We really have mixed feelings about our stay here. At first glance from the listing - this apartment seems like it would be a great place in Malta - and some aspects of it were definitely good. But once you arrive and start to situate yourself - many shortcomings of this place as well as it’s location become very apparent and overall left us with some disappointment about our stay here.
The apartment is definitely spacious and that’s one thing that it has going for it. Initially it indeed looks like the pictures - but remember photos do not always tell or show the whole story. As soon as we arrived we started to discover several things that left us pretty disappointed.
We were a bit surprised that a lot of basics that we’ve seen in other places that we stayed in Malta (at the same and lower price points) were missing. Things such as sugar, normal coffee, a bottle or two of water, shampoo, body wash and conditioner. We left some sugar and other things ( laundry soap and laundry conditioner, etc) so hopefully the next guests will not feel as disappointed as we did.
We also found broken blinds in the left bedroom and a light hanging out of ceiling in bathroom (fixed both as best as we could) among several other things which again were a disappointment.
We really didn’t take the time to contact the host about any of these things because based off of the pretty impersonable written rules/conditions of stay which were posted on the front door and in the apartment manual - it seems more likely that it’s a professional company/venture and not a private host who is running this apartment.
We appreciated all the pre-check in information but the presentation of all of it is a bit much. The long messages with video and gdrive links plus QR codes everywhere felt overwhelming, automated and not very personable.
We did appreciate the ability for the very late check out and didn’t mind paying the extra cost for that option.
Another thing to mention is there is a considerable amount of road noise in this apartment that really is not mentioned in the description - so please keep that in mind if you like quiet nights and mornings.
It is true that there is a bus stop very close to the apartment - but the bus line routes that serve the area run at a lesser frequency than other more popular bus line routes in the more convenient and comfortable areas of Malta.
If you want to walk into Saint Julian‘s, it’s not a bad hike going in since your heading downhill. But if you intend to walk back - those who are not in very good shape might find the uphill hike a considerable challenge so I’d recommend those people stick with the bus, car or taxi.