Where to start!!!! Alfred's place is amazing. It's huge, for starters, and absolutely beautiful. The bedroom(s) and a couple of bathrooms are on the ground floor and lovely and warm and cosy in the evenings (it was a bit cool outside in early May); there's plenty of space for luggage/to spread out. The shower off the hallway is fantastic (although plan your showers as it seems to run out of hot water after about 15 minutes - though perhaps we were doing something wrong!).

The whole place is stone and beautiful with plants everywhere. Upstairs is the kitchen, living/dining area and "conservatory", looking over the pool. The outdoor areas are great - lots of seating available and nice views.

The area itself (Gharb) is very quiet but there are 3 restaurants within walking distance (7-15 minutes) from the apartment and a small shop which had everything we needed (fresh fruit/veg/cheese, even some gluten free bread!). We had a car so getting around was very easy - there's a great area for swimming (Wied il-Ghasri) and we got a taxi into Victoria for the evenings (quite pricey at €15 each way but worth it for more variety). Most places can be reached within 15 minutes or less.

We had a lovely warm welcome from Alfred and his wife - and there was a bottle of delicious local wine in the fridge too! Thank you for everything!