{"id":23234,"date":"2021-05-28T02:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.visitmalta.com\/a\/valletta-commonwealth-walkway\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T02:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:23:44","slug":"valletta-commonwealth-walkway","status":"publish","type":"a","link":"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/en\/a\/valletta-commonwealth-walkway\/","title":{"rendered":"Valletta Commonwealth Walkway"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-article__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 text-center font-weight-bold\">                              Valletta Commonwealth Walkway<\/h2>\n<div id=\"dvArticle\">      <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_lblPageContent\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive-images\/img-23234.jpg\" alt=\"Commonwealth Walkway\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Valletta Commonwealth Walkway was inaugurated by <strong>HM Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> and Minister for Tourism Edward Zammit Lewis on the 28th November to mark the beginning of a walk linking significant sites of heritage and culture in the city. It was launched during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Malta in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>The route is marked with 20 bronze markers bearing The Queen&#8217;s cypher &#8211; EIIR &#8211; and interpreted on a free&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/commonwealth-walkways\/id1031598370?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>&nbsp;to guide walkers along the route and to highlight&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/file.aspx?f=23463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">points of interest<\/a>, which include&nbsp;the following locations:<\/p>\n<p>01 City Gate (formerly known as Kings Gate)<br \/>02 Malta Parliament<br \/>03 Hastings Gardens<br \/>04 Fortress Museum (Fortifications Interpretation Centre)&nbsp;<br \/>05 St Paul&#8217;s Pro Cathedral<br \/>06 Manoel Theatre<br \/>07 St John&#8217;s Ambulance HQ<br \/>08 Fort St Elmo<br \/>09 Siege Bell Memorial<br \/>10 Lower Barrakka Gardens<br \/>11 Victoria Gate<br \/>12 Upper Barrakka Gardens<br \/>13 Auberge de Castille<br \/>14 Statue of Jean de Vallette<br \/>15 National Archeological Museum<br \/>16 St John&#8217;s Co-Cathedral<br \/>17 Republic Square<br \/>18 Grandmasters Palace and Armoury<br \/>19 Casa Rocca Piccola<br \/>20 The Church of St Paul&#8217;s Shipwreck<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Valletta Commonwealth Walkway<\/strong> will be part of a network of walkways in 100 cities across all 71 Commonwealth nations and territories. The objective is to connect people, improve health, celebrate the richness and diversity of the Commonwealth, and to commemorate the Queen as Head of the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit this&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.outdoortrust.com\/#!valletta-commonwealth-walkway-\/dahi1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Download concise&nbsp;<a href=\"\/en\/file.aspx?f=23463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leaflet<\/a>&nbsp;with directions or full <a href=\"\/en\/file.aspx?f=23462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brochure<\/a> with more detailed information.<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth Walkways mobile app can be downloaded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/commonwealth-walkways\/id1031598370?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-23234","a","type-a","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valletta Commonwealth Walkway - Visit Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Valletta Commonwealth Walkway - Visit Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valletta Commonwealth Walkway The Valletta Commonwealth Walkway was inaugurated by HM Queen Elizabeth II and Minister for Tourism Edward Zammit Lewis on the 28th November to mark the beginning of a walk linking significant sites of heritage and culture in the city. 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