Ilona and Max are fantastic hosts who went out of their way to accommodate us on very short notice. They were always available to offer anything we might need. Their nicely renovated traditional Maltese house is very tastefully decorated by Ilona, and comes equipped with most everything a traveller needs. The rainforest shower is awesome. Floriana is a revelation, and the house is ideally located to enjoy its lovely parks and waterfront. We loved the neighbourhood. Valletta is a 5-minute walk away, but Floriana is much less congested and yet has many historical features of interest in its own right, including beautiful architecture of the Knights' era, fortifications, baroque churches, monuments, parks, gardens, and a grand boulevard and arcade of charmingly faded old-world elegance that appears to have been modelled on the Rue de Rivoli, with many small shops catering to the local population, so one gets a feel for the real, lived-in Malta. The Valletta Waterfront restaurants and bars are a short stroll from the house and there is an excellent new pizza place called Chef's Plate on Triq Sant' Anna (the main street) a few minutes away. The house is situated on a quiet lane, with friendly neighbours, just one street back from the waterfront, and slices of Grand Harbour and Valletta's bastions are visible from the enclosed balcony upstairs. Cruise ships dock (averaging more than one a day during our stay) on the Valletta waterfront, which is literally in front of the house, below the beautiful, relaxing, uncrowded park on the bastion walls across the street. One is practically within hailing distance of the passengers, and it's quite a thrill to watch these massive vessels dock from the vantage point of a perch above them. On our last night we watched a spectacular half-hour fireworks display in Grand Harbour from the park across the street. We highly recommend this place for anyone who wants the convenience of being within walking distance of Valletta's many attractions in the less crowded, less frenetic local atmosphere of Floriana, in a modernized house that gives you a keen sense of Malta's interesting history.