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Iniala Valletta's harbour-view suites stand on St Barbara Bastion, looking across the Grand Harbour to the Three Cities.
Hotel, Valletta. Meridian Dispatch.
Iniala Valletta is at 11 St Barbara Bastion in Valletta, a group of restored buildings set along the bastion with views over the Grand Harbour.
Yes. Private airport pick-up is among the services the hotel arranges, along with a personal butler and a champagne welcome. Guests set it up directly with the hotel when booking.
Yes. A rooftop pool sits at Solis, the restored palazzo in the group, and several suites and residences have a private pool of their own.
Yes. The Breakfast Club welcomes outside visitors as well as residents. Non-guests can ask the hotel for its hours and where it is served before they come.
Two restaurants lead the dining: ION Harbour by Simon Rogan, which holds two Michelin stars, and Anaalā, the rooftop restaurant at Solis, with a Thai menu shaped by chef Ian Kittichai.
Yes. In-room dining is one of Iniala Valletta's dining options, alongside its restaurants and harbour-facing breakfasts, and guests arrange it by enquiring with the hotel during their stay.
Iniala Valletta is a collection of restored buildings along St Barbara Bastion, overlooking the Grand Harbour. Rooms and suites sit in a historic townhouse. The city outside is a World Heritage City, a Baroque masterpiece built by the Knights of St John.
Solis, a restored palazzo in the same collection, has a rooftop pool and panoramic dining above the city.
The suites differ by what they look at. The Hideaway Harbour View Pool Suite has a private rooftop terrace and plunge pool over the water, and the roof terrace of the Vitalis Pool Suite takes in both harbour and city. City View Suites face the city, with a private balcony and seating area, and the Lucija Grand Pool Residence has a plunge pool in a private courtyard.
The hotel lists private airport pick-up, champagne on arrival and a dedicated butler; arrange the transfer when you book. The address to give a driver is 11 St Barbara Bastion, on the harbour side of the city.
ION Harbour is the hotel's restaurant by Simon Rogan, and Anaalā, poolside on the roof at Solis, serves Thai food guided by chef Ian Kittichai. The Breakfast Club serves breakfast to guests and to anyone not staying.
Ask the spa about its movement, recovery, beauty and retreat sessions, which the hotel runs together as one programme.
Book the Vitalis Spa Suite for direct spa access, with living and sleeping space alongside it.
Pack flat shoes, because Valletta climbs steeply from Marsamxett and the Grand Harbour. For the way back up from the waterfront, the Barrakka Lift runs between Lascaris Wharf and Upper Barrakka Gardens.
Nearest first, all within 7 minutes on foot from the door.
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…
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…
Saluting Battery
No. 15 landmark in Malta
At noon and 16:00, Monday to Saturday, gunners in period uniform fire a cannon above the Grand Harbour, and your ticket puts you close to it, at the…
Upper Barrakka Gardens
No. 1 park in Malta
From the highest point of Valletta's city walls, you look across the Grand Harbour to the fortified Three Cities, with ferries and yachts passing far…
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…
Barrakka Lift
Lascaris Wharf sits 58 metres below the heart of Valletta, and this lift takes you up in under half a minute, sparing you the long climb from the…
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…
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…
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…
Iniala VallettaThings to do
The town
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.
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