🏆 Malta Themed Tours Ranked #1 for Tours & Activities in Valletta
Award-Winning Immersive Historical Tours in Malta
Looking for one of the best tours in Valletta, Malta?
Well, apparently all those years spent talking about bloodshed, pirates, sinful knights, courtesans, betrayals and spectacularly bad historical decisions have paid off. 😂⚔️
Malta Themed Tours is ranked #1 of 125 Tours & Activities in Valletta on TripAdvisor, with a perfect 5.0 traveller rating and more than 440 reviews, as recorded in September 2026.
For us, however, this is about much more than a ranking.
It is recognition of something we have always believed:
History should never be boring.
What is Malta Themed Tours?
Malta Themed Tours is a Maltese tour company specialising in immersive historical walking tours in Valletta, Mdina and Birgu.
Our experiences combine historical research, theatrical storytelling, period characters, humour, props and audience interaction to transform Malta’s streets into the stage on which its history happened.
We call it:
THEATRE IN THE STREETS
You don’t simply stand there listening to somebody recite dates.
You step into the story.
One evening you may find yourself surrounded by corsairs, courtesans and scandalous Knights of St John in Valletta.
Another may throw you into the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, when an island at the centre of the Mediterranean faced one of the most extraordinary sieges in European history.
Or perhaps you’ll enter medieval Mdina, where Malta’s noble families discover that power, blood, betrayal and sleeping with the wrong person rarely end well. 😏
History, as it turns out, has always had excellent write
Why is Malta Themed Tours different?
Our philosophy is simple: we don’t want you merely to learn Malta’s history. We want you to experience it.
Our tours are built around the real people behind Malta’s past — the heroes, villains, knights, slaves, courtesans, corsairs, nobles, criminals and wonderfully questionable characters who once walked the same streets you are walking today.
Serious historical research sits behind the storytelling, but you don’t need to be a history expert to enjoy it.
In fact, you don’t even need to think you like history.
If you enjoy great stories, dark humour, mysteries, fascinating characters and discovering the unexpected side of a destination, you’ve come to the right place.
We take history seriously.
Ourselves? Considerably less so. 😂
Why is Malta Themed Tours ranked #1 in Valletta?
As of September 2026, Malta Themed Tours is ranked #1 of 125 Tours & Activities in Valletta on TripAdvisor, with a 5.0 rating and more than 440 traveller reviews.
That ranking means a great deal to us because it has been built through the experiences and feedback of travellers who have actually joined our tours.
Our guests regularly praise the historical knowledge, storytelling, humour, interaction and unusual details that make our experiences different from conventional walking tours.
And that is precisely what Malta Themed Tours was created to do.
We want you to finish one of our tours looking at Malta differently from when you started.
Who is behind Malta Themed Tours?
Malta Themed Tours was founded by Maltese tourist guide and historical storyteller Giacomo Muscat.
After swapping the world of accounting for something considerably more sensible — dressing up in historical costume and telling strangers about murder, warfare, scandal and prostitution — Giacomo developed Malta Themed Tours around a simple idea:
Turn Malta itself into the theatre.
Rather than separating entertainment from historical education, our experiences combine the two.
Historic streets become sets.
Real historical figures become characters.
Guests become part of the story.
And Malta’s extraordinary past becomes something you can experience rather than simply observe.
It is Theatre in the Streets.
What historical tours does Malta Themed Tours offer?
Our experiences explore different chapters of Malta’s extraordinary history across Valletta, Mdina and Birgu, including the Knights of St John, the Great Siege of Malta, corsairs and Mediterranean slavery, Malta’s medieval nobility, crime, scandal, courtesans and the darker stories hidden behind some of the island’s most beautiful streets.
So whether you are searching for a historical walking tour in Valletta, an immersive Malta history tour, a Great Siege of Malta tour, a Knights of Malta experience, a Mdina historical walking tour, or simply something unusual to do while visiting Malta, our aim is the same:
Give you a story worth taking home.
Is Malta Themed Tours suitable if I don’t normally enjoy guided tours?
Absolutely.
In fact, some of our favourite guests are the ones who arrive thinking:
“I’m not really a tour person.”
Excellent.
Challenge accepted. 😏
Our experiences use storytelling, humour, characters, mysteries and audience interaction rather than relying on long lists of names and dates.
You’ll still learn plenty of history.
You simply might not notice we’re educating you while you’re busy laughing about the terrible life choices of a sixteenth-century knight.
Are these tours historically accurate?
Entertainment never means abandoning the history.
Research is at the heart of Malta Themed Tours. Our experiences are developed using historical scholarship, archival material and contemporary accounts wherever possible.
The humour and theatrical presentation help bring those stories alive; they don’t replace the historical substance behind them.
Because Malta’s genuine history is already extraordinary enough.
We don’t need to make it boring — and we certainly don’t need to invent another war.
What makes a great historical tour of Malta?
For us, it isn’t simply how many facts a guide can remember.
A great historical experience should give those facts meaning.
You should understand who these people were, what they wanted, what they feared, what they risked and why their decisions mattered.
You should laugh.
Occasionally you should be horrified.
You may question humanity.
And somewhere along the way, those limestone streets should stop looking like old buildings and start looking like places where real human lives unfolded.
That’s when history comes alive.
🇲🇹 Discover Malta Differently
Being ranked #1 for Tours & Activities in Valletta is something we’re immensely proud of.
But rankings can change.
What matters to us far more is what happens when somebody joins us.
For a couple of hours, Malta isn’t simply somewhere you’re visiting.
It’s 1565 again.
The cannons are firing.
The corsairs are sailing.
The courtesans are gossiping.
The knights are behaving disgracefully.
And somewhere nearby, somebody is probably plotting a murder.
Welcome to Malta. 😂⚔️
Welcome to Malta Themed Tours.
THEATRE IN THE STREETS. HISTORY THAT REFUSES TO BEHAVE.
Book your experience with Malta Themed Tours today.
Malta Themed Tours is now recognised as one of the leading guided tour experiences in Malta, not by marketing spend, but by the highest authority in Maltese tourism i.e The Malt Tourism Authority
Whether you’re a history enthusiast, a first-time visitor, or someone who has been to Malta before and wants to see it properly for the first time, this is your invitation.
Malta Themed Tours: Winner, Malta Tourism Awards 2026: Tourism Worker of the Year (Tourist Guides) & Tourism Worker of the Year (Travel & Tourism Services).
Live Malta’s Greatest Stories with Malta Themed Tours. More mischief. More scandal. More Malta
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Frequently Asked Questions
Most visitors settle for ordinary tours and miss Malta’s most thrilling stories and our Best Valletta Malta Tour Experience. At Malta Themed Tours – we’ve crafted immersive, interactive experiences so you can escape the ordinary Malta Tours and uncover Malta’s secret past in a fun way you’ll always remember!
What awards has Malta Themed Tours won?
Malta Themed Tours won two awards at the Malta Tourism Awards 2025: Tourism Worker of the Year – Tourist Guides, and Tourism Worker of the Year – Travel & Tourism Services. It was the company’s first-ever entry, making it a historic double win.
Apart from the local awards Malta Themed Tours have also won two International Awards being the Trip Advisor’s Traveler’s Choice Awards for 2025 as well as Global Tourism Excellence Award 2025
What type of tours does Malta Themed Tours offer?
Malta Themed Tours specialises in themed, expert-led guided tours of Malta, focusing on the island’s rich history, culture, and storytelling. Tours are personalised, narrative-driven, and led by an award-winning guide.
Why choose Malta Themed Tours over other Malta tour operators?
Malta Themed Tours is independently recognised as the best in Malta by the Malta Tourism Authority. Unlike generic sightseeing tours, every experience is built around a historical theme, delivered by an expert guide with genuine passion and deep knowledge.
Is Malta Themed Tours suitable for first-time visitors to Malta?
Absolutely. Whether it’s your first visit to Malta or your fifth, Malta Themed Tours offers an experience that goes far beyond the surface, perfect for travellers who want to truly understand the island’s extraordinary history and culture. It is also an option to combine after attending a traditional experience, to get a deeper perspective.
