🇲🇹 Tasting Malta: Valletta restaurant guide

One of the greatest things about Malta is just how many nationalities and cultures have brought their culinary heritage here! Over the centuries, the island has played host to Italian, French, Spanish, British, Arabic, and north African communities. The mix of so many different food influences makes Maltese food unique.

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Know Before You Go

💶Malta is part of the EU and uses Euro! Most places take credit card, but cash is good for quick coffees or street food. 

🇲🇹The official language is Maltese, closely related to Arabic but written with the Latin alphabet. It has a lot of overlap with Sicilian linguistically. For example, thank you is grazzi. But pretty much everyone dealing with the public spoke English fluently! 

🚌The public bus system is reliable but slow. Routes tend to go out from Valletta, meaning it's not simple to combine locations for a multi-stop day trip. Ubers & taxis are reasonably priced, so check prices if you need to get around the island. Within Valletta, you can walk everywhere, so you may not need this on a weekend trip.