Running from East to West is Triq ir-Repubblika, Victoria's main street
and consists of a mixture of small shops and typical Maltese balconied
houses. Here you will find banks, the police station, post office, two
opera houses and the Bishop of Gozo's 19th Century Palace. Assuming a
sleepy atmosphere for the majority of the year, it comes alive on the Festa
of Santa Marija (Feast of Assumption and of St George) where everyone
comes out to celebrate and watch the number of horses and ponies running
up and down the streets. At the bottom of the hill are the colourful Villa
Rundle Garden's (Gnien Rundle) which are worth a visit especially
during the festa.

The main square in Victoria is Pjazza Independenza (Independence
Square). Surrounded by cafes, popular little shops, market stalls and
enveloped by tall clipped ficus trees the square is more commonly known
as It-Tokk, which means meeting place. For many generations and through
time this is exactly what this square has been, a meeting place for people to
meet, talk and play games. On the right of the square is the Banca
Giuratale, a semi circular baroque confection built in 1733 that now houses
the Tourist Information Office. To the left of the square is the small church
of St. James the Apostle (1740) which was rebuilt in the 1980's after the
original building collapsed.