Staying at Dar Ghax-Xemx was a complete dream.

The old farm house has a calm, relaxed atmosphere and as much outside space as inside space - with a cool, airy courtyard on ground level which opens to the bright blue sky, and an amazing, spacious roof terrace with two separate seating areas, BBQ, etc, with amazing views of Gozo all around. The house has high ceilings, and has everything you could need for a self catering stay. It was so great in fact that it made it a bit of a struggle to motivate ourselves to leave and go and explore the city of Victoria.

The location of this house has to be seen to be believed - the narrow streets in the oldest part of Victoria are so so beautiful. Warm limestone walls, cobbled streets too thin for cars to pass through in places, old statues of saints and knights looking down from the walls, potted ferns and other plants dotted around providing additional shade in the middle of the day when the sun is directly over the high-walled houses.

The location - apart from being beautiful - is really central and close to the main squares and the citadel. We also found parking easily close by even though the city's Saint Geroge's feast day celebrations were in progress and the town was busy with locals celebrating. The location is also great for exploring the rest of the island too - as you need to go through Victoria to get to most places elsewhere on the island.

George was really helpful with information about the property / check in info / wider island / feast day celebrations ahead of time - and though we didn't meet him in person as he was at a wedding the day we checked in, his mum met us as soon as we arrived (she lives on the other side of the tiny street) and was really helpful with everything we needed.

I would love to return to stay in this house again as after staying here I felt both relaxed and invigorated, which is really amazing as the Saint Geroge's Sunday bell ringing began at 6am on the last day of celebrations!