Floriana
Floriana, also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta.
Floriana, also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the Port Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014. Floriana is the birthplace of many famous Maltese, amongst which the composer of the national anthem, 'L-Innu Malti', Robert Samut; former Bishop of Malta Dun Mauro Caruana, the poets Oliver Friggieri and Maria Grech Ganado, the writer and politician Herbert Ganado and Swedish Idol winner Kevin Borg.
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Getting to Floriana
- Airports
- Malta (MLA), 5 km · Catania-Fontanarossa (CTA), 182 km · Falcone–Borsellino (PMO), 283 km
- Catania → Floriana184 km · quickest by road, 4h 30m · €22–31
- Palermo → Floriana267 km · quickest by road, 7h · €34–48
- Tripoli → Floriana356 km · quickest by air, 4h 58m · $190–290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Floriana
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Floriana. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor those opting not to fly to Malta, Virtu Ferries runs ferries from Pozzallo on the island of Sicily, Italy.
- Get inA much shorter journey can be done by Valletta Ferry Services across beautiful Marsamxett harbour from Sliema and past Manoel Island, for just €1.50.
- Get inWater taxis leave whenever they have six people during daylight hours, €3 per person (Feb 2025).
- Get inAnother little-known way is to visit Vittoriosa by bus and then have the Maltese version of the gondola, the so called Dghajsa, bring you back in style across the spectacular Grand Harbour to Valletta, and drop you off just by Victoria gate for €3.50.
- Get aroundAnother possibility is to rent one of the horsecarts (Karozzin), but be sure to haggle over the price.
From Wikivoyage: Valletta, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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