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The Phoenicia Hotel. Valletta

The Phoenicia Hotel has long been part of Valletta’s cityscape, a silent sentinel watching over the GrandHarbour and City Gate for decades.

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The Best of Malta and Gozo in 72 hours

Perched high up on one of Valletta’s gigantic medieval bastions overlooking the Grand Harbour and halfway through a glass of kinnie, the local non-alcoholic drink made from tart oranges and savoury herbs, here I was thinking of Sam Cremona.

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Malta and Gozo Introduction

This duo of Mediterranean islands may be on the small side, but lying close to Italy, they are so strategically important, former rulers lined up to fight over them.

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The Changing Face of Valletta

There’s a large gateway guarding the huge bastion walls of Valletta, Malta’s historic capital that has recently been the subject of much debate.

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Airport Parking & Hotels (APH) the UK’s award-winning parking specialist takes the mystery out of parking with a clear guide on what the different parking options mean. APH Demystifies Airport Parking Options

APH Meet and Greet Parking. Airport parking without the headaches

APH Meet and Greet parking has a lot to answer for. The call came out of the blue and totally unexpectedly.

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Spanish Paradores: Hotels have never tasted so good.

It’s late morning in Galicia and the surrounding plains are pancake flat (something of a rarity in these parts it must be said), but dominating them is the towering visage of Monte de San Vicente.

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