Grand Hotel Excelsior

The Grand Hotel Excelsior has one of the best settings in the city. It’s a pastel-hued high-rise number located on the seafront, right next to the entrance to Valletta’s time-warp capital. You’ll look out over the glass-like waters of Marsamxett Harbour here, and there’s a sandy beach in front of the resort with a private section for hotel guests.

Luxury comes in spades at this place, from the glittering chandeliers and carpeted stairways of the interior, to the immaculately manicured gardens outside, which give way to a curvy sea-facing swimming pool. Among the hotel’s swish facilities there’s a state-of-the-art spa to recharge in, with candlelit cabins for facials, wraps and massages.