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This four-star hotel in central Sliema, a five-minute walk from the seafront promenade, has two pools: an outdoor one on the roof and an indoor one.
Hotel, Sliema. Meridian Dispatch.
The hotel stands on Gorg Borg Olivier Street in central Sliema, postcode SLM 1807. It is close to the seafront promenade, which runs along the shore of the town.
Yes. The hotel has its own private underground car park for guests, open at all hours of the day and night. Parking is charged daily.
Yes. The outdoor pool is on the rooftop terrace, and there is a separate indoor pool inside the building, so a swim does not depend on the weather on the roof.
The hotel has wheelchair access and rooms with accessible facilities for guests with special needs. Guests who need such a room should raise it with the hotel at the time of booking.
Breakfast is served from 7:00 to 10:30 at Copperfield's Restaurant, from the buffet counter. Dinner is served in the same restaurant between 6:30 and 9:30 in the evening, also as a buffet.
Yes. Car rental is arranged at the front desk, through a car hire company with a fleet of fully equipped models. Drivers need a valid driving licence from their country of origin, and Malta drives on the left.
AX The Victoria is a four-star hotel on Gorg Borg Olivier Street, in the centre of Sliema, close to Valletta. Malta International Airport is about 9.5 km away by road.
Alongside the pools, the building holds a spa and wellness centre with a sauna and steam room, a fitness and health club, and rooms for meetings, conferences and banquets. Baby-sitters can be booked with a full day’s notice.
Rooms run from Classic and Superior twins to junior and deluxe suites, with Executive Suites in the hotel’s Designer Collection.
AX Hotels runs this hotel and AX The Palace, both in Sliema. The same group runs AX Rosselli in Valletta and the Verdala Wellness Hotel in Rabat.
The front desk is staffed around the clock, so a late arrival is not a problem. If you are driving, use the hotel’s own underground car park. Check-in is from three in the afternoon, and check-out is by noon.
Meals on site run through Copperfield’s Buffet Restaurant. The Penny Black Pub opens every day from noon to half past eleven at night, with a last food order at half past nine. Happy hour there runs from five to six in the evening.
Room service is also offered. Rooms are air-conditioned and cleaned daily, and the hotel has free Wi-Fi throughout.
For a swim in the sea, Exiles Beach is about 500 m from the hotel, and Tower Road is nearer still. Balluta Bay Beach, a golden-sand bay, is a little further on.
Saint Patrick’s Church is a few minutes away on foot, and Independence Gardens about 700 m from the hotel. The Point Shopping Mall is about a kilometre away if you need supplies.
Nearest first, all within 17 minutes on foot from the door.
Sliema Ferry
By boat, Valletta is a short, scenic crossing from Sliema's harbour front, and it beats the bus into the heart of the capital.
Exiles Beach
Climb down a ladder off flat concrete into clear sea for a swim, or bring dive gear for the reef just offshore and the Tug 2 wreck beyond it.
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AX The Victoria HotelThings to do
The town
Sliema is a town of apartment blocks on a low peninsula, across Marsamxett Harbour from Valletta. Its draw is the shore: rock to swim from, a promenade round the point, and the boat to the capital.
For a seafront base, yes. Valletta is a short ferry ride across the harbour.
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