The Xara Palace Relais & Chateaux

L’emplacement Le personnel attentif La chambre mignonne tout en étant bien équipée

This hotel is everything it promises to be and more. Enter the hotel and all is peace and attentiveness. The lobby is calm and comfortable for just taking a moment to sit. The rooms are all different but have everything you need with lots of thoughtful touches. bed was so comfortable. The roof terrace has a lovely seating area, sun beds and hot tub. We lay back in there and watched the stars come out - perfect.

I highly recommend staying in Mdina overnight. The crowds during the daytime in late October were thick, but in the late evening and early morning, we were able to wander through the city to appreciate its beauty pretty much on our own. I don’t think there’s a more beautiful place to stay in the city than the Xara Palace. We booked a deluxe suite with panoramic view and it was lovely, with 3 adjoined spaces - a living room, a spacious bedroom with a super comfy king bed, and a huge bathroom with soaker tub and glass shower. It felt very luxurious. The staff was very welcoming and the little picnic delivered to our room upon arrival was a nice touch. It was a delightful stay!

The price. Definitely the most expensive place we stayed in Malta. We felt it was worth the splurge.

If you’re coming to Malta and look for an amazing five star hotel experience in an amazing environment with an amazing few amazing hospitality amazing food in an amazing location the Xara Palace in Mdina it’s the perfect place for you! I had the pleasure to organize a group travel for a long weekend to stay at Xara Palace. The joy started long before the stay. Mark Vella, the general manager, and his left and right hand Silvia has been extremely helpful with tips and recommendations as well as preparations for dinner, airport pick ups and other transports so that we could arrive in confidence that our group trip will become a success. Staying in Mdina at the Xara Palace is a very special thing the first place. Mdina is called the quiet city because there is no regular car traffic allowed. So if you walked on the medieval streets that have been the backdrop to Game of Thrones and other movies, you feel transported back in time. It really is an otherworldly experience. Back to our hotel experience: None of our 11 guests had any kind had any kind of issue at any point of our stay! Zero, Nil, nothing. That normally never happens, but it demonstrates the level of perfection you will get in this hotel. Whether it is the reception team with Matthias (living library), Silvia (organization godess), Sara or Aurora, or the breakfast team with its ever smiling and customer oriented Lindsay, or the amazing house keeping that even manage details like your wildly distributed charging cables that magically all find themselves orderly collected and neatly rolled up next to your charger, it just is a perfect stay. In addition to that, the location of the hotel is just amazing. It basically is a part of the outer wall of Mdina, so if you have any room to the outside of the city, you will enjoy a panoramic view you don’t want to leave. Xara Palace now also has a Michelin star for its Mondion restaurant, so fans of fine dining will enter the next step closer to heaven. But the second restaurant “Trattoria” just left of the entrance is highly recommended. You get five star quality of food and service at a three star price level. Just amazing! So do we recommend to stay here? No question about it. The only question is why would you stay somewhere else?!

Very attentive team. Beautiful location

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