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A Stay at the Hotel Phoenicia, Valetta, Malta
My wife and I visited Malta several years ago during the winter months. It was a nice time of year to visit as the weather was very pleasant, hotels were offering discounts, and it wasn’t hard to get a table at a restaurant.
We decided to splurge a little and stayed at the Hotel Phoenicia, a five star accommodation just outside the gate of old Valetta in Floriana, near the Triton fountain. This was both a good and bad choice. The location, facility and grounds were terrific. The food and service were below par for a hotel of this quality, and I’d not stay there again if we ever return to Malta.
(The Hotel Phoenicia, Valletta)
That said, I thought I …
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The Palace State Rooms and Armoury, Valletta
One of Malta’s most popular tourist attractions is a combination ticket to the Presidential Palace’s State Rooms and its Armoury.
You enter the attraction through the palace’s courtyard, a lovely spot with typical Valletta balcony and lovely clock tower. After your stroll through the courtyard, you gain entry to the palace complex. Your initial stop is the:
State Rooms
The Presidential Palace in Valletta dates to 1566 and was built following the Great Siege of Malta. It has undergone subsequent remodeling and enlargement, but core elements of the original construction remain. During the country’s British period it served as the Governor’s Palace and was the seat of Malta’s first constitutional parliament in 1921. The Palace was significantly damaged during World War …
