Interestingly, Malta is the only other place the Queen had ever lived, moving here as newlywed with Prince Phillip in the late 1940s. Before they made Villa Guardamangia their residence, the Queen had stayed at the island’s first luxury hotel, The Phoenicia, in Valletta.
Built in 1939 and open nearly a decade later, the Art Deco hotel looks over the bastion walls of Valletta and is set in seven acres of beautiful gardens. There are 132 rooms and suites, keeping their authentic and classic core, however updated with fresh and modern colours and furnishing.
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