Santa Swim in aid of Puttinu Cares

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Santa is fun, he can swim!

The Grand Hotel Excelsior will be organising a Santa Swim on Saturday 3rd December at 14.30 hrs at its Marina Triangle at the Grand Hotel Excelsior Malta. All proceeds will be donated to the Community Chest Fund.

Should you wish to participate in any of these fun events, please contact us on 21250520 or email info@excelsior.com.mt.

May your most precious gift be what you choose to give.

The colourful fishing village of Marsaxlokk

Marsaxlokk Bay is Malta’s second largest natural harbour. It is the best place to see the colourful, traditional Maltese fishing boats, the Luzzus, with the mythical eye painted on their prows. The village is the Islands’ main fishing harbour; its Sunday fish market a fascinating insight into local life and a traditional industry. The stalls brim with the night’s catch - fish of all shapes, colours and sizes. The village itself has many good fish restaurants.

Marsaxlokk derives its name from the Arabic word marsa, meaning harbour, and Maltese for the southeasterly Mediterranean wind, the Xlokk (Sirocco in Italian). Marsaxlokk, with its sheltered harbour, was an easy landing place for pirates and the Ottoman Turks. It was here that the Ottoman Turks landed for an attack which ended in the Great Siege of 1565. Napoleon’s army landed here in 1798; and in recent times, the harbour was the scene of the Bush-Gorbachev Summit,1989.

The headland to the left of the Bay is Delimara Point. It has two attractive, secluded rocky inlets suitable for swimming: Peter’s Pool; and the furthermost part of the headland. Fort Delimara, on the west of the peninsula, was built by the British in 1881 to guard the entrance to Marsaxlokk Bay.

Check Out Our Malta Sightseeing Tour:

Price for 2 to 4 persons: 160 Euro, or

Price for 5 to 6 persons: 180 Euro.

Should you wish to experience one of Our Special Malta Tours kindly contact our chauffeur driven service on: +356 2125 0520 or on transport@excelsior.com.mt.

Lampuki - A Traditional Maltese Dish

This month our Executive Chef, Roger Friggieri participated in a local competition called Chef’s Challenge. Roger was provided with four items including the “lampuki” with which he had to create something special.

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The lampuka is Malta’s most popular Autumn fish, with its delicate and coveted meat ready to be prepared in a variety of ways. The lampuki season, which starts at the end of August and runs well into November, brings out early-morning hawkers with their typical cry of “lampuki hajjin” (which means ‘lampuki alive’), plying their fresh wares to the Maltese housewives.

This particular fish, also known as the dorado or mahi-mahi, migrates past Malta and Gozo during the late Summer and Autumn. The local fishing technique used is rather particular. Palm fronds are cut and woven into flat rafts, which are then taken out to sea by the fishermen aboard their luzzu boats. The raft is put into position and left a while. Once the sun is high in the sky, the frond rafts create a lovely shaded area, which the lampuki find hard to resist. Sheltering under it in large shoals, the lampuki are then quickly caught with surrounding nets, to be then sold early next morning on the Maltese market. This method, known as kannizzati, has changed little over the past two millennia.

Experience our renowned Sunday buffet Lunch at one of Our Superior Malta Restaurants.

A MAGICAL CHRISTMAS at the Grand Hotel Excelsior

Christmas Holidays in Malta - A visit to the Excelsior at Christmas is a time when treats come in great packages, large and small. Those packages come in the form of our collective and individual skills and talents that will make your experience with us a very special one indeed...

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For further information please call Our Corporate Sales Team on 21250520 or email on events@excelsior.com.mt.

Halloween Dinner Party at the Grand Hotel Excelsior - Saturday 29th October

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A Welcome Wicked Witch Punch will be served from 7.00 to 8.00pm in the Hotel's haunted Lobby while the eerily delicious dinner will take place at the Admiral's Landing from 8.00pm onwards.

Prizes given for best costumes. Guest zombies will be entertaining the gremlins whilst DJ Krueger will take care of the rest.

Price: at 35 Euro per person.

Gremlins between 6 to 11 years old at 15 Euro each.
Gremlins aged under 6 are free when accompanied by two scary adults.

If you wish to place a booking for Halloween at one of our superior Malta Restaurants call 21250520 or email events@excelsior.com.mt.