✦ Mdina, Malta
The Xara Palace
Relais & Châteaux • 17 suites inside Mdina's medieval walls
Relais & Châteaux • 17 suites inside Mdina's medieval walls
Perched atop Mdina's fortified ramparts, The Xara Palace is a 17th-century noble residence now Malta's only Relais & Châteaux property. Seventeen suites unfold across frescoed ceilings, antique tapestries, and four-poster beds that whisper of centuries past.
The palace is home to de Mondion, Malta's fine-dining destination — holding a Michelin star for its modern Mediterranean tasting menus served beneath soaring stone arches.
Mdina itself — the Silent City — becomes your private stage once the day-trippers leave at dusk.
"Waking up inside Mdina's walls, with church bells and silence — nothing compares."
— Antoine L., Geneva"De Mondion alone is worth the flight. The suites are like sleeping in a museum — in the best way."
— Rachel T., New York