This was a perfect place to explore Valletta. Most hotels and rental apartments are across the bay in Sliema, which looks like any other modern city, while Valletta has kept its historic charm. The apartment is spacious and comfortable, though up four steep flights (=Paris 5) of stairs. The neighborhood is quiet and safe, we parked a scooter outside for nearly a week with no trouble at all. With a background symphony of ships' horns in the harbor and church bells in the towers, this apartment made us feel happily at home in Valletta.