Step 6: Arrival. Got off the plane, followed the signs for the bus, X4 was just finishing loading ready to depart, so tapped my First Direct card on the reader and next stop Valletta. Less than 5 minutes. Arrived in town and greeted by the Triton fountain.




The accomodation was booked through Avios hotels which is just a wrapper for Expedia. Looking for something cheap I booked a room and it turns out to be something like an AirBnB. Not something I had ever done before. The comms with Avios hotels were attrocious and I ended up having to ring Malta before I travelled in order to get the details to be able to access the property. Everything worked fine in the end. I walked downhill from the Triton fountain to find my property and entered a code on a keyholder box to get the yale key to the property. It turns out that I have a whole house in downtown Valletta near the Sliema ferry. It was actually really nice to get in to the feel of the place, even though as I would see later, probably identical to the cells in which prisoners were held on the island (pic of the street where I stayed taken next morning). Safely ensconced I went for a bit of a wander, but soon returned for an early start next day.