Grand Hotel Malta

... there we expect to spend some time with my friend Lidia and her wonderful family. Then it's on to Venice for the most charming hotel in Italy, Pensione Accademia, and then a train ride to Varenna on Lago di Como. Varenna, Laura and I both agree, is our ...

... drive backwards 30 meters. It's past 10pm and the city is quite. After inquiries at several front desks, we choose The Grand Harbor Hotel, which offers a crumbly exterior with Juliet balconies and a sea view of...the grand harbor. The room is small, basic ...

... to Valetta again today to take in some more sites. We stopped in Sliema where we deciced to take a 1.5 hour harbour ride around the Grand Harbour. While Gem hate's boats she coped quite well despite when we got out into the open sea the boat was rocking ...

London-Malta 2009 Middle Saturday morning I went outside the hotel to the bus stop to figure out the bus system. As it turned out, it is easy to get around and the fares are cheap @ .47 per ride. All the buses are yellow, some being from ...

... I did not get up early because I stayed up chatting last night too late but that's okay.  After a delicious breakfast at the hotel (included) I set off to discover the city of Valletta. I took the bus and after 20 minutes or so I was dropped off ...

... trip, but we learned a lot fast and it has led me to some of the fondest memories of my life. I returned to the hotel, headed down to dinner at a Singapore restaurant in the hotel that was very good last year and once again this year. Back to ...

... St. Elmo (to watch a reenactment of the Knights of St. John military parade), and visit the War Museum to learn about Malta’s strategic geographical importance during WWII as well as during the Siege of 1535 when the Knights of St. John defeated the ...

... all the same. Then we find a nice cafe for dinner, it is a little chilly so we go to one that has outside heaters. They are very nice and the food is excellant and very reasonable. Then we wend our way back to the hotel, nice first impressions of Malta. ...

... 40 minute drive through idyllic countryside roads. So, here's an example of the truly rural and the simplistic. You land at the Malta International Airport on a low-cost airline or flying 1st class and if you are a Schengen country citizen, walk through ...

... through the various harbours up to Valletta and then proceeded to drive all around the base of Valletta offering a wonderful view of the Grand Harbour and the defenses of the city.  I decided my first stop would be at the Tarxien Temple. This ...

... too much luggage) so we had to take 2 of them to get from the port to our hotel.  Our hotel, the Excelsior Grand Hotel is beautiful.  It is situated on the harbor with lovely gardens, fountains and marble sculptures.  So elegant and just ...

... then walk a short distance to Piazza Ognissanti, where the Westin Excelsior stands majestically on the east side of the piazza, the Westin Grand Hotel on the west side, the Church of Ognissanti on the north and the Arno on the south. Through the revolving ...

... creek, Manuel Islands, Lazzaretto creek, Ta’xbiex, Msida creek, Pieta, Fort St Elmo and views of Valletta through Grand Harbour to Malta shipyards, French Creek, Senglea, Fort St Angelo, Vittoriosa, Kalkara and Rinella and then back to Sliema. The ...

... weapons, muskets, canons and a "sword-gun." Back in Rabat, May and Charlie treat us to one of the most popular dishes in Malta: rabbit. May has prepared it two ways and we eat both: fried with tomato & spaghetti and in a stew. I've never eaten rabbit, ...

Wednesday the 30th May was the day I finally fulfilled a lifetime ambition in getting to Malta. I was amazed I was actually beating my brother there! Stepping of the plane was one of those special moments for me, similar to my first step in a into a ...

... as I was doing well for time I decided to try and find the cart ruts. These are one of the biggest mysteries of Malta's prehistoric period. In places where bare limestone is exposed, parallel grooves can often be found, usually about 1.5m apart and up ...

... returned with a big box of old photos, and I mean old. It was incredible. Photos dating back to my great grandparents. Pictures of my grand parent's wedding, mum and dad when they were young, the lot. There was also a photo of me when I was just 3 weeks ...