Casa Rocca Piccola palace & museum entrance ticket
Description
This is an entrance ticket to Casa Rocca Piccola a 16th century palace, living museum and home of the Maltese noble de Piro family. The palace contains over 50 rooms, many of which are open for viewing. You can see a collection of furniture, silver and paintings that add to the aesthetic riches of Malta. 45 minute live guided tours in English are available every hour, on the hour - pre-booking is recommended. Alternatively audio self-tours on your personal mobile device are also available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish by downloading the Casa Rocca Piccola mobile application (free wifi is provided). Written guides are available in 12 languages including Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian and Spanish. You will learn all about the unique customs and traditions of the Maltese nobility. The palace's World War II air raid shelters provide a dramatic and exciting addition to the tours of the house and garden.
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Casa Rocca Piccola is a 16th century palace and living museum. Built over 400 years ago for Don Pietro La Rocca, a Knight of Malta, it is now the ancestral home of the de Piro family, a Maltese Noble family. The palace contains over 50 rooms, many of which are open for viewing. The house is furnished with collections of furniture, silver and paintings from Malta and Europe. There are literally hundreds of magnificent objects to see including modern paintings interspersed with the ancestral portraits of the Marquises de Piro and the Barons of Budach. Under Casa Rocca Piccola a network of tunnels were cut out from the rock and used in World War II as air raid shelters. Over 100 people sheltered here from the bombs that poured on Valletta. Live guided tours in English (pre-booking recommended) or audio self-tours in English, French, German, Italian or Spanish are included with your entrance ticket. Restrooms, a bookshop and La Giara restaurant are available on site.
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- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(49)
Awesome experience. A hidden gem in the heart of Valletta with a very interesting guided tour that I recommend
Me and my girlfriend came to Malta to visit my daughter who is living on the island. We divided our trip to stay in the center in Saint Jullians halfway, then we went to Mellieha and in the end to Marsaxlokk. On one of our tours in Valletta we visited the Casa Rocca Piccola. The 16th-century palace is home to the noble Maltese family of Piro. We entered one of the daily guided visits that take place from 10:00 to 17:00. The palace includes a local accommodation with 5 bedrooms, a bunker from the second war, a café the Efervencense and the restaurant La Giara Restaurant. It was built in 1580, after the Knights of St. John defeated the Great Siege and the Turkish invasion in 1565. In the late 18th century, changes were made to divide the house into two smaller ones. Other changes were made in 1918 and, before World War II, an anti-aircraft shelter was added, the second anti-aircraft shelter being excavated in Malta. Furnished with collections of furniture, grocery, paintings and works of art from Malta. The archives of Piro's family are kept in the Archive Room of the Casa Rocca Piccola, with records of family and state business from the late 16th century to the present day. These are commercial contracts, marriage contracts, accounts, wills and judicial proceedings. The files were usedfor research projects at the University of Malta and the University of Oxford. Casa Rocca Piccola houses the largest private collection of ancient costumes in Malta. There are formal and informal costumes from the 18th to the 20th centuries.[13] Malta has a long tradition in the manufacture of rent. Casa Rocca Piccola houses the largest private collection of Maltese income. The rent was used in different ways for different occasions, both religious and secular. Casa Rocca Piccola founded and hosted the HSBC Malta Annual Rental Competition.[14] The Casa Rocca Piccola has tenants since the 16th century and now hosts the boutique hotel pousada. It was very worth the visit, I recommend...
Casa Rocca Piccola is slightly hidden away and off the main tourist track in Valletta, but it is not to be missed. We took the guided tour and Anna was a superb host. The place is loaded with personality - still owned by the same family having been owned by them for several hundred years. The air raid shelters, dug beneath the cellars for local people to use, are particularly memorable.
An interesting tour that provides insight into a manor house from the 16th century.
Lovely place, Interesting guiding and delicious coffee. I found some polish accents which made this visit even more enjoyable. I recommend
Wonderful, very interesting, good guide. Lovely garden
Beautiful house giving a unique look into the life of a Maltese noble family. Guided tour takes approximately 45/50 minutes and is super informative and very well presented. Self guided audio tours were also available. Lovely cafe on site and you can sip your coffee in the gorgeous courtyard with Kiku the 3rd, the family macaw.
I'd recommend getting the guide, who does hourly sessions on the hour, for a fascinating tour around both an historic building and a home. Add the underground bunkers and Kuku the parrot = fabulous.
Beautiful collection of Maltese treasures.. loved the opportunity to see how the family lived throughout the generations.
Really lovely place and very interesting with the World War II Bunker. Beautiful garden area and great cafe. Fully guided but he did rush it so you felt as though it was over very quickly.
