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Malta Airport (MLA) to Valletta and the resorts

Route X4 reaches Valletta in 25 to 45 minutes, 24 hours a day; buy the Explore card at the arrivals kiosk.

  • Route X4 runs directly to Valletta, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, taking 25 to 45 minutes.
  • A single fare is around EUR 2.50 in cash.
  • The 7-day Explore card is around EUR 21 and pays for itself in about three days of ordinary use.
  • Kiosks in the arrivals hall sell tourist cards around the clock - buy it before you leave the building.
  • X1, X2 and X3 cover the rest of the island - Cirkewwa for the Gozo ferry, Sliema and St Julian's, and Bugibba.

The buses

  • The airport is about 8 km from Valletta. Nothing on Malta is far from anything.
  • X4 to Valletta, 24 hours a day.
  • X1 to Cirkewwa for the Gozo ferry.
  • X2 to Sliema and St Julian's.
  • X3 to Bugibba and the north.
  • Buses are the whole transport system here - there is no rail and no metro, and the network genuinely reaches every village.

Buy the card in arrivals

  • Kiosks sell the tourist cards 24 hours a day, which is the moment to buy one.
  • The 7-day Explore card, around EUR 21, gives unlimited travel and covers the airport routes.
  • Note that Tallinja Direct (TD) routes are excluded from the free-travel concessions and charge separately.

Taxis

  • The airport has a fixed-fare taxi desk with prices posted by destination.
  • Bolt and eCabs both operate and are cheap over these distances.

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