Strolling from Sliema to St Julian's

A Stroll From Sliema To St Julian’s

One of the best things about Malta, is that a lot of things are in walking distance. So, one evening, my friends and I decided that we were going to head to Sliema and take in the views of the wonderful waterfront there.

After taking a very busy bus ride to Sliema, we decided to reward ourselves with a drink and a sit down in Surfer’s Paradise, a beautiful restaurant and bar that overlooks the water at Sliema. We had heard some great things about this venue, so we were all very intrigued to arrive there.

We opted to sit downstairs in the bar area and watch the waves crash against the shore line, just beneath the bar seating area. Surfer’s paradise offers extensive views of the beautiful bays and the marina. It really is a surfer’s paradise. However, it is not a paradise for your wallet. A can of Cisk at this venue would cost you €3.70, which is €2 more expensive than some of the previous bars we have been in. This heightened price should mean that the venue quality is much greater than the others that charge a lower, more reasonable price. However, this bar I think more relies upon the great views as opposed to the aesthetic of the bar itself.

We could hear some great music emerging from an unbeknown location, so we followed and stumbled across their downstairs club. This tiny little dancefloor actually had a great atmosphere, but our stay was short lived as we wanted to take a stroll along the water front.

After beginning our journey, we all fell pretty silent as we took in the wonderful views around us. The water front houses some lovely looking restaurants and bars for its visitors, which looked beautiful under their lighting as well as the lighting of the stars above. We made our way past the children’s playground and decided that we should stop off for another drink somewhere. This was our very own Sliema bar crawl.

We chose the place that looked the least busy, which was the City of London. A little bit of a shame that we opted for something with a British theme, however, this quaint little pub was a nice little find. The prices of their beers were much cheaper than our previous host which made it a little more appealing to our bank accounts. We sat here again for quite some time, watching the waves crash against the bay. We were really in the middle of some great scenery, with the old, quaint houses behind us and the beautiful waters ahead of us. By this time, it was getting quite dark, so everything looked even more spectacular with the additional fairy lights that were hanging from some of the bars and restaurants.

We decided to continue our lovely stroll and head for St Julian’s, making one more stop at a bar on our way. We chose to have a little rest break at Saddles in Spinola Bay, which again gave us some beautiful views.

During our walk we had passed some languages I had never even heard before and it was lovely to see people really stopping to appreciate the nature and scenery that was around them during their own stroll around the water front. This walk was incredibly peaceful despite the amount of people, as it really seemed that people wanted to immerse themselves into their own thoughts and space whilst being surrounded some amazing scenery.

Along the walk to St Julian’s one will pass some beautiful architecture, that is if you can take your eye off the water. There is the Church Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, which was underlit during the night, the Torri ta’ San Gijan is the 17thcentury hilltop tower,  The Roman Baths in Sliema and the Love statue in St Julian’s.