Valletta

Valletta, also known as Valletta, is the capital of Malta, an island country located in the center of the Mediterranean Sea. It is a fortified city and a World Heritage Site, with baroque buildings, museums, gardens and sea views. Some of the most interesting places to see in Valletta are the strong> St. Elmo's Fort, St. John's Co-Cathedral, Barrakka Gardens and the Grand Master's Palace. Valletta has an area of less than a square kilometer and a population of about 7,000 inhabitants, making it the smallest European capital. It is named after Jean Parisot de la Valette, the grand master of the Order of Malta who defended the island from an Ottoman invasion in the 16th century. This city also has a beautiful port and is a stopover for some cruise ships that sail through the Mediterranean. Walking through its small streets, sitting on one of the terraces watching the sea or eating in one of its restaurants is a fantastic idea on your trip to Valletta. Malta's gastronomy is a mix of Mediterranean influences due to the conquests it suffered for years due to its strategic location in the Mediterranean. Some of the typical dishes of Valletta gastronomy are Ftira, a flat dish filled with different ingredients (tuna, tomato, cheese, capers...); pastizzi, puff pastry dumplings filled with ricotta cheese or peas; ravjul, pasta ravioli filled with cheese typical of the island of Gozo; Stuffat tal - fenek, a rabbit stew; lampuki pie, a puff pastry filled with dolphinfish, a blue fish highly valued in Malta, with spinach, raisins, pine nuts and tomato sauce; and Imqaret, fried sweets filled with dates and flavored with anise, cinnamon and cloves. S