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Gozo's hilltop fortress is outside your window in a Citadel View room, and you sleep in the middle of the island's capital.
Hotel, Victoria. Meridian Dispatch.
By bus or car, then the Gozo ferry. Airport Direct TD1 runs every hour from the airport to Ċirkewwa, where a regular ferry carries passengers and cars to Mġarr in about 25 minutes. From Mġarr, bus route 301 runs to Victoria daily from 05:30 to 23:00, and the drive is 6.4 km, about 10 minutes.
Yes. Parking in the guests' bay is free when the room is booked directly with the hotel. The large public car park just behind the hotel is also free.
No. Children under 18 can stay at The Duke Boutique Hotel, provided a parent or guardian is also staying in the hotel. The hotel may ask for proof of age at check-in.
Its spa treatments are performed entirely within the guest's room, and the hotel recommends booking them in advance. Citadel View Spa Rooms also have their own hammam.
The Presidential Suite has one, a private heated pool with jets beside its terrace. Citadel View Spa Rooms have a hot tub or a massage bath.
Yes. Free high-speed Wi-Fi is listed among the in-room services at the hotel, so guests can connect from their own room at no charge. The hotel's services page sets out what else each room includes.
This is a modern hotel in the centre of Gozo's capital, part of The Duke Complex on Republic Street. Villa Rundle Gardens are right next door.
What you see depends on the room, and several of the 38 rooms and suites are sold by what they face. Citadel View Spa Rooms with a Juliette balcony look over Republic Street and the Citadel. Garden View rooms have a balcony over Villa Rundle Gardens, with countryside in the distance.
The Presidential Suite faces both the Citadel and the gardens, and has its own terrace and private pool.
Choose a spa room by its bath. A Citadel View Spa Room with a private terrace has a hot tub outside, a sauna in the room and a hammam in the bathroom. The Juliette-balcony version swaps the hot tub for a hydrotherapy massage bath and keeps the steam bath.
Park in the bay reserved for hotel guests, in front of the shopping complex, and take the lift up to reception. By bus, walk 350 metres from Victoria's main bus terminal along Main Gate Street and Republic Street.
Standard check-in is after 15.00 and check-out is by 11.00, and the hotel can store your bags for an early arrival or a late departure. Bring photo ID, because it may be requested when you check in.
Breakfast runs until 10.30 in the Breakfast Room and Lounge, and outside on the terrace when the weather allows. Breakfast can also be served in the room. The HOG Cafe, Bistro and Bar, on the ground level of the complex, opens every day until 22.00.
To walk up to the Citadel, take Republic Street to Pjazza Indipendenza, known locally as It-Tokk, then turn right up It-Telgħa tal-Belt. It stays open day and night all year, free of charge. Its visitors' centre opens Tuesday to Sunday from March to December.
For groceries, go down to Greens Supermarket, one level below the ground floor of the complex and open every day until midnight.
Nearest first, all within 35 minutes on foot from the door.
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The town
Victoria is Gozo's capital, in the middle of the island, with the walled Cittadella on the hill above it. The island's main bus terminal is here, so Dwejra and the churches in the fields are a short ride away.
Yes, if you want buses to every corner of Gozo from your door. For the sea outside your room, pick Xlendi or Marsalforn.
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