Where to stay The Phoenicia, located just outside of the city (less than 10 minutes away from the Upper Barrakka Gardens), is arguably Malta’s principal heritage hotel.

As for where to stay, there may be no better home base than Finca Cortesin. Modeled after a palatial country house for the nobility, the 67-room hotel is a fascinating dichotomy of old and new.

Where to stay The Phoenicia, located just outside of the city (less than 10 minutes away from the Upper Barrakka Gardens), is arguably Malta’s principal heritage hotel. It sits on seven acres of ...