Grand Hotel Excelsior Malta
The Grand Hotel Excelsior Malta stands at the top of the pile when it comes to luxury hotels in Malta. Situated just outside the wonderful capital city of Valletta, the hotel is the very epitome of luxury with its location next to the imposing bastions as well as being close to the water’s edge. The hotel strikes you immediately as soon as you enter it – the massive hallway and the sumptous restaurants and meeting areas give the hotel the impression of a luxury cruise liner. Of course, its location is truly one that leaves nothing to be desired since it close to all transport links in Valletta that can take you anywhere on the island.
Since the Excelsior is a luxury hotel, one would expect the accomodation to be truly top notch and so it is here. The 433 rooms and suites are panned out over ten floors and contain every epitome of luxury that one can imagine. The beds are adorned with the finest linen sheets avilable, most of the rooms have stunning sea views either of Valletta or else of Msida and Sliema Creek just opposite. The bathrooms are finished to the highest standards and the executive suites contain all the facilities that are deemed necessary for business meetings, one to one encounters or simply luxury at the very top of the range. The luxuriant beds are also described as being ‘sinkable’ which adds to their sumptous effect whilst the accessories provided include bathrobes that will enable you to simply sit back and relax after your shower and unwind after a long day. And if you really want to go the extra mile in terms of luxury there are the Royal and Presidential Suites that are the pinnacle of luxury – these have hosted several VIP’s ranging from actors, sports personalities as well as Heads of State and politicians.
The cuisine and bar facilities at the Excelsior are appropriate for a top of the range five star hotel. The numerous restaurants are all equipped with the finest chefs and the menus are truly mouth watering in every department. The breakfast is truly sumptous with every kind of ingredient imaginable whilst the lunch and dinner buffets are an experience on their own. One popular aspect of the Excelsior is its traditional Sunday lunch where several patrons who are not guests make the most out of this occasion to spend Sunday on a truly high note.
Conference facilities are also of the highest quality at the Excelsior with meeting rooms regularly used for important events such as business launches, meetings as well as press conferences. The provision of fre WiFi throughout the hotel as well as superfast network speeds for those who are prepared to pay more for better service make this hotel one of the finest on the island.