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AX The Saint John

Hotel
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Walking the capital is easy from this central address, so you need no transport to see Valletta.

Hotel, Valletta. Meridian Dispatch.

Location
Check-in at sisterRosselli, same street
On foot
Easy walkingFrom a central address
Booking
Cards acceptedVisa or Mastercard
Adults only

Is AX The Saint John adults only?

Yes, the hotel's site labels AX The Saint John adults only, and the heading on its home page reads Adults Only Wellness Hotel. The rooms page carries the same label.

Where to check in

Where do guests check in at AX The Saint John?

At Rosselli AX Privilege, 167 Merchants Street, the neighbouring sister property, 40 metres along the street from the rooms. Go there first on arrival, then walk on to the room at number 176.

From the airport

How do you get from Malta International Airport to AX The Saint John?

The Airport Direct TD4 bus links the airport with Valletta and runs every half hour. Passengers pay cash or contactless on board, and an Unlimited Travel Card covers the fare. For a taxi, the hotel's front desk works with a firm that has fixed charges.

Book on axhotelsmalta.com →Direct with the hotel.

What makes it special

AX The Saint John is a boutique hotel on Merchants Street, in the centre of Valletta. It presents itself as an adults-only wellness hotel, and it describes its rooms as boutique-style.

Check-in and breakfast are at the sister hotel, Rosselli AX Privilege, 40 metres along Merchants Street. Payment is by Visa or Mastercard, the two cards the hotel names.

Rooms come in four categories: Comfort, Deluxe, Superior and Comfort Quad. The hotel describes the Superior as the category with extra space. The Comfort Quad sleeps four, for friends sharing a single room.

For a taxi, the front desk works with one firm whose charges are fixed, so you know the charge before the ride.

Visiting

Check-in is from three in the afternoon, at the Rosselli AX Privilege desk on Merchants Street. Your room is at number 176, a short walk along the same street.

If your flight lands before then, call the hotel to ask whether an earlier room is free. You can also write to thesaintjohn@axhotelsmalta.com.

Breakfast is continental, served from half past seven to half past ten. Check-out is at noon.

From the airport, the TD4 Airport Direct bus runs to Valletta every half hour, and fares are paid on board, by cash or contactless card.

Tips

Ask the front desk about excursions if you want a day away: the hotel offers trips to destinations around Malta and Gozo.

The same desk handles car rental, so you can settle on a car for the days you leave the city once you are here.

Things to do near AX The Saint John

Nearest first, all within 7 minutes on foot from the door.

  1. Grandmaster's Palace 2 min walk · Palace Grandmaster's Palace Between state functions, you can walk through the palace that holds the Office of the President of Malta: restored State Rooms under Baroque painted…
  2. National Library of Malta 2 min walk · Landmark National Library of Malta Stepping in off Republic Square, you reach the library that holds the Knights of St John's archives, from 1107 to 1798, and the order's own…
  3. Casa Rocca Piccola 2 min walk · Museum · 1.5 hr Casa Rocca Piccola No. 3 museum in Malta Twelve rooms of a Valletta palace where the de Piro family still lives sit above enormous World War 2 bomb shelters cut from the rock, and one visit…
  4. St John's Co-Cathedral 3 min walk · Cathedral · 2 hr St John's Co-Cathedral No. 1 in Malta Stand in front of Caravaggio's Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in the Oratory, then look down at a floor of around 400 marble tombstones and up…
  5. Lower Barrakka Gardens 5 min walk · Garden Lower Barrakka Gardens No. 2 park in Malta Lower Barrakka gives you the Grand Harbour view from the top of St Christopher Bastion, in a garden with far fewer visitors than its better-known…
  6. Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 5 min walk · Church · 30 min Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel This basilica's great dome rises over Valletta's skyline as one of Malta's most recognisable landmarks, and inside you find an early 17th-century…
  7. Siege Bell War Memorial 5 min walk · Monument · 30 min Siege Bell War Memorial You get Malta's largest bell, hung in an open colonnade on a bastion above the Grand Harbour, and a reflective stop where the island remembers its…
  8. St Paul's Pro-Cathedral 6 min walk · Cathedral St Paul's Pro-Cathedral More than 60 metres of spire make this Anglican pro-cathedral of the Diocese in Europe easy to pick out from Marsamxett Harbour. You come for a…
  9. Auberge de Castille 7 min walk · Landmark Auberge de Castille A bronze bust of Grand Master Pinto crowns the door of Valletta's most theatrical Baroque front, the Prime Minister's office, and you can study it…

AX The Saint JohnThings to do

The town

Staying in Valletta

About a kilometre from end to end, Valletta is the smallest capital in the European Union, with walls on every side. Republic Street crosses it from City Gate to Fort St Elmo, and the cathedral and both Barrakka gardens lie a few streets off it.

Yes, if the sights are the point of your trip. After dinner you walk home, with no ferry to catch.

Read the Valletta guide
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