Shopping
Shopping in Valletta features a selection of art and craft
shops, boutiques, markets, jewellery stores, high-street fashion
outlets and local souvenir shops. Republic Street is the shopping
hub of Valletta but there are also a couple of other shopping
venues in the city. Most shops open from 9am and closed for siesta
from 1pm, reopening from 4pm till 7pm.
There is a market on Sunday mornings at St James Ditch selling
clothing and antiques, while the fresh produce market behind the
Grand Master's Palace has great fruit, vegetables and fish for
sale. Browse Monti market, as well as the Republic and Merchant
street-markets, for clothes, shoes, watches and jewellery. Designer
label clothing can be found at the Forni Shopping Complex and in
high-street outlets on Republic Street. There is a Marks &
Spencer on Strait Street.
The Silversmith's Shop on Republic Street sells gold and silver
filigree jewellery, as do the jewellers on Triq Santa Lucija. A
popular holiday souvenir from the island is a silver eight-pointed
Maltese cross. The Waterfront has a couple of craft shops selling
local pottery and glassware, and Gio Batta Delia (near the City
Gate) has prints, pottery and old lace. Malta Crafts Centre also
sells glassware, ceramics, jewellery and lace.