Nearly every major site in Malta is run by Heritage Malta. That means one price list and one set of rules rather than ten. Children aged five and under go free everywhere, as do members and passport holders. The figures below are for a visitor who has neither.
Entry is cheaper at the door for the smaller sites, and worth booking for the Hypogeum.
What each one costs
- Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum
- €35 adult, €20 youth and senior, €15 child. Under-sixes are not admitted at all.
- Grand Master’s Palace, Valletta
- €12 adult, €10 youth and senior, €8 child.
- Ġgantija, Gozo
- €10 adult, €8 youth and senior, €6 child. The ticket includes Ta’ Kola Windmill.
- Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra
- €10 adult, €7.50 youth and senior, €5.50 child. One ticket covers both temples.
- Fort St Elmo and the War Museum
- €10 adult, €7.50 youth and senior, €5.50 child.
- Fort St Angelo, Birgu
- €10 adult, €6 youth and senior, €4 child.
- Ħal Tarxien Prehistoric Complex
- €6 adult, €4.50 youth and senior, €3 child.
- St Paul’s Catacombs, Rabat
- €6 adult, €4.50 youth and senior, €3.50 child.
- Domvs Romana, Rabat
- €6 adult, €4.50 youth and senior, €3 child.
- Għar Dalam
- €6.50 adult, €5 youth and senior, €4 child.
Book the Hypogeum first
At €35 it costs more than three other sites put together. The price is deliberate, because only a small number of people are allowed underground each day to protect the temperature and humidity. Tickets go quickly and a last-minute ticket costs €50. Children under six are not admitted at all. Families often find this out after they have paid.
Where one ticket covers two sites
The Ġgantija ticket includes Ta’ Kola Windmill a few minutes away in Xagħra, so do them together rather than paying twice. Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra share a single site and a single ticket. People often miss this and leave after seeing only one of the two.
Cheaper sites, including one that is free
The famous sites are not the whole list. Several of the best are five euro or less, and one of them costs nothing at all.
- MUŻA, the national art museum
- €10 adult, €7.50 youth and senior, €5.50 child.
- Ta’ Kola Windmill, Gozo
- €10 adult, €8 youth and senior, €6 child. The same ticket covers Ġgantija.
- The Inquisitor’s Palace, Birgu
- €6 adult, €4.50 youth and senior, €3 child.
- National Museum of Archaeology, Valletta
- €5 adult, €3.50 youth and senior, €2.50 child.
- National Museum of Natural History, Mdina
- €5 adult, €3.50 youth and senior, €2.50 child.
- Gran Castello Historic House, Gozo
- €5 adult, €3.50 youth and senior, €2.50 child.
- The Old Prison, Gozo
- €5 adult, €3.50 youth and senior, €2.50 child.
- Ta’ Ħaġrat and Skorba temples
- €3.50 adult, €3 youth and senior, €2.50 child at each.
- Fortress Builders, Valletta
- €2 for everyone.
- Gozo Nature Museum
- Free.
When everything is shut
Every Heritage Malta museum and site closes on 1 January, on Good Friday, and on 24, 25 and 31 December. Last admission everywhere is thirty minutes before closing time, which is worth building into an afternoon rather than discovering at the gate.
Closed or part-closed at the moment
These were the notices on Heritage Malta’s own site when this page was last checked. They change, so the link at the foot is the one to trust if you are travelling for a particular site.
- Gozo Museum of Archaeology
- Closed while it becomes the new Gozo Museum. The shop stays open and still sells Hypogeum tickets, and the Ċittadella combined ticket is unchanged.
- Borġ in-Nadur
- Closed to visitors because of road works. It is normally part of the Għar Dalam ticket, so that ticket currently buys one site rather than two.
- Villa Frere
- Closed from July until September.
- Grand Master’s Palace
- The Throne Room is closed. The State Rooms open only after half past one on 25 September, 28 October, 18 November and 2 December 2026, when just the Armoury is available before that.
- Fort St Elmo
- The First World War display is closed. The section covering the early Knights and the Great Siege reopened on 1 August.
- Malta Maritime Museum, Birgu
- Temporarily closed.
- The Main Guard, Valletta
- Temporarily closed for conservation work.
- Villa Guardamanġa
- Closed for a major restoration. This is the house the Queen lived in as a naval wife, so it draws people who then find a building site.
One rule that turns people away
Underground Valletta will not admit anyone in heels, sandals or flip-flops, and it means it. Wear closed shoes if that tour is on your list, because there is nowhere to fix it once you are at the door.
Most of these sites are run by Heritage Malta, and tickets are sold on their own site. The coastal watchtowers are looked after by Din l-Art Ħelwa instead, and each one has its own page and opening hours on dinlarthelwa.org.