If you have got several millions to splash out on a yacht, then you would fit in well mooring up at Vittoriosa in Malta. This is one of the Three Cities sitting opposite Vallettta.
The wharf area of this tiny city was lovely and is home to some nice restaurants and cafes. We forced ourselves to have a cappuccino break outside one of the cafes whilst trying to decide which Yacht we would like.
It was a lovely peaceful area and we could have sat there all day but we managed to drag ourselves away and headed past the Casino. Well if you are going to have Yachts moored in the marina, you might as well make one of the lovely grand old buildings into a casino.
We then came to a lovely apartment block, it was new but fitted it’s surroundings well. The views these apartments had were fantastic, we could easily see ourselves living here. But do we buy the apartment or yacht first?
We continued onto the tip of the town, Fort St Angelo which had great views of Valletta. We then headed into the heart of the town, this is when we truly fell in love with the place. There were narrow streets which were filled with plants and the houses were beautiful and old. The streets had a very Italian feel to it.
There are some interesting buildings and churches to see in Vittoriosa and we did love the place but you can easily explore the whole town in a morning.
We then decided to get a water taxi called a Lazzi over to Valletta, who needs a yacht? These were basically like a long thin rowing boat. Now I am not a great fan of little boats as I am just too close to the water, okay sharks! This one made me feel a bit nervous especially as the water was splashing over my arms, is it meant to do that?
It was funny as when we got in the water taxi one of the first things the old Maltese man who was rowing us out of the marina mentioned was the apartment block we had liked. He was saying how they are really expensive and that they cost about three times the amount of the old Maltese houses in Vittoriosa and that they are mostly occupied by English, German and Canadian people. Trust us to like somewhere that costs the most!