Experts' Choice Award Casa Rocca Piccola
What the experts agree on
This still-inhabited 400-year-old baroque palazzo offers rare access to aristocratic family life in Valletta, with the Marquis himself occasionally guiding tours through rooms filled with period furnishings, family paintings, and Knights' medical
“It exhibits unusual pieces of furniture, memorabilia, family paintings and rare medical instruments from the Knights’ Sacra Infermeria in Valletta. A museum by day and a stately home by night”
– The Guardian
Afar Magazine "Take a look inside one of the old Maltese houses and tour the Casa Rocca Piccola." Full review
Fodor's "The exquisitely cultured current owners, Nicolas and Frances de Piro d'Amico Inguanez, host tours of the last of the patrician houses still occupied." Full review
Atlas Obscura "Dynastic Home of the De Piro Family. " Full review
Lonely Planet "The 16th-century palazzo Casa Rocca Piccola is the family home of the 9th Marquis de Piro, who still lives here and has opened part of the palazzo to the public." Full review
The Telegraph "Take a tour around Casa Rocca Piccola, a 400-year-old Valletta palazzo that's still home of the Marquis de Piro." Full review
Rough Guide "The Casa Rocca Piccola is the lived-in house of a local aristocratic family. Go on the right day and you may be shown around by the nice-as-pie Marquis himself."
Condé Nast Traveler "Step into royal life at Casa Rocca Piccola, a 400-year-old baroque palace; guided tours through the private rooms offer a glimpse into how Valletta's old noble families lived"
Independent "Live like a Maltese aristocrat at Casa Rocca Piccola B&B within the only privately inhabited but publicly viewable palazzo in Valletta. Your hosts are the Marquis de Piro, a modern-day..."
National Geographic
