Mdina and Rabat Walk: Explore Ancient Malta's Silent City and Historic Rabat

Discover the ancient fortified city of Mdina and the historic town of Rabat in Malta. Explore narrow winding streets, majestic palaces, and religious sites on this captivating walk.

Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • City Walking Tours Malta - Meet your guide at the Main gate of Mdina. Your guide will be holding a City Walking Tours red umbrella.. During this walk you will explore the Middle Ages as we guide you through this enchanting town, past the most important palaces, convents, churches and typical streets.
What's Included
  • 2-hour guided walking tour with a licensed guide
What's Not Included
  • Entrance fees to any museum or church
Additional Information

Mdina, which was once the capital of Malta, is situated atop a hill and covers almost two-thirds of the island. This ancient fortified city, located centrally, is one of the prime examples of timeless architecture from the medieval and baroque periods in Europe. Locals refer it to as the ‘Silent City’ and it houses several palaces, owned by Maltese…

Location
Mdina Gate
Meet your guide at the Main Gate of Mdina, just BEFORE the bridge before you enter the city. Your guide will have a red City Walking Tours umbrella
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jonathan
Oct 26, 2025
Walking tour of Medina. - Excellent tour with Marisa. Very nice informative and engaging. Medina is beautiful and also peaceful if you get there early- we had a brief look around before the tour and it was lovely. Would have liked an opportunity to see inside one of the houses/ palaces.
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Annaportmcq
Oct 11, 2025
Interesting and well paced - Well paced and very informative tour with a friendly and knowledgeable guide. We were unavoidably delayed and Angela fitted us in seamlessly.
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W3925uzar
Sep 20, 2025
Wonderful tour of Mdina and Rabat - The walking tour was wonderful and incredibly informative. Our guide Visnja was knowledgeable, interesting, and fun. I highly recommend the tour!
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Helena
Sep 16, 2025
Great Experience - Thank you for a great tour of Rabat and Mdina today! We were a bit late, but the communications that we had received at the time of our booking was extremely helpful. Sending the mobile number of the tour guide so we could ring her directly helped us keep reassured. The guide Angela was very professional and knowledgeable and looked after all her customers. We did a TUI trip the day before, which was terrible, and so the customer service we received from Angela and the company today restored our faith! Highly recommended.
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Venture49542765738
Aug 8, 2025
Bezoek Mdina-Rabat - Our guide was Angele. She has a huge amount of knowledge about Mdina, Rabat and Malta in general. She has a pleasant voice and a pleasant way of showing around. She gave a lot of good tips, so we visited a museum afterwards and had a great meal.
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Companion44205131004
May 25, 2025
Amazing Mdina - We took the public bus from Valetta Bus station to close to Mdina Gate (€2 each way) and met our guide Marisa. Marisa was very knowledgeable about the Silent City; the one nun left in the huge convent, the families who owned the houses, the rivalry between the Grandmaster (Vilhena Palace, now the National Museum of Natural History, just inside the Mdina Gate) and the Archbishop, the hotels which hosted Prince William and King Charles and the history of Mdina from the Ottoman occupancy through to the Knights, who then relocated to Birgu. We did not get to visit the cathedral as there was a wedding taking place but we did get to visit the opulent St Paul's Cathedral in Rabat. Marisa provided the history of St Paul's time in Malta. At the end of the tour we went back into the city via the Greek Gate, walked through the gardens of the dry moat around the walls and went to Fontanella's and admired the views from the open air terrace, drank coffee and ate the legendary cake!
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Andrew
May 24, 2025
Best way to see Mdina and Rabat - Very informative and great way to learn about the city, guide made the tour interesting and an easy pace around the city.
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Lori_s
May 17, 2025
Great experience! It... - Great experience! It rained and she found a place to shelter us for a short time. Very knowledgeable
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Olivia
Apr 19, 2025
Amazing and Insightful tour! - Our amazing guide, Nadine, took us round Mdina and Rabat with really interesting facts at every possible moment. Would definitely recommend this tour for anyone wanting to learn a bit more about the history of these two cities!
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Leasi3070rn
Mar 28, 2025
Great informative walk - Our guide was a local lady who was really good - provided lots of information about the history and buildings in Mdina & Rabat, but we also learned about the general history & culture of Malta. Walking pace was well timed and we went to some less busy streets. Would definitely recommend to anyone visiting Mdina!
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From $21
up to 6 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).