Valletta Culture & Cuisine: Discover local food and traditions in historical center

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Valletta

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A perfect tour for individuals who relish in trying regional delicacies while gaining insight into local culinary customs and traditions. Also, they get to explore the historic heart of Valletta alongside a knowledgeable, licensed tour guide.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Valletta - Discover Valletta’s street food with a local tour guide while gaining a historical insight into the city. Meet the guide at 9:30 am at the entrance of Valletta, in front of the New Parliament Building. After a brief introduction, embark on your food tour adventure. Begin with the island’s most popular street food, Pastizzi, a savory…

What's Included

Taste local specialities and beer
Enjoy the unique local drink, Kinnie
Experience the city with a fully licensed tour guide

What's Not Included

Any entrance fee to any museum or church
Gratuities

Additional Information

Kindly note that children up to the age of 5 can join the tour for free however food items on tour are not provided for non paying clients.
Not recommended for clients on a Vegan diet or gluten intolerant
Kindly let us know about any dietary needs

Location

Valletta City Gate

Republic Street

Meet your guide past the City Gate of Valletta in front of the New Parliament Building on the right. Look out for the 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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Brandon_f

Sep 27, 2025

Very informative and... - Very informative and great food selections. A perfect blend of history and food. Would recommend to everyone!

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846marckl

Sep 25, 2025

A thoroughly enjoyable experience - We thoroughly enjoyed our experience from start to finish. We were delighted with the food especially the filled croissants at the beginning , the liquor coffee and the meal at the end. Our tour guide was excellent, she had a fantastic knowledge of the history of the food and Valetta itself and was able to answer all the questions of the group, We walked at a perfect pace and had time to soak up the atmosphere . We absolutely loved it and would recommend that people take up this experience.

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Melkuhn_a

Sep 25, 2025

Marvelous tour - It was a marvelous experience. Marisa was an excellent guide, who combined the foodie tour with Valletta and Malta city and country history in one tour. Tasting was very good and fulfilling. This was my 3rd foodie tour( before I was in Athens and Venice). I could see the difference between a licensed guide and food lovers guiding. I learned a lot where the food is coming from, how knights had coffee and other yummy stories what only guides can tell. ( I am not telling this because I am a guide also. It is the way I felt). Excellent job.

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Julia_m

Sep 23, 2025

The food walking tour was... - The food walking tour was wonderful. The food tasting was more than we expected. The tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable. We highly recommend this tour.

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Keith_w

Sep 21, 2025

Not to be missed - Absolutely excellent, our guide was very, very knowledgeable about the history and culture of Malta. We would recommend this to any visotor who would like to know more about Malta and have 3+hours of different food and get to know Malta

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Clivedb

Sep 21, 2025

Lovely walking tour around Valletta - Nice relaxed and well organised walking tour to provide many insights for Malta its history and culture and its varied cuisines.

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P4735jtandreh

Sep 19, 2025

Super tour of the city - We can only recommend the tour. There were many delicious specialties from Malta and a great guided tour of Valletta. The drink specialty Kinnie didn’t really meet our taste, but since the ghosts split, our friends recommended this drink again and again 😅 There were several delicious little things like manure puff pastry bags, a good morning coffee with traditional cookies and sandwiches. Allergies or requests for vegetarian dishes, even for individual persons, can also be announced before the tour. The tour was rounded off with lunch in a cool and beautiful vault. We had overslept and arrived half an hour later. It was easily possible that we joined the group at a later date. We were also brought the food from the previous station. A really successful tour.

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Marilyn_k

Oct 8, 2025

Lots of food…more than a full meal so come hungry! - Lots of food…more than a full meal so come hungry! History of the knights and the city and island. I found that the guide Charlotte was expressing her opinions in the most (strongly) negative way. She portrayed the knights as greedy mercenaries that did nothing good for Malta unless it lined their pockets. We had a 3 cities walking tour the-next day and also toured Fort Elmo and the armoury at the grand palace and all those experiences gave us facts and a ton of information without expressing opinions. We rated the our a 4 star because it was extremely well organized, gave us a wonderful selection of Maltese food and the guide did a great job of explaining the food and customs to us. We did not appreciate her personal opinions and even anger at the knights from clouding her narrative. But as I said, a wonderful tour otherwise.

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Darlene_t

Oct 6, 2025

Valletta food tour - We enjoyed the food and walking tour. I really liked that there were headphones so you could hear without squishing together. There was a nice blend of info about Valletta and food samples. We especially liked the Pastizzi with mushy peas! Glad we tried it. I wish she gathered us and told us about the food before handing it out rather than while we were eating it.

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501diannef

Sep 21, 2025

Overall informative and enjoyable. - The walking tour was fine, our guide was very informative from a cultural perspective and explained the origins of the foods we sampled. We were however, expecting a little more food wise. We would have liked to see where and how the speciality of the area were made. For example, to have visited a location where the local pastries were being made. We may have picked the wrong tour for this.

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From $63

up to 15 guests

1 - Adult