We really enjoyed our time in Il- Birgu and in this apartment.
We’re not party animals so the beautiful, ancient streets and quiet nature of the place really appealed to us. There is literally a house (the Norman house) kept as a museum on the same row so you can see exactly how historic and interesting the place is.
I think the apartment is perfect as a base for anyone who is looking to be out exploring during the day. The peaceful nature of the street was only affected early in the morning by a local lady & her tiny dog loudly starting the day and a very small amount of almost completed building work. Neither of which were especially bothersome and are part and parcel of being in the middle of things. We have also affectionately named the lady as our Maltese alarm clock.
The apartment itself has been thoughtfully converted and retains the feeling of an ancient building but still has the mod cons you’d want to feel comfortable.
The ferry is a fabulous resource and is the best way we found of reaching Valletta. It is quick and helps take away any worry of being isolated as Birgu is pretty tiny. Unfortunately the weather was too rough for it to run for the first half of our holiday so we had to take a lot of buses. The buses are pretty good on the whole but can be slightly unreliable and getting stuck in frequent traffic was a little draining.
All that said, we day tripped to every compass point in Malta & Gozo, swam in the harbour at Fort Manoel overlooking Valletta, wandered around countless gorgeous streets, every night returning to our lovely apartment and comfy bed.