I will give this a 4-star rating because I hold out five stars for a really rare review. The good news is that there were no negative surprises and it was just as advertised. I will add that the location was better than expected. There was a bus stop four blocks away that made it easy to reach anywhere in the country. There were great restaurants, stores and anything you need close by. The waterfront was perfect, not too many tourists, quiet (in Jan) but still very beautiful. I did not need the host's help except for a very early ride (5 AM) to the airport and he was very helpful for that. The one thing that I did not think about, but living in any stone flat, in the winter, it has to be damp. This made it difficult to wash clothes and to dry them as there are no laundromats in the area (Valletta was the closest one). I suspect that summer would be easier for washing clothes and drying them. I travel light and was there for three weeks and needed to wash clothes often.