Sliema Malta

[Sheffield History]

 

 

Sliema sits just over Valletta Harbour from the great UNESCO castles and cathedrals of the Maltese capital. It's a vibrant, lived-in area. You can find colourful apartments rolling down to coves and tidal pools where the Mediterranean Sea sloshes against the quaysides.

 

Sliema is a resort town on the east coast of the Mediterranean island of Malta. The waterfront features a long promenade and the 18th-century polygonal Fort Tigné in the south.

 

To the north, St. Julian’s Tower is a 17th-century watchtower and battery. The baroque-inspired Stella Maris Church dates from the 1850s. On tiny Manoel Island is the star-shaped Fort Manoel, built by the Knights of St. John. Sliema, town, eastern Malta, situated on a headland between Marsamxett Harbour to the east and St. Julian's Bay to the west. It faces Valletta southward across the harbour, with Fort Tigné dominating the entrance.

Nowadays, Sliema is one of the top commercial districts in Malta, where all the leading designer shopping outlets, restaurants and cafés can be found. The town earned its stellar reputation during the British period in Malta, when it became renowned as the upper-class' locality of choice. Sliema itself doesn't have any sandy beaches, in fact there is no Sliema beach Malta.

 

The shoreline spanning from the local area all the way round to St Julians has quite a rocky shore. This doesn't stop locals from grabbing a towel and lounging by the water. Whether it’s day or night, the resort town of Sliema thrums with activity. Historic cathedrals, watchtowers, and forts spatter the area, while along the waterfront locals shop, dine, bar hop, or stroll along the promenade for views of the shimmering Mediterranean.