There is much to love about this flat. It is huge, for starters. One massive room incorporating kitchen, dining and sitting room, two enormous bedrooms and two sizeable bathrooms – all off a hallway wide enough to park a tank. It is bright and cheerful, too. The hosts, who are quick to respond and helpful, have clearly spent a lot of time picking out furniture (mid-century for the most part) and art. It feels like a proper home with not a sniff of Ikea, the Airbnb host’s standby, thank heavens. It is in a great location, too, and (joy of joy because it is on the third floor) has a lift. But for all its advantages the flat has some quirks worth noting. To begin with, it is opposite one of the deep-water berths for cruise ships. Chuck a stone (well catapult a stone) and you could hit a sailor or a passenger, as is your wont. During my short stay several ships arrived and left and while in port they block the view. Two of the moorings/un-moorings were in the middle of the night with a fair amount of ship’s whistles and clanging if not any actual yo ho ho-ing. Bing bong - during the day one can hear the onboard announcements... quite amusing really and made me pleased I wasn't on a whistle stop tour of the Med! Somewhat eccentrically, the master bedroom incorporates the bathroom (no wall, no door) and you can actually see the loo from the bed. Also, it doesn’t have any blinds or curtains over the only (big) window so if light wakes you take an eye mask. What else? I have lived in a different part of Malta on and off for thirty years and for the first time ever was bitten by mosquitoes, so my advice is to use the zappers that are dotted around the flat and lash on those deadly chemicals – there are no screens on the (charming, period) windows. Finally, it has a great kitchen, but it is a little short on certain implements. There are enough plates and glasses to satisfy a professional caterer but no small pots and pans (I was cooking for one not 10), no lemon or orange squeezer, blah, blah. No washing powder for the washing machine, either. I am sure if I had contacted the hosts, they would have rushed something round – they strike me as that type of hosts – but I didn’t like to trouble them. In short, as I say, a really great space, really great hosts, but the former (I have never the latter!) with some minor quirks. I’d definitely book again.