WalkMalta - Marsa to Valletta - The Vince DeBono Route

The Vince DeBono Route(s).
Marsa Traffic Junction to Valletta, escaping most of the traffic.

All route information and photographs courtesy of Vince DeBono.

Hopefully the map above will give you some idea of the Vince route(s) to get from Marsa Traffic Intersection/Island into Valletta missing most of the traffic. If you want to see the map in a separate page just click here or on the map.

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Enjoy, or should that be endure, the Maltese traffic fom Vittoriosa until the Marsa Traffic Junction is reached. Here turn right and go north west along Moll tal-Knisja ( Church Wharf ).

On the left of this picture a couple of ships can be seen.

Along this road you should glimpse the Grand Harbour on the right (picture above).

This is where you go left away from the harbour.

Where the road forks go left away from the Harbour....

....and along this road, which goes to the traffic island near Billy Engineers.

Billy Engineers and Industrial Supplies.

The infamous Billy Engineers

Having passed Billy Engineers, go right...

....and continue along the road passing the Power Station on the right.

The white car ouside White Brothers Transport

Then you go by the White Brothers Transport firm.

Shortly after you should get this view as you follow a winding road to....

More views of the Grand Harbour Port Area.

....this intersection. Here you walk towards a roundabout....

....and the HSBC building where you go right....

Behind the wall on the right should be the Grand Harbour

....along the road towards Sea Malta (The cruise liner terminal).

At the Cruise Liner terminal the route is along the footpath in front of the Knights' Warehouses (called Valletta Waterfront)

Continue past the Malta Maritime Authority building. The road required is the one that is just above the arches that can be seen in the above photograph.

Then turn left and go uphill towards Floriana. At the top of this road turn right to the War Memorial and into Valletta through the bus station and City Gate or Glormu Cassar Street towards the Auberge de Castille.

However you can also....

This way to the end of the Valletta Peninsula

....continue past the Custom's house, through the arch and along the road....

....and then, at this point turn, left through Victoria Gate and continue uphill into Valletta or....

....continue along the waterside road and enjoy views of the Grand Harbour and the Valletta Bastions....

Just follow the road with the Grand Harbour on the right

....as you head towards the end of the Valletta Peninsular at Fort St. Elmo, passing the Malta Experience on the way.

For a little more info on Valletta visit Brilwalks.com.

If you visit Malta and require the services of a tour guide why not contact Vince DeBono, without whose help this page would never have been constructed.