After four days of excursions we all needed a rest and so we had a day to relax. I spent the morning looking at the Dolmen stones, which have given the name to the hotel and spending some time on the hotel’s private beach reading. I then took a stroll along the coast road towards Bugibba. Luckily I was only a few yards from arriving back at the hotel when there was another of the quick, short cloudbursts that we had experienced. A drink party in Maureen and George’s room in the late afternoon allowed us to look at Grace’s panoramic photos of Valletta Harbour, probably taken in the 1930s.
Dolmen Hotel
Description of the Dolmen Stones
Description of the Dolmen Stones
Dolmen Stones with the hotel in the background
Because the Stones are a listed monument, the hotel had to be built around them.
Dolmen Stones with the hotel in the background
View from the hotel sundeck
The hotel from the road
The coast road and the Qawra coastal entrenchment
An 18th C fortification built by the Knights of St John as part of the defensive strategy
An 18th C fortification built by the Knights of St John as part of the defensive strategy
Part of the overgrown entrenchment
Coastal entrenchment
A small beach
Expensive houses on the coast road
Colourful Oleander
An excuse for an afternoon get-together
A section of one of Grace’s panoramic photographs taken by The Grand Studio, Malta
A section of one of Grace’s panoramic photographs taken by The Grand Studio, Malta
Another section
Empty glasses
A crowded balcony
View from Maureen and George’s room
Maureen
The ladies relax on the bed whilst George limbers up.
Deep in conversation
And I caught one this big!
Frank and Jenny pour over the photographs
Balcony discussions
Dolmen Hotel
The hotel's fishing boat
The hotel's fishing boat
Unknown – Cantu i l’emigranti (from ‘La Musica della Mafia’)