Birgu waterfront (Xatt ir-Risq)

Filmed as Port of Marseilles

📍 Xatt ir-Risq, Birgu (Vittoriosa), at the head of Dockyard Creek, Birgu, Malta

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Scene breakdown

Port of Marseilles

2002

Birgu's creek-side quay stands in for the Marseilles waterfront in the film's port scenes.

Edmond Dantès

Real-world history

Birgu was the Order of St John's first capital in Malta and a front-line town in the Great Siege of 1565. Its creek-side quays, once lined with naval dockyard buildings, now hold a marina and restaurants.

Logistics & accessibility

Admission: Public waterfront, free at all times.

Parking & accessibility: Paid and street parking around Birgu; the Valletta to Three Cities ferry lands nearby.

Best time to visit: Early evening, when the quay lights come on across the marina.

What else to see here

Fort St Elmo

Another Marseilles location across the harbour.

Fort

Ferry plus 10 min walk