We stayed at Jean Paul & Isa’s beautiful home for a week at the start of June for
my sisters wedding & truely couldn’t fault it. The house has been renovated to such a high standard and has everything that you could possibly need. The garden area and pool were the main reason we booked this villa and it was just a slice of heaven in 36° heat! The garden sees the sunshine for most of the day but with the beautiful trees there is always some shade to be found. Paola is very residential & not particularly touristy, there’s not really any restaurants but we used the app Bolt (bit like Uber) and it was only €7-8 for a taxi into Valletta. If your looking for more of a typical holiday resort with beaches close by you would want to stay in the north of the Island but if you want to be close to the capital and love the raw architecture & living like a local then you wouldn’t be disappointed in choosing to stay here.