Det sker i Valletta (Malta), Malta året igennem

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  Valletta Baroque Festival

  8.–25. jan.Musikfestival

  Three weeks of baroque music in the buildings it was written for: St John's co-cathedral, the Manoel theatre, the auberges. The one good reason to be here in January. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Malta Carnival, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Malta Carnival

  1. feb. – 10. mar. · normaltTætpakket

  Five days of floats and grotesque masks in the streets below the city gate, a tradition the Knights already found in place. Nadur on Gozo runs the anarchic version the same week. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Malta Carnival, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Good Friday processions

  20. mar. – 25. apr. · normaltPåske & den stille ugeLukninger

  Holy Week peaks on Good Friday, a public holiday when shops shut and costumed processions carry life-size statues of the Passion through town. Valletta has its own; Zebbug, Qormi and Zejtun are a short bus ride away. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Malta Carnival (1. feb. – 10. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Malta International Fireworks Festival, skoleferie på 6 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Malta International Fireworks Festival

  14. apr. – 1. maj · normaltLys & ildTætpakket

  Maltese fireworks clubs and foreign teams compete over the Grand Harbour on several nights in late April. The Upper Barrakka and the Three Cities waterfront fill early, and plenty of people watch from boats. Kilde ↗

• Festival

  Valletta Green Festival

  26. apr. – 12. maj · normaltStor festival

  For about ten days around the start of May, St George's Square is planted as a garden of trees, shrubs and flowers, with more installations at City Gate and outside Parliament. Free, and busiest at weekends. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Good Friday processions (20. mar. – 25. apr. (normalt))

Travlt — Malta International Fireworks Festival, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Malta International Fireworks Festival (14. apr. – 1. maj (normalt)), Valletta Green Festival (26. apr. – 12. maj (normalt))

Travlt — Festa season, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Sæson

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1. jun. – 10. nov. · normalt

  Valletta itself has no beach; swimming means the rocks at Sliema across the harbour or a bus to the north. The water stays in by early November, long after the crowds have gone.

• Festival

  Festa season

  1. jun. – 15. sep.Religiøs højtidTætpakket

  Every parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory. Mid-August, for Santa Marija, is the loudest of them. Kilde ↗

Travlt — Festa season, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 10. nov. (normalt)), Festa season (1. jun. – 15. sep.)

Travlt — Festa season, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 10. nov. (normalt)), Festa season (1. jun. – 15. sep.)

Tætpakket — Festa season, Notte Bianca

• Festival

  Notte Bianca

  25. sep. – 15. okt. · normaltKunstfestivalTætpakket

  One October night when the palaces, ministries and museums open free until dawn and the whole city walks around inside them. The ferry from Sliema runs late for it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 10. nov. (normalt)), Festa season (1. jun. – 15. sep.)

Tætpakket — Notte Bianca, Rolex Middle Sea Race

• Festival

  Rolex Middle Sea Race

  14.–26. okt. · normaltSportsbegivenhedTætpakket

  A 600-mile offshore race that starts and finishes in Grand Harbour, so the bastions become the grandstand for the cannon start. The fleet trickles back in over the following week. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 10. nov. (normalt)), Notte Bianca (25. sep. – 15. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas in the Capital, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Christmas in the Capital

  25. nov. – 31. dec.Jul & nytårTætpakket

  The city strings lights along its main streets and runs a month of choirs, a Baby Jesus procession, a craft Christmas village on Merchants Street and, to finish, Malta's biggest New Year's Eve party. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sea warm enough to swim (1. jun. – 10. nov. (normalt))

Travlt — Christmas in the Capital, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i december.

Stadig i gang: Christmas in the Capital (25. nov. – 31. dec.)