Route 88 via PaolaorAirport Direct TD2 to St Julian's and Paceville?

From

The "Airport 2" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals, with a 24-hour tallinja card machine beside it

To

The Valletta bus terminus outside City Gate, in 30 to 51 minutes, after Gudja, Ħal Għaxaq, Żejtun, Tarxien, Paola, Marsa and Floriana (Bombi, Sarrija, Mall, Publiju)

Luggage

An ordinary city bus: the operator welcomes "small luggage items" that do not block the aisle and says drivers "may limit or refuse" large or bulky ones.

Runs

05:30–22:50

Journey

30–51 min

Fifty cents cheaper than the TD4 and about half an hour slower: 30 to 51 minutes through nine localities and nearly forty stops against 11 to 17 direct.

The fare changes with the calendar: EUR 2.50 now, EUR 2.00 in winter. The TD4 is EUR 3 all year.

Last bus 22:50 on weekdays and 22:30 at weekends, first 05:30. After it, the TD4 until 00:50; after that, the taxi.

Eight of you: one EUR 19 twelve-journey card, tapped eight times, beats eight EUR 2.50 tickets and leaves four journeys for the week. It is sold at the office and the machines, not by the driver.

Cash on board is exact change only, by the operator's conditions; a contactless bank card avoids the problem.

This is one of the four routes the operator named as the X4's replacement; the airport's own bus page does not list it, but its timetable starts at the airport.

Route 88 via Paola: price for every party size →

From

The "Airport 1A" stop at the bus terminal outside arrivals

To

San Ġiljan in 18 to 28 minutes, then Pembroke Park & Ride, Paceville (Ganado, Paceville and Dragonara stops) and Spinola Bay, before it loops back to the airport

Luggage

An Airport Direct bus: "ample luggage space", by the operator.

Runs

05:00–00:30

Journey

18–43 min

A circular route: it serves St Julian's first and Spinola last, so the stop you want decides the time — 18 to 28 minutes to San Ġiljan, up to 43 to Spinola.

Last bus 00:30 from the airport, first 05:00. The TD3 covers St Julian's a quarter of an hour later, to 00:45.

The taxi table is EUR 21 to St Julian's and EUR 20 to Paceville for up to five.

Airport Direct TD2 to St Julian's and Paceville: price for every party size →