue seeing the queue in front of the other we were too afraid of having to wait 1 hour more Pitiful organization Favored the MSC circuit the other bus line certainly more expensive but 3 times more buses run and people wait 15 min max

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51kathn

Apr 30, 2024

Shambles!! - Normally love a city sightseeing bus but Malta is the exception.Bought our tickets at a stand on seafront in Sliema then when the bus arrived we were only then told we had to get that packed bus to another stop to change to our actual bus. When we got there other buses were turning up to let people off then by the time the actual bus turned up half an hr later the bus stop was carnage. Group of rude Italian women blatantly pushing to the front of the queue in front of a disabled woman no care at all about the queue. More people joining queue from other side of the door pushing also but when the staff were told by several people we were all told to be quiet or we would have to go to back of queue. Absolute shambles!!!. They did not care that it was over subscribed and couldnt be bothered to try to organise the crowd. Loved Malta as a whole but this lets it down.

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Birbbs

Apr 27, 2024

expensive and without any tourist interest - The 25th price is only for the current day from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. other cities in the world generally offer 24 hours The audio comments are very poor and not synchronized with the monuments No interest in visiting the island especially since they made two circuits north and south to fill the coffers more Tourist trap to avoid. There we are on bus 222 heading north for 2e50 and I don't see the difference.

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1jamel

Apr 21, 2024

NOT a good experience - Very much regret not having taken more notice of previous reviews. We bought 2 two day passes for the north and south routes. Nearly 100 euros . The earphones didn’t work on quite a lot of the seats, but that’s nothing compared to being dropped off at a non scheduled place … that might have been ok if we had known where we were!. And maybe had the bus driver known where we were! We were told to get back at a certain time in the hour, but five of us from different countries waited 40 mins for bus … it didn’t come . He had told us the time for a different location . We were all there at the time the bus driver told us . Two of us ordered a taxi as one person with mobility problems could not stand waiting any longer. I had various attempts at getting the owner Sean to reimburse the taxi fair, he offered another ride another day. Not much help when you are there a few days. He didn’t follow up. I suppose because we are all tourists and leave there is no responsibility . The next day we tried the next route. It left the starting location 20 minutes late ..

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C968aymartinc

Apr 17, 2024

Don’t waste your money - I would say save your money. Buy a local bus card that provides you with one day free on this bus then use local bus transportation very easy to get around. The buses provide very little information it’s very poor. They don’t explain where to look left or right. There very long periods without any communication. They don’t tell you what stop we are coming too either. So they drive straight pass. They also do a loop of hotel pick ups that we are paying for and wasting my time. Not as good as previous red bus tours. Buses only every hour so impossible to visit many stops. 1 bus 1 loop instead of two and cut out hotels ample

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Climber20779742922

Apr 12, 2024

IT’S A CON !! Stay away ! - DO NOT BUY a ticket from this company ! Waste of money. You can only get to see 1 or 2 places with the time you are given with the busses. Busses only go one way. Boat tour most boring pointless tour I have ever experienced! Boat did not stop where it should have so I missed one day out of my trip. Everybody was complaint. Been trying to contact the company since buying the ticket and they are not getting back to me and it’s ruining my holiday as I’m only here for a few days and I had to put everything on hold trying to get a refund. This company is joke of a company ! I’m so sad and disappointed! Use local busses it’s cheaper and better organised !

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