Hello all, I would like to put my side of this link on the Fortina hotel, first I must say that it was a long time ago when I was there, so long ago that they had not even built the bit at the back never mind the tower on the side.
Let me take you back to 1993, me and Mrs Holidaymaker had just spent a great week on Gozo our first time in a four star hotel (Hotel Andar) with helicoptor tranfers and a taxi to our next four star hotel in Sliema.
Well we tuck in the sites as we were driven to our hotel, one of the best in Malta we were told.
On entry we looked at all the glass and marble of the foyer what looked like leather seats and two very stern looking Maltese at the desk who gave us the up and down sort of a look and told us we were on the second floor.
Well when we got in our room we just looked at each other and thought this is more like a geust house at Skeggy than a four star hotel, the carpet was dirty with fag burns on it the A/C made that much noise when it was on people in Valletta could hear it, and the bathroom was just a cupboard that would flood all the carpets in the main room.
The food in the restaurant was at best poor and the waiters were even poorer most of them just didnot give a monkeys, the one and only outdoor pool was nice but you had to pay for a sun bed and the night time entertainment was dire in a big way.
The only thing I could say about this hotel is if you are on the front it has one of the best views of Valletta you will ever see.
To round of last new year (2005) we had a look in the foyer as you do, and it was just the same as it was in 1993, dark and dank, so all I can say is I hope the two new bits are better than the old bit.

Dave