Rampila

Valletta


Rampila serves Maltese food such as pasta with rabbit on a wonderfully set outside terrace that overlooks the City Gate – book ahead. There's also the interior tunnel restaurant, with a cavelike feel, and a curious Maltese folk history museum of around 40 waxworks.


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