Grand Hotel Excelsior

4.1

Excellent(4,071 Reviews)

Resort in Malta

5-Star Resort

Reasons to book

High-end valuePrice for this property is higher than average in the area

Includes essentialsGarden, Pool, Air conditioner and more

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About this resort

Set just outside the historic entrance to Valletta, this seafront hotel enjoys views of Marsamxett Harbour and Manoel Island. It offers free parking, a gym and large outdoor and indoor pools all for free.

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Wheelchair accessible

Beachfront or waterfront

Gym or Fitness Center

Garden

Family friendly

Map of Malta

Nearby attractions

The Valletta Waterfront

0.8 mi

Esplora Interactive Science Centre

1.8 mi

Available Rooms

Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Partial Sea View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 355 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Double Room with Full Sea View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 355 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

1 Queen or 2 Single • 355 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Royal Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

1 King • 1 King • 1 Sofa • 1614 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Presidential Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

1 Sofa • 1 King • 1 King • 1937 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

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Grand Hotel Excelsior

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4.1

Excellent(4,071 Reviews)

Resort in Malta

5-Star Resort

Reasons to book

High-end valuePrice for this property is higher than average in the area

Includes essentialsGarden, Pool, Air conditioner and more

Book with confidenceWe partner with the top travel sites so you know you're getting a great deal on the perfect rental

About this resort

Amenities

Pool

Air conditioner

Internet / Wifi

Smoking allowed

Laundry

Balcony or Patio

Hot tub or spa

Wheelchair accessible

Beachfront or waterfront

Gym or Fitness Center

Garden

Family friendly

Map of Malta

Nearby attractions

The Valletta Waterfront

0.8 mi

Esplora Interactive Science Centre

1.8 mi

Available Rooms

Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Partial Sea View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 355 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Double Room with Full Sea View

1 Queen or 2 Single • 355 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

1 Queen or 2 Single • 355 ft²

Sleeps 3

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Royal Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

1 King • 1 King • 1 Sofa • 1614 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Presidential Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

1 Sofa • 1 King • 1 King • 1937 ft²

Sleeps 5

You'll be directed to Booking.com for availability & pricing

Reviews

4.1

Excellent(4,071 Reviews)

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4.5

Nov 2024

Hotel excelente, un poquito anticuado.

La habitación es muy amplia. La atención con mucha cortesía y los camareros del desayuno, gracias a que son latinos hablan español. Son muy amables.

Decoración un poco anticuada y le falta más luz en el baño. En recepción no hablan español.

4.0

Oct 2024

We enjoyed our stay, but felt that it was a bit expensive - not 5 stars

Good soundproofing in room. Lovely view from the balcony. Friendly staff. Regular courtesy taxi to city gate. Very good breakfast choice. Complimentary two bottles of water every day was much appreciated.

The breakfast restaurant was very noisy, partly due to all the hard surfaces in the restaurant. The Middle Eastern theme buffet was very disappointing. Not very Middle Eastern and a lack of dessert choices. The main course was not Middle Eastern at all, more like English Sunday lunch. Most of the towels were grey and thin and needed replacing. The upholstery in the room was quite worn and the deco generally needs to be updated.

5.0

Oct 2024

Very comfortable stay.

Beautiful room, comfortable bed, excellent service.

A bit far from the centre of town, for the price it should include the breakfast.

4.0

Oct 2024

Immense hôtel impersonnel mais confortable

La taille des chambres, les piscines, l’emplacement

Le petit déjeuner est correct mais sans plus, personnel parfois désagréable au frontdesk, équipements dans l’ensemble vieillots.

4.0

Aug 2024

Pobyt miły.Najlepsze jest słońce.

Podobało mi się położenie hotelu.Hotel ma własną swoją plaże z dostępem do morza.Ma własny basen zewnętrzny i wewnętrzny.Pokój był każdego dnia posprzątany i była wymiana ręczników.

Jeżeli hotel ma duże obłożenie to należy uruchomić dwie restaurację na czas śniadań.W przeciwnym wypadku należy czekać by otrzymać stolik. Brak jest właściwej realizacji zamówień napojów przy basenie i plaży.Kelnerzy gubią się komu co podać.

4.0

Aug 2024

Genial relación precio calidad

Lo cerca que está de la zona de los autobuses y que tenía playa

Hay que remozarlo un poco

3.5

Jul 2024

Buono

Posizione , aperitivo di benvenuto e colazione abbondante

Spogliatoio della piscina sporco e la spa non come da aspettative

4.0

Jul 2024

Jestem zadowolony z pobytu

Śniadania bardzo dobre oraz lokalizacja. Bardzo pomocna dla osób nie znających j. angielskiego pracująca w tym hotelu pani Marcelina .

Próbę zameldowania do pokoju nie tego który był wcześniej wykupiony.

3.0

May 2024

Satisfactory hotel for visiting Valletta

Room had a good view and it was very pleasant sittinng on the balcony in the late afternoon sun,

There are 88 steps to climb to get to the road from the Hotel or a steep path which is a bit longer. The Hotel was quite impersonal. Indoor pool not heated and we found it too cold. Outside sun beds very low and uncomfortable. We were concerned about the Bar floor Manager's treament of staff, they all seemed quite intimitated by him. He seemed a bit tactile with some female members of staff which we wouldn't expect to see in a professional hotel.

4.0

May 2024

Very enjoyable and would go back

Breakfast was excellent and all staff very friendly and helpful

Maybe a slight refurbishment as carpets were getting a bit worn

3.5

May 2024

Mixed Impressions

The best feature of this hotel is the indoor pool (nice, not crowded, long opening hours...). Also, location is great, very close to old city center. Rooms are spatious, staff is nice... There is a free garage for guests (the info on booking site that the hotel has no parking was wrong).

We couldn't use the balcony and had to keep its doors closed at all times due to persistent and loud technical noise (probably from hotel's cooling or pool systems). Outdoor pool looked nice but unfortunately water in it was very cold. Other issues that a 5star hotel should fix: - update toilets - fix the facade (has stains and damages in several places).

4.0

May 2024

Good location. Nice big rooms. Breakfast buffet was superb.

I have stayed here before which is why I rebooked. Hotel is in a great location. About a 10 minute walk (uphill) to the Triton Fountain and bus station in one direction and similar to The Hop on/off bus pick up area. Staff in reception and breakfast room were superb. Lovely touch to be greeted with a drink on arrival. Luggage was stored for us as the room wasn't ready and this too is also a bonus. Room location was fine for one night though the view was of a wall so we didn't want to sit out on the balcony. Breakfast was superb and plentiful. We booked the hotel car to take us to the airport on departure and our driver was a lovely man. All in all, a great stay

Chaos in the bar in the evening. The till kept crashing (not the fault of the staff though). My husband returned to the bar 4 times to try and pay for a glass of wine and no one would take his money as they couldn't get the till to work. No waiter service outside (which would have been nice) and the tables outside were full of empty glasses/cups etc. Eventually we left cash on the bar for the drinks.

4.5

May 2024

Exactement l'excellence souhaitée

Le calme, la terrasse ensoleillée

L'attente aux ascenseurs en période de pointe, déjeuner, et départs.....

4.0

May 2024

Correcte

Quasi tot

Per anar a La Valeta, hi han unes pujades horroroses.

4.0

May 2024

Das Hotel hat eine sehr gute Lage und ist direkt am Meer.

Das Frühstück ist der Hammer. Riesige Auswahl und alles frisch. Da findet jeder Gast etwas passendes.

Das man in einem 5*Hotel für einen Espresso aus der Maschine extra zahlen muss, finde ich schon etwas kleinlich. Der Kaffee Americano aus der Thermoskanne war im Preis dabei. Auch Latte Macchiatto etc. kosten extra. Das Check-out war absolut chaotisch. Es ist gerade eine Gruppe mit 30 Leuten oder so gekommen und es waren nur 2 Mitarbeiter am Check-in und sie schienen ziemlich hilflos. Der Consièrge war nicht in der Lage, das Check-out zu übernehmen. Erst nach mehrmaligem Nachfragen, hat das dann für uns und andere Personen geklappt.

3.5

Apr 2024

Nice hotel, well placed

Good location, helpful staff, nice size of room, pool

Not enough variety of wine by the glass in the bar

4.5

Apr 2024

Wonderful location and extremely helpful Staff

The location of the Hotel couldn't be better, with the Bus Station just up the road plus you are with in a stones throw of the City Centre from the Bus Station. The Room was good with a Bath and Shower plus the views from our Balcony were beautiful, looking over the Harbour. The Room we had booked was a Room with a Partial Seaview and it was situated on Floor 7. The Breakfast was excellent with lots of different choices, from a Good Fry up to Cereals and Croissants.

4.0

Apr 2024

Een prima verblijf samen met mijn vader

Water zwembad was heel koud

4.0

Apr 2024

Great service, Great location, Great facilities

Great location, good facilities, pool, spa etc..

It does feel a bit dated in places and could do with a freshen up

5.0

Apr 2024

Lovely hotel

Lovely large clean room, good comfortable mattress on the bed. Good location with good views. Reception and concierge staff all very helpful.

Service in the bar area very slow at times.

2.5

Jan 2024

Don’t expect much and you won’t be disappointed.

Location in Valletta is amazing. The staff at the reception desk is helpful and can accommodate even if you don’t speak English. From the outside the hotel looks nice and luxurious.

I wouldn’t stay at this hotel again. The money is not worth it and the hotel was booked for one main reason - program during New Year’s Eve, which didn’t happen for us because of… I still even don’t know why…. The staff at the bar would not clean the table unless you go directly to them and tell them - they wait for you to come. It would take at least 20 minutes of wait for your drinks to arrive and this happens even if the bar is not busy. The breakfast is the same everyday, nothing special you can look forward to. After couple days you can skip some and won’t mind at all. After more than one hour!!! of waiting in line to check-in, a big disappointment was a room that does not meet the expectations of a 5* hotel at all. We checked out 2 days early and booked an earlier flight, bc the weather forecast for the next 2 days wasn’t good and we couldn’t imagine staying at the hotel or in the small room for next 2 rainy days.

4.5

Jan 2024

Ottimo hotel

Posizione, pulizia e gentilezza

In piscina non c'è un bagno è necessario uscire fuori e non c'è il phone

4.5

Nov 2023

Grandioso y acogedor aunque un poco viejo en algunos aspectos

Nos encantó la piscina cubierta con el jacuzzi, las vistas desde el comedor y el excelente servicio. La habitación era grande y acogedora, no le faltaba de nada

Se ha quedado un poco viejo, la iluminación con lámparas las tenías que encender y apagar de una en una

5.0

Nov 2023

Super

Najwygodniejsze łóżko na jakim spałam

Wpłacenie 150 euro jako zabezpieczenie

4.0

Nov 2023

A good place to stay if you want to be in Valletta. Plus easy parking!

Great breakfast, big room, very friendly and competent staff. The location is an easy walk into Valletta and, apart from they have weddings (Saturdays in the summer, +?) it is very quiet. That is quite different from Valletta which is hellishly noisy with street music every night! The Phoenicia is better, but the Excelsior is half the price - good value for a 5 star hotel. Super pool and gymn, with a 5 am opening and late night closing.

The decoration is clean, but really old-fashioned.

4.5

Nov 2023

Comfortable stay.

Rooms were cleaned daily. Large variety of buffet breakfast spread.

4.5

Nov 2023

Beau we à Malte

Séjour parfait grâce à un personnel d’un grand professionnalisme et je les remercie tous (de la réception, du restaurant et du ménage). Ils nous ont permis de passer un très agréable séjour dans ce bel hôtel (nous y sommes déjà venus deux fois) et tout est toujours aussi parfait. Petit- déjeuner face à la mer, piscine extérieure même en novembre, propreté de la chambre.

Rien à voir avec l’hôtel mais avec les clients qui mettent leur téléphone en haut-parleur …Il existe des oreillettes pour ne pas déranger les autres!

3.0

Nov 2023

I would never stay in this hotel if I would know about security deposit situation

Breakfast was good and the friendly gentleman who took care of my luggage when I arrived (concierge) also offered a welcome drink Foyer overall the first impression was good

I was waiting for 3 hours (arrived at noon) for my room to check in The reception was not very accommodating and in the bathroom was left a dirty towel There were holes in the window sheers I was asked for a 100 Euro security deposit (which had never ever happened to me before) that was to be returned after checkout. I still didn't receive it back and after several phone calls I was told I could expect it in 2-4 weeks time

4.0

Nov 2023

Buono

Vicinanza al centro e ai bus. Belli la piscina e la SPA. Graditissime le mele alla reception

Un pò datato

2.5

Aug 2023

Did the job buy no more

Location was awesome and a very nice pool

Tired and not well maintained Reception processes were poor and no urgency Pool bar has a narrow menu and is poor value

4.5

Aug 2023

Superb

Great location and short walk to Valletta centre.

4.0

Aug 2023

Relaxing

Location is excellent Staff are so attentive

Looking jaded in places Not a five star hotel compared to others

5.0

Jul 2023

Just a great hotel everything is close by

Location view from room outstanding

The external needs a good coat of paint Improve your wifi

4.5

Jul 2023

We will be back

The Hotel was welcoming to the moment we walked through the door We were brought a cool drink as we checked in The staff are great the hotel elegant and the courtesy car an unexpected bonus

3.5

Jul 2023

Good

the location is really good and it is appreciable to have the possibility to go to the swimming pool at the end of the day.

would need a bit of refurbishment. Rococo style of the rooms

4.5

Jun 2023

helpful friendly staff, would definitely return

great location for exploring Valletta but also lovely pool and beach area for resting

2.5

Jun 2023

Passable

Sea

It's 5 stars hôtel.....due to price

2.5

May 2023

Passable

The location is in walking distance to the the city center. The staff is very friendly.

Overall this hotel is very old fashioned and it is NOT a 5star hotel. The cleanliness in the bathroom is doubtful. The toilet flushing was not working. The bed mattress and pillows are extremely sift. The breakfast quality is very poor despite good choice. The coffee at breakfast is terrible. The price is horrendous given the level of overall quality of the hotel.

FAQs

How much does this resort cost compared to others in Malta?

The average price for a rental in Malta is £62 per night. This rental is £21 above the average.

Is parking included with this resort?

Parking is not specified as an available amenity at Grand Hotel Excelsior. For more information, we encourage you to contact the property about where to park.

Is there a pool at this resort?

Yes, a swimming pool is available for use at Grand Hotel Excelsior. Enjoy the water!

Is Grand Hotel Excelsior pet friendly?

Unfortunately, this resort is not pet-friendly. Try searching again and filter for "Pets Allowed"

What amenities are available at Grand Hotel Excelsior?

We found 13 amenities for this rental. This includes pool, air conditioner, internet / wifi, smoking allowed, and laundry.

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Grand Hotel Excelsior

Resort in Malta

Reasons to book

About this resort

Amenities

Map of Malta

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Partial Sea View

Deluxe Double Room with Full Sea View

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

Royal Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

Presidential Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

Grand Hotel Excelsior

Resort in Malta

Reasons to book

About this resort

Amenities

Map of Malta

Nearby attractions

Available Rooms

Deluxe Double or Twin Room with Partial Sea View

Deluxe Double Room with Full Sea View

Deluxe Double or Twin Room

Royal Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

Presidential Suite with Terrace and Full Sea View

Reviews

FAQs

How much does this resort cost compared to others in Malta?

Is parking included with this resort?

Is there a pool at this resort?

Is Grand Hotel Excelsior pet friendly?

What amenities are available at Grand Hotel Excelsior?

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