Does AX The Saint John have a MICHELIN Key?

No. It is in the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection and received an honourable mention when Malta's first Keys were announced in October 2025.

Where do you check in at The Saint John?

At Rosselli, the sister hotel at 167 Merchants Street, forty metres away. Breakfast is served there too.

Is there a restaurant at The Saint John?

Cheeky Monkey, a gastropub, is the hotel's restaurant and bar. The restaurants at Rosselli are a few steps away.

Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Valletta?

Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Valletta, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

Four-star Valletta, Valletta

AX The Saint John

A restored merchant's house at 176 Merchants Street, nineteen rooms with beams overhead and old photographs on the walls, and a gastropub on the ground floor.

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MICHELIN: In the hotel selection
Rooms: 19
Opened: September 2017
From the airport: About 15 to 20 minutes from Malta International, our estimate

The hotel

A merchant's house on Merchants Street.

The building was once a merchant's home with a shop at street level, a few streets from St John's Co-Cathedral. AX Hotels, the Maltese group of Angelo Xuereb, restored it and opened it as a hotel on 29 September 2017. Claire Zammit Xuereb led the design: industrial fittings set against the old structure, with nods to St John's Co-Cathedral and the feel of a private club.

The beams are still exposed, and historic photographs of Valletta hang through the house. The rooms mix modern furniture and a few pieces from the middle of the last century. Rosselli, the group's five-star palazzo forty metres up the street, handles check-in and serves breakfast, so guests of The Saint John walk between the two. Downstairs, Cheeky Monkey pours craft beer and cooks gourmet burgers.

Cheeky Monkey The gastropub downstairs, open since 2015, known for its burgers and a long list of beers.
Rosselli next door Check-in and breakfast happen at the sister palazzo, home to Under Grain and its MICHELIN star.
The grid on foot St John's Co-Cathedral, the Grand Master's Palace and Fort St Elmo are all within a few minutes on foot.

Rooms & suites

Four sizes of room.

Every category sleeps two, except the Comfort Quad, which takes four.

Smallest Comfort Room 19 square metres, with a double or two single beds.
Mid-range Deluxe Room 22 square metres, with a double or two single beds.
Most space for two Superior Room 27 square metres, with the bedroom and a sitting area separated.
For four Comfort Quad Room 32 square metres, with a double bed and two singles.

Good to know

Before you go.

Arrival Check-in from 3 pm and check-out by noon, both at Rosselli, 40 metres up Merchants Street.
Children The hotel calls itself adults only, yet lists a room for four. Cots and extra beds are not available. We confirm the rule with the hotel before booking.
Pets Not accepted.

Getting there

Flying to Valletta.

Malta International Airport at Luqa is about fifteen to twenty minutes away by car, our estimate. Private jets use the same airport through their own terminal.

Business & First Class Passenger terminal Direct from London, Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Istanbul and Doha, with KM Malta Airlines, British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, SWISS, ITA Airways, Turkish Airlines and Qatar Airways. Emirates arrives from Dubai by way of Larnaca. Request a fare Private Jet Dedicated business aviation terminal Private aircraft have their own terminal and formalities, and the car waits at the door. Gozo is a short helicopter hop from the same field. Request a jet

Approximate flying time by midsize jet to Valletta

Rome 1 h 15
Geneva 2 h 05
Paris 2 h 40
London 3 h 05
Dubai 5 h 05 long-range jet

Questions

What guests ask first.

Does AX The Saint John have a MICHELIN Key?: No. It is in the MICHELIN Guide hotel selection and received an honourable mention when Malta's first Keys were announced in October 2025.
Where do you check in at The Saint John?: At Rosselli, the sister hotel at 167 Merchants Street, forty metres away. Breakfast is served there too.
Is there a restaurant at The Saint John?: Cheeky Monkey, a gastropub, is the hotel's restaurant and bar. The restaurants at Rosselli are a few steps away.
Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Valletta?: Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Valletta, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.

Also in Valletta

Other hotels worth the trip.

Five-star · Valletta Iniala Valletta Thirty-three rooms and suites in houses on the bastion over the Grand Harbour, with ION Harbour on the roof.
Five-star · Valletta Rosselli – AX Privilege A seventeenth-century palazzo on Merchants Street, home to Under Grain.
Five-star · Floriana The Phoenicia Malta The 1930s grand hotel just outside City Gate, in its own gardens on the bastions.
Five-star · Floriana Grand Hotel Excelsior On the water below the walls, with pools and a view across Marsamxett.
Four-star · Valletta Casa Ellul A Victorian palazzo turned into a handful of suites, a member of Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
Four-star · Valletta Palazzo Consiglia A restored townhouse palazzo, now a small boutique hotel.
Four-star · Valletta The Embassy Valletta On Strait Street, with a rooftop pool and a cinema of its own.
Four-star · Valletta 66 Saint Paul's & Spa A seventeenth-century palazzo with a rooftop pool.
Four-star · Valletta Domus Zamittello On Republic Street, the city's main axis.

Staying at AX The Saint John?

Book the room, then the flight.

Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Valletta, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.

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