The highly recommended St Julians 5 Star Hotel Le Meridien is ideally located, central & just a few kilometers away from the capital city of Valletta, making the hotel an excellent base from where to explore the unique history, architecture and culture of Malta. The St Julians Hotel Meridien is situated in the grounds of 19th century Villa Cassar Torregiani upon the edge of the seafront, overlooking Balluta Bay. Its design is particular having retained some features of the origial Villa. Le Meridien enjoys 276 rooms and suites offering spectacular sea views or valley views over typical Mediterranean terraced fields. The Hotel is situated along the seafront of the picturesque Balluta Bay, ideally located just off the promenade, and a short walk to where one can find restaurants, cafes, bars, clubs and on the other side to the main shopping areas of the East of the Island. The le Meridien Hotel is fully equipped with an amazing leisure center and Spa to ensure clients can relax and treat themselves to a wellness experience during their stay in Malta. All hotel guests have access to the Spa facilities, including an indoor heated pool, hot tub, cold dip, sauna, steam room, squash court, fitness room and a roof top pool with its sundeck and restaurant offering magnificent views over the Bay of Ballutta. The hotel is located in between St Julians and Sliema – these areas where historically fishing villages but have now been turned into major residential and tourist centres. St Julian’s is Malta’s main nightlife centre where there are clubs, casinos and numerous restaurants, cafes, bars and the bulk of Malta’s 5 Star hotels are located here. The picturesque Spinola Bay is oly a 10 minute walk away from the Meridien’s main building and is still used by local fishermen to sell their fish to the numerous restaurants in the area from their traditional boats (Luzzu) that are housed just below the restaurants. Spinola bay is partiuclarly busy in summer nights as a venue for al-fresco dining.