Does Domus Zamittello have a MICHELIN Key?

Yes, one Key, awarded in October 2025 in the MICHELIN Guide's first Key selection for Malta.

Where exactly is Domus Zamittello?

At 7 Republic Street, at the top of Valletta's main street, near the City Gate.

Does Domus Zamittello accept children?

Yes, of any age. Cots and extra beds are available on request.

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 One MICHELIN Key Valletta, Valletta

Domus Zamittello

A palazzo of the early 1600s at the top of Republic Street, named after the judge who was given it in 1805, with twenty-one rooms and a terrace over the city.

Fly to Valletta

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MICHELIN: One Key, first awarded in 2025
Rooms: 21, including six suites
Building: Early 17th century
From the airport: About 15 to 20 minutes from Malta International, our estimate

The hotel

From Casa Pensa to Palazzo Zamittello.

The house went up in the early 1600s and was first known as Casa Pensa, the home of Italian gentry close to the Order of St John. In 1805 the British Government handed it to Giuseppe Nicolo Zamitt, a judge who was later knighted. It took his name, and his statue still stands in the Upper Barrakka Gardens. His tombstone lies in St John's Co-Cathedral, in the chapel of the Langue of Auvergne.

The palazzo stayed in the family. Restored as a hotel and recognised by the Malta Tourism Authority as a heritage hotel, it keeps its public rooms, rebuilt to the original specifications. The bedrooms add underfloor heating and double glazing, and the Sala Nobile on the second floor still takes a hundred people for dinner. In October 2025 the MICHELIN Guide gave it one Key in its first selection for Malta.

Top of Republic Street At the City Gate end of Valletta's main street, with some rooms looking over the open-air theatre.
The terrace An open-air terrace above Republic Street for a drink at the end of the day.
Sala Nobile The grand salon on the second floor seats a hundred for a dinner or a meeting; the Sala del Conte takes forty.

Rooms & suites

Street, theatre or courtyard.

Rooms face Republic Street, the open-air theatre or the inner courtyard. Some beds are 2.1 metres wide.

Rooms Double and twin rooms Period proportions with modern comforts: underfloor heating, double glazing and a bath or shower.
Suites Duplex suites Five of the six suites are split over two levels.
Largest Zamitt Duplex Suite 58 square metres, named after the judge who gave the house its name.

Dining

One restaurant in the house.

As listed in the MICHELIN Guide. Shown for information.

Mezzodi Italian Italian dishes and light bites, all day

Recognition

In the guide.

One MICHELIN Key Malta's first Key selection, October 2025

Good to know

Before you go.

Arrival Check-in from 2 pm, check-out by 11 am.
Children Welcome at any age. Under-fours stay free in an existing bed or a cot.
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, and the drive ends near the City Gate.

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 Domus Zamittello have a MICHELIN Key?: Yes, one Key, awarded in October 2025 in the MICHELIN Guide's first Key selection for Malta.
Where exactly is Domus Zamittello?: At 7 Republic Street, at the top of Valletta's main street, near the City Gate.
Does Domus Zamittello accept children?: Yes, of any age. Cots and extra beds are available on request.
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 AX The Saint John Nineteen rooms on Merchants Street, inside the grid.
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.

Staying at Domus Zamittello?

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.

Business & First Private Jet

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