Located on the northeastern coast of the island

Usage examples of valetta.

After he realized that our language was English he yelled that he was bound to Valetta from Sardinia, that he had been dismasted in the gale, and that there were pirates on the Sicilian coast who would soon emerge.

Atlantic I was obviously competent to take her across Valetta harbor and Ann strong enough to drop the mizzen.

Harbor Master, a fat man in a peaked cap, who welcomed me officially to Valetta, inquired about our cargo and our needs, and assured me of our safety.

When they returned to the cockpit he sat on a locker, fanning himself with his hat, and assuring us that Valetta was all the Harbor Master had claimed.

But here in Valetta there was an atmosphere of growth and hope, in contrast to the gloom in which those evenings had usually ended.

The lights of Valetta glistened in the dark waters of the ancient harbor.

We finished sitting in sullen silence opposite each other in the cockpit, sipping black coffee and watching Valetta come to life.

Hosein took me through the narrow crowded streets of Valetta to meet the manager of the bank.

A decayed bagpipe-maker from Cumberland, now a swabber belonging to the starboard watch, helped remedy the lack of instruments, but although he and his fellow north-countrymen set up a spirited shrieking, the band would not be much of a credit to the ship until one of the victuallers brought Jack's order from the music-shop in Valetta.