If you decide to stay here you will be received into a beautiful home by a wonderfully friendly couple in a very safe environment. The room was as good as, if not better than, the photo with the bathroom right next door.

The location is great, with a two minute walk to a stony beach for swimming in beautifully clear water, a 10 min walk to the vibrant Paceville nightlife district with its "sandy" but very crowded beach, and 15 min to the quieter Spinola bay with a variety of restaurants and pubs. You can walk home safely in the early hours should you decide to stay out late.

It was also a great starting point to explore the island(s) on a larger scale as it was well connected with three different buses stopping almost outside the house in an otherwise quiet street.

I enjoyed many good conversations with Rita and George over breakfast during my stay with them, and learnt more about modern life in Malta in this week than I probably ever could from reading books.