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Travel to Valletta

Flying to Valletta

Airlines offering flights to Valletta from the UK include Air Malta, Thomson Flights, Ryanair and easyJet.

Travel by road

Summary:

Unless they are delivering a car, no-one drives across Europe to get to Malta. There are car ferry services from some Italian ports but the cost/hassle against the option of cheap flights and the cheap cost of car hire on the island makes this a non-starter for conventional holidaymakers.

Routes:

Getting to Valletta is relatively easy as it is the transport hub of the island and all main roads are signposted. Unless you are resident here (in which case ask your host about parking), park outside the walls in one of the marked car parks. Valletta's streets are steep and narrow and much of it is pedestrianised.

Travel by rail

Services:

Malta has no rail network.

Travel over water

Ferry services:

You can travel to Malta by high-speed ferry from Sicily with Virtu Ferries (tel: 2206 9022; www.virtuferries.com) and Grimaldi Ferries (tel: 2299 5110; www.grimaldi-ferries.com). Grimaldi also operates from Malta to Salerno and Genoa on mainland Italy and to Tunis (Tunisia).

Nearest port:

Valletta.

Transfer distance:

10 minutes walk up very steep hill.

Transfer time:

1km (0.6 miles).

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