Malta Hotels with Indoor Pools: Best Year-Round Family Picks

Why families love Courtyard by Marriott Sliema

Brand-new, no quirks yet. The 9th-floor indoor pool has wall-to-wall glass and Valletta views — unusual in Malta — and the water's consistently warm. Kids under 12 must be with an adult; there's no kids' pool but the main pool has a shallow 1.2m end. Rooms are Marriott-compact but the family rooms sleep 4 with a sofa bed. No on-site restaurant for dinner, but you're a 3-minute walk from Sliema's strip of casual eateries. Breakfast is a la carte plus buffet and actually good.

Why families love AX ODYCY Hotel

Opened recently so the rooms and family suites are fresh. Kids' club is smaller than Westin's but the pool slide is the main attraction anyway. Qawra is not the prettiest part of Malta but the flat promenade with 20+ family restaurants means no one has to drive. Swimming is off rocks in Qawra — use the pool or bus 15 minutes to the sandy beach at Mellieħa.

Why families love Corinthia Palace Malta

Corinthia Palace is the strongest base I know in Malta for a family golf trip. This heritage five-star in Attard, in the centre of the island, is a 7-minute drive from Royal Malta Golf Club. Its mature gardens are flat enough for a pram, and children can choose between a large outdoor pool and a heated indoor one. Family rooms sleep four, there is a spa for the adults, and the San Anton Gardens are within walking distance.

Why families love Malta Marriott Resort & Spa

The heated indoor pool is the star: it runs at 29°C year-round and the separate kids' indoor pool has a shallow zero-entry. We stayed in April and used both pools daily while friends in outdoor-only hotels gave up by 4pm. Service is Marriott-standard polished (cots arrive fast, high-chairs in every restaurant). The rooftop pool has views of Balluta Bay but the wind can be strong. Location wins: two minutes to Spinola Bay, four to Balluta's small pebbly beach.

Why families love Radisson Blu Resort & Spa, Malta Golden Sands

The beach is the whole reason to book here — Ghajn Tuffieha is one of maybe three proper sandy beaches in Malta and the hotel owns the access stairs. Kids' club staff are regulars, not summer hires, and the programme includes Maltese folk games which our 9-year-old talked about for weeks. Rooms are large and the buffet has a proper kids' section.

Why families love Maritim Antonine Hotel & Spa

The playground is basic (wooden tower, slide, swings) but it's steps from the pool, so you can let the kids swap between them without fetching. The indoor pool saved us on the one cloudy day in April. Our twin room with extra bed was tight for a family of 4 — ask for the Family Suite if you can stretch the budget. Staff are Malta-warm: they brought high-chairs, booster seats, a cot, and a kettle to the room without being asked. Great value, small pool, real town feel.

Why families love Ramla Bay Resort

The kids' club here is the most relaxed on the island — small groups, lots of outdoor time. Our 6-year-old was making sandcastles at 10am with the animator. The hotel is showing its age in places (book a renovated room) but the beach and pool complex are excellent. If you want 'we never left the hotel' holiday vibes, this is your pick. Allow 20 minutes drive or a ferry hop to Gozo for a day trip.

Why families love Novotel Malta Sliema

Novotel's usual reliable family formula: kids under 16 stay free in parents' room, free cots, a kids' play corner in the lobby with Lego and books. The indoor pool is smaller than the Marriott's but the water's warm and it's open until 22:00, so bedtime swims are a thing here. Ask for a sea-view room above the 7th floor — the Valletta skyline at dusk is the best view we had in Malta. Buses to Valletta stop outside and take 10 minutes.

Why families love Solana Hotel & Spa

A no-nonsense 4-star that does family well without feeling like a kiddie zone. Rooftop play area is small (climbing frame, slide, sand pit) but has knockout views over Mellieħa. Pool area is where families cluster — the small slide on the kids' pool kept our 6-year-old busy for three afternoons. Rooms are dated but spotless; the family room with bunk beds is worth the €30/night upgrade. Evening animation is light (bingo, karaoke), not the in-your-face kind. Bus stop for the Valletta line is outside the door.

Why families love Grand Hotel Excelsior

You come here for the location (15 min walk to Fort St Elmo, the Upper Barrakka, and every Valletta museum) and discover a proper family-capable hotel underneath. The indoor pool is on the lower level with harbour-view glass walls that slide open on warm days. The kids' pool next to it is 60cm deep and heated. Breakfast buffet is big enough for a three-plate eater — add the €8 kids' fruit plate to avoid the usual cereal-only trap. Family triple rooms face the garden, not the harbour.

Why families love Corinthia St George's Bay

Bigger is both the charm and the drawback — you'll walk 300m from your room to the indoor pool, which is behind the spa reception. Once there, the pool itself is glass-roofed, warm (28°C), and usually quiet in the mornings before 10:00. The hotel's own sandy cove at St George's Bay is a 4-min walk down through the terraces. Kids under 12 swim free in the spa pool; anyone 12+ counts as adult for spa access and needs a day pass. Request the Ocean Wing for the best indoor-pool access.

Why families love QAWRA Palace Resort & SPA

Feels like a 2000s Mediterranean mega-resort, which if you've got two kids under 10 is actually what you want — everything on-site, everything supervised, buffet that caters to fussy eaters. Kids' club is more basic than Westin but it's free and the staff are kind. The seafront is rocky Qawra not sandy Golden Bay, so for beach days you'll catch bus 225 to Mellieħa. Good value in shoulder season.

Why families love Pergola Hotel & Spa

Pergola is the upper end of the Mellieħa scene, and the price reflects that. The strength is range: an outdoor pool with a real children's section, a heated indoor pool that extends the swim season into November, plus the spa for adults to disappear into for an hour while the in-house babysitter takes the kids. Family rooms are 35-40 sqm with a separate living area. Reviews praise breakfast quality and front-desk responsiveness — Maltese-family-owned still, which shows. The 10-minute downhill walk to Mellieħa Bay sand beach is a real plus, but the walk back up is steep. Best for families with toddlers who need a heated pool and parents who want one spa hour.