Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville

Manoel Island

Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville

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

Sliema Beach

Sliema, St Julian’s & 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…

Tigné Point (The Point)

Sliema, St Julian’s & Paceville

Tigné 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…

Portomaso Apartment & Marina Complex

Sliema, St Julian’s & 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…

Villa Dragonara

Sliema, St Julian’s & 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…

Palazzo Spinola

Sliema, St Julian’s & 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…

St George's Bay

Sliema, St Julian’s & 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…

Lazzaretto di San Rocco

Sliema, St Julian’s & 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…