Friday, 12 August 2016

Top 5 Best Hotels in St Julians

InterContinental Malta, 5*

In the heart of St Julians, InterContinental Malta is 197 m from its own private beach on St. George's Bay. It offers spacious rooms with free Wi-Fi access and balcony.

The elegant rooms offer satellite and pay-per-view channels, air conditioning, and a tea and coffee maker. Some offer a balcony or terrace with city views.

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Marina Hotel Corinthia Beach Resort, 4*

Featuring panoramic views out over Malta's St. George's Bay, the Marina Hotel is near the Paceville district's lively nightlife. It features a private beach club, a diving center, free Wi-Fi throughout and a total of 9 dining options.

This 4-star hotel is part of the Corinthia Beach Resort, which has excellent water sports facilities and 5 outdoor swimming pools. Guests also have free access to an indoor heated pool, a sauna, a gym and spa facilities at the Apollo Day Spa.

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The Westin Dragonara Resort, 5*
 
Overlooking the Mediterranean Sea in St Julian's, The Westin Dragonara Resort offers 2 private beaches, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, and 3 restaurants. The front desk is open 24 hours a day.

The spacious, air-conditioned property features a terrace with views of the sea. Each room comes with a minibar, tea/coffeemaker, and LCD TV with satellite channels.

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Radisson Blu Resort, 5*

Set on the seafront in St. George's Bay, this 5-star hotel offers a quiet seafront location in St. Julian's. It features 2 outdoor pools, a heated indoor pool and rooms with free WiFi and a large balcony.

Air-conditioned rooms at the Radisson Blu Resort, Malta St. Julian's all come with a TV, free tea and coffee making facilities as well as bottled water. All rooms have views of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Le Méridien St Julian's Hotel and Spa, 5*


Overlooking Balluta Bay, Le Méridien St Julian's features the charm of a boutique hotel and the facilities of a spa resort, including a heated indoor pool, free fitness center, and spa. Rooms have a balcony. Wi-Fi is free in communal areas and most of the rooms.

The air-conditioned rooms have a flat-screen TV and a contemporary-style décor, with tile or carpeted floors. The spacious, private bathrooms include bathrobes and slippers. Some rooms offer sea views.

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Thursday, 11 August 2016

Italian Wine Festival, Sliema, August 2016

ITALIAN WINE FESTIVAL

From the 12th to the 15th August, through the first edition of "The Extraordinary Italian Taste - Carpe Diem Edition", Sliema and Malta become the Mediterranean Capitals for Italian food and wine. On the agenda: food tasting, wine degustation, show cooking, food market through the streets of the most beautiful and exciting seafront of Malta, pills of sensory analysis, wine tales accompanied by italian and international music.
Location: Qui Si Sana Bay, Sliema

www.italianfestivalmalta.com

Wednesday, 10 August 2016

Sliema News 10-Aug-2016

Hotel proposal adds to Sliema's architectural woes

Plans to demolish a 19th century Sliema townhouse and replace it with a 3-star hotel have been slammed by an architectural historian.

Edward Said highlighted the planning application for 142 & 143, St Mary Street, Sliema in a post to a Facebook group dedicated to Malta's "daft and ugly architectural mishaps".

"Yet more of our country's national identity to be destroyed in the name of 'progress'?", Mr Said posted in 'Malta's Architectural Carbuncles'.

The planning application, filed by Charles Ellul on 29 March 2016, was validated on 20 July. Representations for and against the planning application can be filed until 5 September.

Source: timesofmalta.com


Sliema council ready to go to court to oppose Townsquare tower

The Sliema local council is ready to take its fight against the construction of a 38-storey skyscraper at Qui Si Sana all the way to court, its vice mayor has pledged.

“If our appeal at the Environment and Planning Review Tribunal fails, then we will challenge the Planning Authority’s decision in court. This project will severely impact residents, and there’s no way we’re giving up this fight,” PN councillor Kris Busietta told MaltaToday.

The request for an appeal was proposed by Alternattiva Demokratika councillor Michael Briguglio, a vocal critic of the project that will be developed by the Gasan Group.

Source: maltatoday.com.mt

Updated | Axiak’s views on Sliema tower obscured at PA meeting


The part of a memo sent to a member of the Planning Board by Environment and Resources Authority chairman Victor Axiak, in which he laid out his views on the impact of the 38-storey tower proposed in Sliema, was not read out at the public hearing on Thursday when the project was approved by a wafer thin majority of one vote.

Axiak was indisposed and did not attend the meeting. This meant that Axiak, as representative of the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA), could not vote on both the four towers proposed for Mriehel by the Tumas and Gasan groups and the 38-storey tower proposed for Sliema by the Gasan group. Axiak had expressed concern in an email on the visual impact of the four towers proposed at Mriehel, which was read by board member Timothy Gambin during the morning session, when this development was being discussed. Gambin, an expert in underwater archaeology, was a vociferous supporter of both projects during Thursday’s public hearing.

Source: maltatoday.com.mt

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