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There is a waterside lido of its own in front of this hotel on The Strand, and the Valletta ferry leaves from the same seafront, so you can base a stay on the harbour and the capital.
Hotel, Sliema. Meridian Dispatch.
The address is The Strand, Sliema, GZR 1028, on the shore of Sliema Creek. The hotel answers by telephone on +356 2090 6899, and room enquiries go to its reservations team by email.
No. The heated pool is indoors, with direct access to a roof-top terrace over Marsamxett Harbour, and the outdoor pool is at the lido on the shore.
The hotel's lido serves as its beach. Beyond it, a rocky shore runs along most of Sliema's coast, with swimming and sunbathing off the rocks.
Three of the six room types are named for the view: Superior Sea View, Superior Lateral Sea View and the Deluxe Suite with Seaview. Standard Rooms have a balcony or a full-length window.
The Standard Room type includes mobility accessible rooms, among them rooms with roll-in showers, and connecting rooms are available. Guests who need one should say so when they contact the reservations team.
The ferry across to Valletta is about 800 metres from the hotel, along the Sliema promenade. Guests follow the waterfront on foot from the hotel to reach the landing.
The hotel's lido is on the shoreline right in front of it, in Sliema Creek, looking across the water to Manoel Island and the Valletta skyline. It has sunbeds, beach towels and umbrellas, and its outdoor pool is heated through the winter months.
Indoors, the 10th floor holds a pool kept at 32°C, and a sauna and a jacuzzi are also available. The fitness centre shares that floor, next to a sundeck terrace, and Dee Spas gives massages in two treatment rooms.
The spa menu also covers scrub and wrap rituals, Ayurveda and treatments for expectant and new mothers. Rooms list air conditioning, a safe deposit box and tea and coffee making facilities.
Free for hotel guests, the indoor pool and the gym both come with towels. Children under 14 need an adult with them in the pool and its relaxation area.
The hotel restaurant serves buffet and plated dishes built on Maltese produce such as local fish and Gozitan goats' cheeselets. Its nights are set by the hotel's weekly programme, as it does not open every day.
In the summer months, weather permitting, the 1Olive Grill serves on the rooftop terrace and Cielo Lounge pours cocktails on Level 12.
Sliema Ferry is reached along The Strand from the hotel, and the boat crosses the harbour to Valletta. Ferries to Comino leave from the same stretch and run several times a day through the summer months.
For an evening walk, follow the seafront from Gżira to Tigné Point, with Valletta across the water.
Nearest first, all within 20 minutes on foot from the door.
Sliema Ferry
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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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