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Two kilometres of water separate this hotel on the south Sliema waterfront from Valletta, so the capital is an easy day out from your room.
Hotel, Sliema. Meridian Dispatch.
On the Tigné Seafront, postcode SLM3012, in the Tigné Point neighbourhood at the south end of Sliema. The harbour and Valletta lie directly across the water from the hotel's front.
Check-in at Barceló Fortina Malta is from three in the afternoon, and check-out is at noon. Breakfast on the day of departure runs until half past ten on weekdays and eleven at weekends.
The hotel describes its 183 rooms as having a terrace with views of the Mediterranean and the historic centre of Valletta, which lies across the harbour from the hotel's front.
Malta International Airport is about 9.5 km from the hotel by road, so the transfer is a short drive. Give the taxi driver the address Tigné Seafront, Sliema SLM3012, and keep the front desk number, +356 2605 0000, to hand.
Yes, the outdoor pool, with a day pass bought from the hotel, while it is open for the season. The indoor pool beside the spa is reserved for staying guests.
The ferry station is 400 m from the hotel, a short walk. The Valletta ferry from Sliema runs direct to the capital, with no stops on the crossing.
The hotel stands on the Tigné Seafront in the south of Sliema, with the harbour in front of it. Valletta's limestone walls are on the far side, in view from the outdoor pool and from many of the 183 rooms and suites.
There are two pools. The indoor one sits with the spa and is for hotel guests only, with no booking needed. The outdoor pool takes guests and visitors who buy a day pass, in the months it opens.
The hotel also has a gym, a spa and wellness centre, restaurants, a bar and round-the-clock room service. A lift serves the building. A sun terrace with loungers and umbrellas, and rooms for meetings and banquets, complete the facilities.
A ten-minute walk takes you to the swimming spot at Tigné, the nearest of three the hotel lists. Qui-Si-Sana is twelve minutes on foot and Exiles twenty-five, all along the same seafront.
For a day in Valletta, make the short walk along the waterfront to the ferry station. The Sliema Ferry crosses straight to Valletta, with no stops on the way.
For buses around the island, the Tas-Sliema Locker stop is about five minutes' walk, past Our Lady of Victories Church.
Harbour-facing rooms look across to Valletta.
For a longer beach day, St George's Bay is 3 km away, and Golden Bay and Għajn Tuffieħa Bay are both 17 km off. For a day further afield, Marsaxlokk is 11 km from the hotel and Calypso Cave 34 km.
Nearest first, all within 25 minutes on foot from the door.
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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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