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The Gomerino Hotel

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Book direct with the hotel →thegomerinohotel.com

Gomerino's rooftop pool lets you swim with the Grand Harbour in view, and a second pool sits indoors, both inside a Baroque palace on St Paul's Street.

Hotel, Valletta. Meridian Dispatch.

Location
About 7 km by roadAbout 15 min to airport
On foot
Steep cityStreets rise from harbours
Booking
Spa, pool includedWith a Deluxe Double
From the airport

How do you get to The Gomerino Hotel from Malta International Airport?

By road, about 7 km, or on the Airport Direct TD4 bus, which runs to Valletta every 30 minutes. Fares on the bus are paid on board by cash or contactless card.

Pool

Does The Gomerino Hotel have a pool?

Yes, it has two. One is on the roof beside the bar deck, and the other is indoors with the sauna. Guests planning a winter swim on the roof should ask the hotel about the months it opens.

Check-in

What are the check-in and check-out times at The Gomerino Hotel?

Check-in is from 14:00, and guests leave by 11:00 on the morning of departure. A guest whose flight lands late in the evening should contact the hotel before travelling.

Book on thegomerinohotel.com →Direct with the hotel.

What makes it special

The building is a seventeenth-century Baroque palace, and the hotel counts it among the first noble palaces to stand on St Paul's Street. It now holds 44 double bedrooms.

A traditional courtyard survives inside the palace, and some rooms look onto it.

The harbour view is on the roof, where the pool and bar are on one level.

The indoor pool, sauna, fitness centre and spa share the building, so you can move between them without going outside.

Step out of the door and you are in a World Heritage City, which rises steeply from two deep harbours, Marsamxett and Grand Harbour. Expect a climb on the way back from either waterfront.

Visiting

Early arrivals can move in before check-in time, as soon as a room is free. Check-out is by 11:00 on your last morning.

Deluxe Double rooms overlook the courtyard, and Balcony Rooms have a French balcony over the street.

A Deluxe Double comes with free access to the rooftop pool, spa and fitness centre, so ask what your own category includes when you book.

Swim on the roof for the view of the Grand Harbour, and use the indoor pool when you want the sauna beside it.

Tips

See Malta's George Cross, its award for gallantry, in the museum at Fort St Elmo, which stands at the far tip of the Valletta peninsula.

If you are heading on to Gozo, the Airport Direct TD4 bus from the airport also serves the Gozo Fast Ferry.

Things to do near The Gomerino Hotel

Nearest first, all within 6 minutes on foot from the door.

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. Casa Rocca Piccola 4 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…
  5. Lower Barrakka Gardens 4 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. 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…
  7. Basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel 6 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…
  8. Auberge de Castille 6 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…
  9. Upper Barrakka Gardens 6 min walk · Garden · 30 min 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…

The Gomerino HotelThings 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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