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Overview

Malta's cool crowd flocks here to eat, drink, shop and party, and if you're looking for a base that mingles cosmopolitan sparkle with quiet backstreets, this is the perfect choice. Connected by a lovely seafront promenade, with shimmering Mediterranean views, this collection of districts merge into one another, and are packed with shops, restaurants and bars.

Attractions

Must-see attractions

  • Manoel Island

    Manoel Island

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    Manoel Island, which can be accessed via a short bridge from G偶ira, is largely taken up by boat-building yards and the partly restored Fort Manoel. The鈥�

  • Sliema Beach

    Sliema Beach

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    The Sliema waterfront is edged by flattish rocks, with stepped access at various points. It's a good place to swim from, though the water tends to be deep鈥�

  • Tign茅 Point (The Point)

    Tign茅 Point (The Point)

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    Tign茅 Point, a promontory east of Sliema, was one of the sites where the Turkish commander Dragut Reis ranged his cannons to pound Fort St Elmo during the鈥�

  • Portomaso Apartment & Marina Complex

    Portomaso Apartment & Marina Complex

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    The glitzy development of Portomaso is overlooked by the towering Hilton Hotel, and centres on a marina ringed by restaurants and bars. It's a popular鈥�

  • Villa Dragonara

    Villa Dragonara

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    Villa Dragonara, an aristocratic residence that became the Dragonara Casino in 1964, is dramatically set on the rocky southern headland of St George's Bay鈥�

  • Palazzo Spinola

    Palazzo Spinola

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    Once St Julian's was rural, with just a few grand houses, of which this was one, built for the Italian knight Rafael Spinola. It is surrounded by a walled鈥�

  • St George's Bay

    St George's Bay

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    Most of the beaches around St Julian's are of the bare rock or private lido variety (the five-star hotels offer beach clubs and water sports), but at the鈥�

  • Lazzaretto di San Rocco

    Lazzaretto di San Rocco

    Sliema, St Julian鈥檚 & Paceville

    A 17th-century plague hospital on the south side of Manoel Island. More recently, the hospital served as an isolation hospital during WWI and was last鈥�

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