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The hotel has a heated pool inside a cave and a heated pool on the roof. The hotel has only thirteen rooms. St John's Co-Cathedral is a five-minute walk from the door.
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No. Breakfast is served at the hotel; lunch and dinner are in Valletta, where most of the old town is a few minutes' walk from the door. For a weekend dinner, book a table ahead.
Yes, two, and the hotel describes both as heated. One sits in a cave within the hotel, and the other is on the roof beside a terrace lounge with views across Valletta's rooftops.
Yes, the Ikonika Spa is in the building's old cellar. It has a steam room and a sauna, and its treatments are customised to the guest.
The thirteen rooms run from 20 to 35 square metres. Industriale and Nautica are the smallest at 20, and Religiosa and Romantica, both Deluxe Rooms, are the largest at 35. Bathrooms vary, with a bath in some rooms and a walk-in shower in others.
Yes. Maltija, a Deluxe Room of 27 square metres with a walk-in shower, has a traditional gallarija, the enclosed timber balcony of Maltese town houses. Ask for Maltija by name when booking.
The Airport Direct TD4 bus runs from the airport bus terminal to Valletta every 30 minutes. From City Gate the hotel is about a ten-minute walk through the old town. Guests with heavy bags can call the hotel before travelling.
About five minutes on foot. Upper Barrakka Gardens, with the Saluting Battery on the tier below and the lift down to the Grand Harbour, is about eight minutes away, and Fort St Elmo, at the tip of the city, about eight minutes in the other direction.
Palazzo Consiglia is at 102 St Ursula Street, Valletta VLT1234, on the edge of the old town. Give that address to a driver or a map app.
Diva and Amante, both Superior Rooms of 24 square metres, have a bath. Sirena, a Deluxe Suite of 31 square metres, has a bath as well as a walk-in shower, and it is the largest of the three.
Palazzo Consiglia is a boutique hotel on St Ursula Street, right on the edge of Valletta's old town. The rooms keep their stone walls and timber beams, paired with pastel colours and wall-sized murals of nature scenes. Every room is different.
Each room has a name rather than a number, and a look of its own, from the timber gallarija on Maltija to the skylight over Industriale. Bathrooms differ too: some have a bath, others a walk-in shower.
The roof has a terrace lounge beside the heated pool, with loungers on a timber deck. From up there you look out over the rooftops of Valletta. The second heated pool is set in a cave inside the building.
A call to the hotel before you travel is the way to sort out parking, an airport pick-up, help with your bags and the breakfast hours. Give a driver the hotel's St Ursula Street address, which is in Valletta's old town, a short walk from the main sights.
For dinner in Valletta on a weekend night, book the table before you arrive.
The Ikonika Spa, in the old cellar, has a sauna and a steam room. Treatments are customised, so tell the spa what you want before you book one.
Most of old-town Valletta is within a short walk of the hotel, so plan your days around walking. St John's Co-Cathedral and Upper Barrakka Gardens are both in the old town. Pack swimwear for the two pools, even for a short stay.
Palazzo Consiglia is on the Grand Harbour side of Valletta's old town, so the cathedral, the harbour gardens and Fort St Elmo are all short walks away. Nearest first, all within 8 minutes on foot from the door.
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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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