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Most balconies at this resort on Dragonara Point face the sea, and you can spend summer days at its beach lido or take a PADI diving course.
Hotel, St. Julian's. Meridian Dispatch.
St Julian's, on Dragonara Point, at the edge of St George's Bay. Sliema is next door, and the Airport Direct TD3 bus serves both towns on the same route.
By Airport Direct bus or taxi. TD2 and TD3 both serve St Julian's, each every 30 minutes, with fares paid on board by cash or contactless card. Airport taxis to localities in Malta run on a fixed tariff.
It has a beach lido, The Reef Club, within the resort. The lido opens in late May for the summer, and its sunbeds cannot be reserved.
The Reef Club Lido offers a 30-day pass that covers 30 individual entrances. Ask the hotel whether a pass is open to people not staying at the resort.
The heated indoor pool is the winter option. The Reef Club Pool closes from November to April, and guests wanting the Bay View Pool in those months should ask the hotel.
No. The Westin Family Kids Club opens daily from 9am to 5pm for ages 3 to 12, and the hotel presents its Luxury Bay Suites as suited to family holidays.
The Westin Dragonara Resort stands on Dragonara Point in St Julian's, on a private peninsula. The point marks the edge of St George's Bay, and the grounds hold the hotel's pools, restaurants, beach lido, Fitness Studio and the Westin Family Kids Club.
Beside the hotel stands the Dragonara Palace, built as a summer residence. It now houses the Dragonara Casino.
The hotel has 413 suites and rooms across many room types, including family suites, and rooms and suites come with private balconies. Its Luxury Bay Suites each have two private terraces.
The hotel lists PADI diving courses all year, so you can still dive after the outdoor season has ended.
In summer, you have two outdoor pools, the Reef Club Pool and the Bay View Pool, and a poolside restaurant opens for the season. Early in its season, The Reef Club lido runs from 9:30am to 7pm.
Breakfast runs every morning until 10:30. Quadro, the main restaurant, opens Tuesday to Saturday evenings, with a terrace over the sea.
Out of season, use the heated indoor pool and the Fitness Studio. For a spa treatment in your room, book 48 hours ahead.
The rooms and suites have private balconies, most with sea views.
For dinner beyond the resort, Paceville lies next door between Dragonara Point and Spinola Point, with restaurants, bars and nightclubs.
For a daytime outing, try Għar Ħarq Ħamiem, a sea cave next to St George's Bay. A paved staircase leads to its upper chamber.
The Fitness Studio admits guests from age 16.
Nearest first, all within 20 minutes on foot from the door.
St George's Bay
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Spinola Bay
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Balluta Bay
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The Westin Dragonara ResortThings to do
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.
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