The Penthouse Studio: 15 Square Metres of Valletta Skyline
Updated: Sep 5
Four of our five apartments make the same offer: 70 square metres, arranged into more zones than the floor plan strictly owes you. The fifth makes a different one. The penthouse studio trades interior square metres for something Malta can’t manufacture more of — a private, furnished 15-square-metre terrace with the Valletta skyline across the water. This is the unit for people whose favourite room has no ceiling.
In short: the Morrison Court penthouse is a 55 sqm studio with a 15 sqm private terrace facing Valletta — outdoor dining and lounge furniture, deckchairs, umbrella shade, and a skyline that performs twice daily: golden at dusk, glittering after dark. Inside: the full premium specification, the complete private office setup, a marble-tiled bathroom, and a living space that reconfigures between cinema and conversation around a 65-inch screen. Designed, like everything here, for one or two guests.
The terrace is the second room
Fifteen square metres is a genuine room’s worth of outdoors, and it’s furnished like one: a dining setup for proper meals, lounge seating for the long evenings, deckchairs and umbrella shade for the sun hours. Breakfast happens out here — the coffee ritual tastes different with a harbour in front of it — and dinner runs late, because the view’s second act is the point: Valletta lighting up across Marsamxett, bastion by bastion, dome by dome. Guests describe it as theatre. We’d only add that the tickets are included.
Inside: the full specification, concentrated
The studio carries everything the larger units carry, dialled into 55 efficient square metres: the complete office setup — 27-inch USB-C monitor, adjustable chair, footrest, pedestal, desk lamp with wireless phone charging — plus the three-layer mattress, blackout drapes, a marble-tiled bathroom with a wall-to-wall rain shower, the Marshall Acton III, and a 65-inch smart TV where the other units carry 55s. Take the afternoon call at the desk; take the debrief on the terrace, four steps away.
A living room that becomes a cinema
The studio’s central living space was built to change character on request. Its armchairs are acoustically designed swivel chairs — deep, enveloping things that come close to hugging you — and they turn. Face them at the 65-inch screen and the room is a private cinema for the evening; swivel them toward the two-seater sofa and it’s a conversation pit, or a reading room, with the amber breathing lights doing what candlelight used to. One room, three moods, no furniture removals required.
The coffee kit is complete here too: the full Hario V60 ritual — dripper, measuring scoop, gooseneck kettle, paper filters and weighing scales — so the ratio is yours to perfect, with freshly roasted and ground coffee provided in sealed packets, roasted within days of your arrival and enough to see out the stay. Brew it inside; drink it on the terrace.
Who it’s for
Choose the penthouse if you’re one or two people who live outdoors when given the chance — morning pages in the sun, laptop-free lunches, evenings that migrate outside and stay there. Choose one of the 70 sqm units if a separate office room and more interior space matter more. There’s no wrong answer; there’s a philosophy shared across all five and one glorious variable: the sky. September to November, incidentally, is this terrace’s finest season — warm sea, golden light, thinning crowds.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Morrison Court penthouse studio?
A 55 sqm studio crowned by a 15 sqm private terrace with a Valletta skyline view. The terrace carries outdoor dining and lounge furniture, deckchairs and umbrella shade; inside is the full Morrison Court office setup, a 65-inch smart TV, and the complete premium specification.
Who is the penthouse best suited for?
Singles and couples who'd trade some indoor square metres for a serious private outdoors. With 55 sqm inside and 15 sqm of terrace, it suits guests who live, dine and wind down in the open air — with Valletta lighting up as the backdrop.
Does the penthouse have a workspace?
Yes — the identical full setup to every other unit: 27-inch USB-C monitor, adjustable chair, footrest, pedestal, desk lamp with wireless phone charging, and wired connectivity. The commute from desk to terrace is roughly four steps.
One terrace, one skyline, one or two guests. The penthouse studio books further ahead than any other unit — for reasons the photographs only half-capture. Check availability at morrisoncourt.com.