Sliema, Malta

Sliema sits on Malta's northeast coast with roughly 25,000 residents, making it the island's largest resort town and a five-minute ferry ride from the capital, Valletta. A three-kilometre promenade, the Sliema Front, runs along the shore to neighbouring St Julian's. The oldest surviving structures are the 1625 Stella Maris Church and the 1878 Mount Carmel parish church, while the 1855 Fort Sliema, part of the British-era Victoria Lines, now serves as a sports ground. The 1905 Tigné Point development occupies the site of former British barracks, and the town's name comes from the Arabic word for peace and comfort. What that name first described is harder to find today.