When planning my trip to Malta, a work colleague asked a friend of his where I should stay. Sliema was the answer, and so I went looking online for a decent hotel. The Land’s End Boutique Hotel caught my eye, but I thought it a little expensive so kept looking.
Eventually I found a deal on Booking.com, where I prepaid and it was booked through some shadowy intermediary of theirs. In the end, it was €499.00 for the four night stay, which is quite pricey for Malta. Luckily it turned out to be worth it!
A Room At Land’s End
Once my flight landed, I was quickly into the €20 taxi from the airport, which took about 10-15 minutes to get to the hotel. I was checked in efficiently, advised the tap water was not for drinking, and that there were water fountains on every second floor to refill the glass bottles in the fridge. I headed up to my sea view room on the fourth floor and found it to be quite nice.
That View Though!
Considering the location of the hotel, which is very close to the ferry to Valetta, there was no way I was not going to get a sea view room. I arrived after sunset, so imagine my pleasure when I saw this view from the balcony.
Room Service
The only black mark I have against this hotel is the room service. There is a restaurant on the first floor of the hotel called Hammett’s Monastik and one night I ordered room service from there. For Fried Gbejna as a starter and Braised Beef as a main, I paid €33.00. Now, it arrived in 20 minutes, which was promising, but otherwise it was a disappointment.
What About The Pool?
The 11th floor of the hotel has an indoor pool, with views overlooking the city. It’s a really nice spot to relax for a swim and when I visited I was the only person up there. Bliss!
Overall Thoughts
The Land’s End Boutique Hotel in Sliema is a place I’d happily stay again. You can’t beat the location and the sea view rooms are really worth it. I saw inside a room across the hall when the maids were at work, and their view was a wall opposite, so definitely fork out the extra.
Staff at the hotel were really lovely, particularly the ladies on reception when I was leaving. Good fun all round! I drank tons of the water from the water station on my floor and had no ill effects, so all good there too.
Location wise, it’s close to everything. I ate from nearby food trucks (“Thais-ty”), a Peruvian place in a mall which was well reviewed (inevitably called Macchu Picchu), Cinnabon and even McDonald’s (for a midnight McFlurry). There are lots and lots of places to eat, shop and be merry in the area.
Have you been to Malta before? What do you think of the place? Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions, please leave them below.
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That is a magical view, night time and day time. Almost worth the money itself.
Completely agree, it was very, very cool!
I visited Malta on a scouting trip in September and stayed at the Hyatt Regency. I liked the island overall, saying it’s like two parts Greece, one part Italy, and one part Istanbul. I found the people to be quite nice, the food good, the architecture awe inspiring, and the history fascinating. One gripe is that the hop-on hop-off buses all lack air conditioning. The Hyatt was very well located with a mall across the street and plenty of eating and drinking places nearby while being in a peaceful spot itself. Like your hotel it had an indoor pool, which… Read more »
That’s a really good way to describe Malta really! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did. I also plan to go back at some point too – just a great place all round.