Family-friendly things to do in Malta and Gozo

Plan a day out together with attractions and experiences marked family-friendly in GoGather. Individual activities may have minimum ages, height limits or supervision requirements; check the practical information for the children in your group.

Family experiences

Bristow Potteries

· Family-friendly

Pottery-painting workshops for adults and children — family groups, hen parties, corporate events and school groups. Pieces are glazed and fired and ready a few days later; snacks and drinks are available.

Pottery workshops

CraftsWorkshops

Casa Rocca Piccola

Valletta · Family-friendly

Explore the historic rooms and collections of a 16th-century Maltese noble family’s palace in Valletta, with access to its rock-cut underground WWII bomb shelters.

House museum

Culture & HeritageValletta

City Walking Tours Malta

· Family-friendly

Scheduled and private walking tours led by licensed local guides, running since 2017. Tours cover Valletta, Mdina, Rabat and Vittoriosa, alongside shore excursions and group or corporate bookings.

Walking tours

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

Can You Escape Malta

North · Family-friendly

Five themed 60-minute escape rooms for groups, friends and families.

Escape room

Escape RoomsGroup ActivitiesIndoor

Cittadella Visitors’ Centre

Gozo · Family-friendly

Discover Gozo’s Cittadella through interactive displays and a surround-theatre film in restored water reservoirs. The ticket covers the Visitors’ Centre and specified associated attractions, not the entire Cittadella.

Heritage centre

Culture & HeritageGozoFamily

Complete Valletta Walking Tour

Valletta · Family-friendly

Explore Valletta’s landmarks and lesser-known streets with a licensed local guide, without cathedral entry.

Walking tour

Tours & Sightseeing

Bristow Potteries

· Family-friendly

Pottery workshops

CraftsWorkshops

Cittadella Visitors’ Centre

Gozo · Family-friendly

Heritage centre

Culture & HeritageGozoFamily

Can You Escape Malta

North · Family-friendly

Five themed 60-minute escape rooms for groups, friends and families.

Escape room

Escape RoomsGroup ActivitiesIndoor

City Walking Tours Malta

· Family-friendly

Scheduled and private walking tours led by licensed local guides, running since 2017. Tours cover Valletta, Mdina, Rabat and Vittoriosa, alongside shore excursions and group or corporate bookings.

Walking tours

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

Casa Rocca Piccola

Valletta · Family-friendly

Explore the historic rooms and collections of a 16th-century Maltese noble family’s palace in Valletta, with access to its rock-cut underground WWII bomb shelters.

House museum

Culture & HeritageValletta

Complete Valletta Walking Tour

Valletta · Family-friendly

Explore Valletta’s landmarks and lesser-known streets with a licensed local guide, without cathedral entry.

Walking tour

Tours & Sightseeing

GoGather for Music

Crashpad Climbing Centre

Central · Family-friendly

An indoor bouldering gym with climbing classes and youth development sessions.

Indoor climbing

Play & AdrenalineIndoorFamily

Lascaris War Rooms

Valletta · Family-friendly

Visit Valletta’s underground WWII war rooms and discover Malta’s wartime heritage in the historic Lascaris complex.

WWII tunnels

Culture & HeritageVallettaIndoor

Limestone Heritage

South · Family-friendly

A restored limestone quarry in Siġġiewi with multilingual audio-guided tours, live artisan demonstrations, gardens and a farm animal park.

Quarry & crafts

Culture & HeritageCreativeFamilySouth

Crazy Sofa — Club Wave

Sliema · Family-friendly

Join a group towable-sofa ride across the water, with life jackets and a driver who adjusts the ride to the group.

Crazy Sofa

Outdoors & Water

Le Petit Chef Malta

North · Family-friendly

An immersive multi-course dinner with 3D table projection, animation and storytelling at Adura Restaurant.

Immersive dining

Food & DrinkImmersiveFamily

Malta 5D

Valletta · Family-friendly

A 3D journey through Maltese history and culture, brought to life with moving seats and sensory effects.

Immersive cinema

Culture & HeritageFamilyIndoor

Crashpad Climbing Centre

Central · Family-friendly

An indoor bouldering gym with climbing classes and youth development sessions.

Indoor climbing

Play & AdrenalineIndoorFamily

Le Petit Chef Malta

North · Family-friendly

An immersive multi-course dinner with 3D table projection, animation and storytelling at Adura Restaurant.

Immersive dining

Food & DrinkImmersiveFamily

Crazy Sofa — Club Wave

Sliema · Family-friendly

Join a group towable-sofa ride across the water, with life jackets and a driver who adjusts the ride to the group.

Crazy Sofa

Outdoors & Water

Limestone Heritage

South · Family-friendly

A restored limestone quarry in Siġġiewi with multilingual audio-guided tours, live artisan demonstrations, gardens and a farm animal park.

Quarry & crafts

Culture & HeritageCreativeFamilySouth

Lascaris War Rooms

Valletta · Family-friendly

Visit Valletta’s underground WWII war rooms and discover Malta’s wartime heritage in the historic Lascaris complex.

WWII tunnels

Culture & HeritageVallettaIndoor

Malta 5D

Valletta · Family-friendly

A 3D journey through Maltese history and culture, brought to life with moving seats and sensory effects.

Immersive cinema

Culture & HeritageFamilyIndoor

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Malta Aviation Museum

North · Family-friendly

Discover aircraft, helicopters and aviation memorabilia across three exhibition hangars on the former RAF Ta’ Qali airfield.

Aviation museum

Culture & HeritageTa’ QaliFamily

Mdina and Rabat Walking Tour

Mdina · Family-friendly

A scheduled 2-hour guided walk through Mdina and Rabat with a licensed local guide.

Walking tour

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

Odyssey Malta

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

An immersive journey through Malta's heritage, with a flying theatre, motion seating and multisensory effects.

Flying theatre

Culture & HeritageImmersiveFamily

Malta Classic Car Collection

North · Family-friendly

Explore restored classic cars, motoring memorabilia and period collections across two museum floors in Qawra.

Classic car museum

Culture & HeritageNorthIndoor

Museum of Illusions Malta

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

Explore interactive visual and sensory illusions, with exhibits designed to challenge your perception.

Interactive museum

FamilyIndoorPlay & Adrenaline

PADI Bubblemaker — DiveWise

St Julian's · Family-friendly

An introduction for children to breathing underwater and using basic scuba equipment, with friends and family able to offer support.

Children’s scuba introduction

Outdoors & WaterDiving

Malta Aviation Museum

North · Family-friendly

Discover aircraft, helicopters and aviation memorabilia across three exhibition hangars on the former RAF Ta’ Qali airfield.

Aviation museum

Culture & HeritageTa’ QaliFamily

Museum of Illusions Malta

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

Explore interactive visual and sensory illusions, with exhibits designed to challenge your perception.

Interactive museum

FamilyIndoorPlay & Adrenaline

Malta Classic Car Collection

North · Family-friendly

Explore restored classic cars, motoring memorabilia and period collections across two museum floors in Qawra.

Classic car museum

Culture & HeritageNorthIndoor

Odyssey Malta

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

An immersive journey through Malta's heritage, with a flying theatre, motion seating and multisensory effects.

Flying theatre

Culture & HeritageImmersiveFamily

Mdina and Rabat Walking Tour

Mdina · Family-friendly

A scheduled 2-hour guided walk through Mdina and Rabat with a licensed local guide.

Walking tour

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

PADI Bubblemaker — DiveWise

St Julian's · Family-friendly

An introduction for children to breathing underwater and using basic scuba equipment, with friends and family able to offer support.

Children’s scuba introduction

Outdoors & WaterDiving

GoGather for the Outdoors

Parasailing — Club Wave

Sliema · Family-friendly

Take off from a boat for a parasailing flight above the Sliema coast, with single, tandem or triple flights offered.

Parasailing

Outdoors & Water

Playmobil FunPark Malta

South · Family-friendly

A children's play attraction in Ħal Far with themed PLAYMOBIL play zones — from Pirates and Knights to Fairy Tales — across indoor and outdoor areas, plus the Sky Trails System.

Kids play park

FamilyPlay & AdrenalineSouth

Valletta Street Food Walking Tour

Valletta · Family-friendly

A scheduled 3-hour guided walk through Valletta combining sightseeing with local street food, led by a licensed local guide.

Food tour

Walking ToursFood & DrinkGuided Tours

Planet Play RACE

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

Malta's only indoor race-karting track: a multi-level circuit in Paceville with junior, adult and private family sessions.

Indoor go-karting

KartingGroup ActivitiesIndoor

Pottery Painting at Villa Bologna

· Family-friendly

Choose a piece, paint it in a relaxed two-hour session, and collect it after glazing and firing — about two weeks later. Sessions run Thursday to Sunday.

Pottery painting

CraftsWorkshops

Valletta Walk with St John's Co-Cathedral

Valletta · Family-friendly

A scheduled 3-hour guided walk through Valletta including St John's Co-Cathedral, led by a licensed local guide.

Walking tour

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

Parasailing — Club Wave

Sliema · Family-friendly

Take off from a boat for a parasailing flight above the Sliema coast, with single, tandem or triple flights offered.

Parasailing

Outdoors & Water

Pottery Painting at Villa Bologna

· Family-friendly

Choose a piece, paint it in a relaxed two-hour session, and collect it after glazing and firing — about two weeks later. Sessions run Thursday to Sunday.

Pottery painting

CraftsWorkshops

Planet Play RACE

St Julian's / Sliema · Family-friendly

Malta's only indoor race-karting track: a multi-level circuit in Paceville with junior, adult and private family sessions.

Indoor go-karting

KartingGroup ActivitiesIndoor

Valletta Street Food Walking Tour

Valletta · Family-friendly

A scheduled 3-hour guided walk through Valletta combining sightseeing with local street food, led by a licensed local guide.

Food tour

Walking ToursFood & DrinkGuided Tours

Playmobil FunPark Malta

South · Family-friendly

A children's play attraction in Ħal Far with themed PLAYMOBIL play zones — from Pirates and Knights to Fairy Tales — across indoor and outdoor areas, plus the Sky Trails System.

Kids play park

FamilyPlay & AdrenalineSouth

Valletta Walk with St John's Co-Cathedral

Valletta · Family-friendly

A scheduled 3-hour guided walk through Valletta including St John's Co-Cathedral, led by a licensed local guide.

Walking tour

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

GoGather for Culture

Valletta Walking Tour

Valletta · Family-friendly

A scheduled 2.5-hour guided walk through Valletta with a licensed local guide.

Walking tour

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

Valletta Walking Tour

Valletta · Family-friendly

A scheduled 2.5-hour guided walk through Valletta with a licensed local guide.

Walking tour

Walking ToursGuided ToursSightseeing

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