1565 – Great Siege Birgu Tour - NO MERCY ON MALTA!

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 10:00 am UTC+01:00

Fort St. Angelo | Valletta

Malta Themed Tours
Publisher/HostMalta Themed Tours
1565 \u2013 Great Siege Birgu Tour - NO MERCY ON MALTA!
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𝐍𝐨 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚 - 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃, 𝐁𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐋𝐄𝐒 & 𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐆𝐔'𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘 - Great Siege 460th Anniversary Guided Tour
Imagine yourself caught in one of history's most savage showdown - outnumbered 3 to 1
Your morning plans? Oh just a casual walk through one of the bloodiest days in Maltese history along Birgu’s off beaten streets and alleyways!
Welcome to 1565— when Malta was Hell on Earth and desperation reigns supreme and your survival skills better be sharper than your sword! ⚔️
𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞? 𝐀 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐝𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐮𝐪𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐞𝐠𝐞!

Alongside you’re battle-scarred host you'll:

🩸 Walk the same off beaten streets where locals fought like lions but discover that heroism often comes with a side of horror
🕵️‍♀️Uncover and debunk myths, hear of real Maltese heroes, and question everything you thought you knew about the “glory” of war!
👀 Experience Malta's most desperate hour and feel the grim reality when courage battles chaos and ordinary people do extraordinary things... and pay extraordinary prices!
⚰️ Join Malta's most desperate souls, the sick, dying, old and young as they decide who lives, who dies, and who tells their story! 📖
Will you make it out alive? Will anyone? ….As the smoke settles on Birgu’s darkest day…only one thing is certain - no one knows if they’ll live to see tomorrow’s sunrise!
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📅 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝐬𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 – 10.00 am to 12.30pm-ish
⚰️ 𝐓𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐬: €15

📍 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 – At the bottom Fort St Angelo's steps ( we don't enter St.Angelo)

📍 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐋𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – Triq il-Kwartier parking area ( outside St James Bastion )
⚠️ 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠: During this experience, you’ll enjoy stunning views of Grand Harbour from unusual angles, you’ll also uncover serene alleyways along Birgu’s off beaten track, that not many locals normally explore
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐫𝐠𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦..
However, it comes a little effort compared to our normal easy walking Valletta and Mdina tours walks.
Expect 200+ steps along the way going up, uphill walking , and a little uneven ground at one stop as we head to a crucial great siege Birgu location that saved Malta!
🔒𝐋𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬: 25 survivors - First come first served
🛒 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤:
𝐄𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥: 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫@𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩: +𝟑𝟓𝟔 𝟕𝟕𝟎𝟓𝟖𝟐𝟎𝟏
👀 DM us before the gates close and you’re left outside… with the Ottomans ⚰️ Don’t just hear history. Survive it.

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Fort St. Angelo, Kumitat Festi Esterni San Lawrenz - il-Birgu, Triq ix-Xatt il-Birgu, Birgu, BRG, Malta, Valletta

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