Valletta has featured in the fifth place of Lonely Planet's top 10 cities for 2015.
Washington places first, followed by El Chalten in Argentina, Milan, Zermatt in the Swiss mountains and then Valletta. Plovdiv in Bulgaria is sixth followed by Salisbury in the UK, Vienna, Chennai in India and Toronto.
To compile the annual top 10 list, Lonely Planet asked its worldwide staff, contributors and authors for their well-known and lesser-known recommendations, and spots that have something special to offer in 2015.