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HOLM Boutique & Spa gives you a pink outdoor pool with views of the sea and the neighbouring valley, in a small St Julian's hotel with its own spa.
Hotel, St. Julian's. Meridian Dispatch.
It is in St Julian's, close to neighbouring Sliema. The hotel gives its address as Fabri Lane, St Julian's, and that is the address to use for a taxi or satnav.
Two Airport Direct buses serve St Julian's: the TD2, which also runs to Pembroke, and the TD3, which continues to Sliema, Gżira and Msida. Each runs every 30 minutes. The hotel also has private parking for guests arriving in a hire car.
Yes. The hotel offers private on-site parking for hotel guests and visitors, so a hire car can stay at the hotel between day trips around the island.
Yes, it has two. One sits outdoors, looking out over the sea and valley, and the other is indoors and open for swimming all year.
No. The hotel serves breakfast, and guests go out to St Julian's and Sliema for lunch and dinner, with the seafront promenade at Balluta Bay a short walk from Fabri Lane.
No. The hotel's pool rules provide for children up to 11, who have set morning and early afternoon hours in the indoor pool, so families can stay here as well.
The 29 rooms come in nine types, from the Comfort at 23 square metres to the Executive Suite at 55. Superior rooms are 31 square metres, Deluxe rooms 35, and the Deluxe Suite 50. A Family Room of 35 square metres takes two king-size beds or four twins.
Four room types have a heated outdoor spa bath: the Deluxe and the Deluxe Suite with Spa Bath, set in an internal courtyard, and the Executive Suite and Executive Penthouse Suite, on terraces overlooking the valley and Balluta Bay. The two Executive rooms also have a kitchenette.
Yes. The Ikonika Spa wellness area has a Salt Relaxation Room, alongside foot spas, emotional showers that combine water, light and aroma, and a cold bucket shower.
The hotel is in St Julian's, on a lane close to Sliema. It has 29 rooms, each designed differently.
The interiors are graphic and brightly coloured throughout.
Outdoor space depends on the room. Some rooms have a private balcony, and some have a private terrace of 6 square metres with an outdoor spa bath. Some suites also have terraces with outdoor jacuzzis.
Swimming comes in two forms: the pink outdoor pool, where you can also sunbathe with the view, and an indoor pool.
The Spa and Wellness area is the other main facility. Ikonika Spa gives customised treatments here, and the area also has a sauna and a steam room.
Park at the hotel if you are driving, as it has private spaces for guests and visitors. Without a car, take the Airport Direct bus from Malta International Airport. Check the route and your stop before you land.
Hours at the pool and spa area are eight in the morning to eight at night, every day. If you are not a guest, ask the hotel before you come whether you can use the pool or the spa, on +356 22484820. The same number takes spa bookings.
If you are bringing younger children, plan their swim around the indoor pool's rule: those up to 11 can use it from eight in the morning until three in the afternoon.
For a late return from dinner without a car, book an On Demand ride on the tallinja app, the public transport option for travelling at night.
HOLM sits on Fabri Lane, between Balluta Bay and the valley behind it, so the seafront promenade and the bays of St Julian's are short walks away. Nearest first, all within 26 minutes on foot from the door.
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The town
St Julian's wraps round three small bays, Balluta, Spinola and St George's, joined by a promenade along the water. Portomaso's marina and the streets of Paceville fill the point between the last two.
Choose it for nights out, and sleep at the Balluta end if you want quiet ones.
Read the St. Julian's guideThe official pages this guide was checked against.
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