A LITTLE FIVE STAR LUXURY IN MALTA

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A LITTLE FIVE STAR LUXURY IN MALTA

Fortina is a unique Five Star Resort Hotel and Spa, ideally located in the heart of Sliema on the sea front with a stunning view of Valletta and St Paul’s church. It is only minutes away from the ferry terminal, which goes to Valletta. It is also the departure point for all boat cruises going to Gozo and Camino and around Malta. The Point, Malta’s biggest shopping mall is just behind the hotel. The trendy shopping streets of Torri and Bisazza are only a few minutes walking distance from the hotel.

Guests can enjoy a memorable stay in spacious air-conditioned rooms, equipped with satellite TV, mini bar, coffee maker and kettle with a fine selection of teas and coffee to choose from. The rooms come with either a view into the tropical garden around which the hotel is built or with a direct view of the sea.

The hotel focuses on health and wellbeing, with five swimming pools, state of the art spa; a fitness centre equipped with the latest equipment, medical and dental clinics plus physiotherapy and rehabilitation centres. Spa Santé is the ultimate in relaxing environments with a variety of treatments on offer. The facilities include a Whirlpool, Reflexology Basin, Kneipp Walk, Aqua Meditation, Laconium, Ice Grotto, Steam Room, Sauna and Fun Showers.

The ambitious idea of wellbeing can also be found in bedrooms if you wish to pamper yourself. The 36 spacious bedrooms accommodate a double shower steam room, a therapeutic massage bath with several programs, a Dermalife machine to cleanse the body and a hot tub Jacuzzi placed behind the bed next to the window that opens on to the garden. Nine of them even have a small private pool and balcony.

The Terrace Restaurant

All this is complemented with the brilliant idea of ‘around the world’ dinning, offering an amazing range of cuisines to choose from. There are six international restaurants serving Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Indian, Thai and Mediterranean food with a choice of indoor or outdoor dinning.

Michael Zammit, the owner of Fortina also owns Captain Morgen Cruises and the Big Red Bus offering ‘Hop on Hop Off’ sightseeing. Guests get the benefit of a complementary day bus tour of Malta and a two hour cruise around the Grand Harbour of Valletta and the three cities of Cospicua, Senglea and Vittoriosa.

Fortina also enjoys easy access to the rocky seafront beaches just outside the hotel for swimming and snorkeling. It is only a five minute walk from the hotel to the Diveshak (https://www.divemalta.com), a long-standing dive centre that offers diving courses and adventure dives from beginners up to advanced divers of all ages by experienced qualified divers.

Fortina Spa Resort

Stay for seven nights at Fortina Spa Resort (www.fortinasparesort.com) from just £799 per person half-board, based on two sharing a tower sea view or balcony room, with a choice of six restaurants, plus return flights with 20kg baggage allowance and airport transfers, as well as a cruise of Malta’s Grand Harbour and a city sightseeing bus tour. Book with Spa Travel on 0800 917 3001 or visit www.spatravel.co.uk

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The glamorous five star Phoenicia hotel, located next to the city walls and by the entrance gate to Valletta, Malta’s capital city, is a historical building, built in 1947 as the country’s first luxury hotel. This is definitely one of the treasures of the city, having hosted celebrities and politicians through the decades and still operating to very high standards of service.

The façade of the building, a Grade II National Monument, is an impressive display of art and architecture adding to the character of the hotel. The chic entrance leads into The Palm Court Lounge, a large lobby with a piano bar at the centre, opening into a large dinning room with a beautiful terrace that overlooks 7.5 acres of gardens and the Grand Harbour of Valletta.

The hotel is ideally situated in very close proximity to the ancient city of Valletta, a UNESCO world heritage site, packed with houses, buildings and magnificent churches built of limestone. It is a rich cultural city full of interesting stories, ranging from the Knights of St John to defense against Ottoman forces, being conquered by Napoleon to welcoming British forces to kick out the looting French army.

The garden is a haven of peace with a charming corridor of trees which is a pleasure to stroll through. The gardens are also home to a variety of organic vegetables and herbs grown to be used in the hotel’s kitchen. Saul Halevi, the renowned Executive Chef of the hotel who created this smallholding looks after it to ensure guests get the best taste of the local produce.

The beautifully designed garden leads to the swimming pool and the Bastion Pool Bar and Restaurant which, as the name suggests, are next to the rampart walls of the city. It is a perfect location to relax, swim and have a light lunch served by friendly staff during hot summers.

Guests also have the choice of dining in the award-winning Phoenix Restaurant with a wide variety of Mediterranean and Maltese cuisine. Or you can try Pegasus restaurant, which offers a lovely atmosphere to enjoy traditional dishes, made from local vegetable produce and seafood.

The Phoenicia has a reputation for as the perfect place to celebrate weddings, having a choice of seven venues including the Ballroom with 284 Sq. Metres of floor area and a capacity of up to 800 people.

Executive Room

It is ideally located for visitors to tour all attractions in Malta and it is only a 10 minute drive from Medina, Malta’s first capital city with it’s mixture of Roman and Medieval architecture and fortification walls.

Phoenicia Hotel
Rooms at Phoenicia Hotel start from just £55 per person sharing per night, valid for advance online bookings. To book call 0800 862 0025 or visit www.phoeniciamalta.com

PLEASE NOTE - LATEST NEWS FLASH FROM THIS HOTEL

CampbellGray Hotels is to start an extensive refurbishment programme of The Phoenicia Hotel Malta between 14 November 2015 and 31 March 2016 when the hotel will close its doors to allow work to take place without the risk of disruption to its guests.

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The luxury five-star Hotel Ta' Cenc & Spa is located in the small village of Sannat in the high hills of the island of Gozo in a natural setting surrounded by flora and fauna, overlooking stunning cliffs and blue sea.

The privately owned grounds of the hotel extend to over 400 acres into the beautiful countryside which blends into the historical character of the island. The stay in Ta’ Cenc is ideal for lovers of nature and adventurous explorers to experience memorable days. The Hotel also has its own picturesque rocky cove with clear waters, a perfect setting for snorkeling and diving.

The hotel rooms are charming bungalows dotted throughout a large garden, surrounded by flowers and shrubs filling the air with fragrant scents. The single story rooms are in harmony nature and the surrounding landscapes. All 83 air-conditioned rooms have a TV, mini bar and kettle with a fine selection of teas to choose from.

Ta Cenc has two swimming pools for adults and children surrounded by landscaped bungalows. The gym is located in the spa centre that has a heated indoor and outdoor pool combined with Jacuzzi, steam room and sauna. The spa is a relaxing place in a natural environment with a wide variety of treatments on offer.

The hotel has three restaurants. Dinning outdoor at Il-Carrubo Restaurant under a 400-year-old carob tree with a variety of traditional Maltese and Italian dishes along with Gozitian specialties in this romantic setting. Il-Terrazzo is a Mediterranean restaurant, serving a variety of traditional cuisines on the terrace overlooking the hotel’s vast garden leading your eye further into Gozo’s scenic horizon. The Kantra Beach Club is a bar and grill restaurant at the edge of the water near the rocky cove, serving fresh grilled fish with variety of pastas and salads in breath-taking scenery.

Gozo is a small island but it has a lot to offer from 7,000 year-old temples to historic small towns and magnificent churches and many incredible coves and red sandy beaches. It is an ideal place for scuba diving.

Ta’ Cenc Hotel is only 10 minutes’ drive from the medieval town of Rabat (known as Victoria), the capital of Gozo. You can stroll through narrow cobbled streets, which zigzag around this lively and sociable town where you can find fresh local produce and cheeses, antiques, crafts and handmade knitwear shops. During the summer the town is the focus for various religious fiestas and weekly firework displays.

Ta' Cenc Hotel, Sannat, Gozo
For more information on this lovely hotel or to make a booking please visit http://www.tacenc.com .

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