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    What do you call this region on Sliema?


    is there a name for the part of Sliema between Balluta Bay and Cat Park/Exiles (and inland I guess up to about Manoel Dimech)? I always struggle to describe this area while everywhere else seems to have a convenient reference like Ferries, or Tigne, or Mrabat*.

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    1. IndividualDue8741 on

      I think you have all the same terms, that Sliema residents use. There’s also the ‘Sleepy Corner’ at the end of Manwel Dimech

    3. DKO21 on

      I know what youre talking about but I cant put the name right now. I believe it could be after a waterpolo team. It could be Neptunes or something else. Ill edit if I remember.

    4. damnenx on

      Sliema, near the cat beach/park.
      Or Exiles/Antik.
      Between Balluta and Exiles. 🤷‍♀️

    5. youdoublearewhy on

      My mother always used to call that whole area up until Exiles the sunny side, I guess because it faces westwards so the flats there get a lot of direct sunlight in the afternoon.

    6. miggupetit on

      Old college street we would way to describe the area. Then theres lazy corner slightly behind it

    12. Sindagon on

      I’m from that area—I grew up there and lived there for about thirty years. It’s known by different names, but most commonly people refer to it as the San Girgor (St. Gregory) area, named after the parish church of St. Gregory on Isouard Street.

      When people ask which part of Sliema you’re from you nearly always mention one of the four parishes first. San Girgor, Stella Maris, Sacro Cuor or Nazzarenu. Then specify further by using other landmarks e.g. Tlett Sigriet, Peppi, Exiles, Salesjani, Tower Road (the Front), Dingli Street, Ferries etc.

    14. ChevalMallet on

      That area is most commonly referred to as “old college” or “il-kullegg l-antik” or “il-kullegg”.

      However I do recall that it had a specific name used by older people (which is no longer common today), some older people also refer to it as “hdejn ta l-imqaret” because they used to sell imqaret at what is now Peppi’s restaurant.

    15. Ok_Run_8646 on

      The bay used to be called il-Kalkara but that seems to have been forgotten now.

    18. tigiega on

      The part by the coast used to be referred to as “hdejn ta’ Taormina “ after the kiosk that used to be there up to the late 70’s