Location: This apartment is situated right in the main square, across from St. Paul's Cathedral. This is a fantastic location, the views are to die for. It's easy to walk to all the attractions in Mdina, including many restaurants and shopping. It's not too far to walk into the newer town, Rabat, just outside the main gates. The catacombs are an easy walk. There are parking lots outside the main gates, and these are convenient but can be a bit of a walk with your bags. They can provide you with a parking permit for within the walls, but there aren't a lot of spaces, and it could be challenging to drive with the number of pedestrians on the narrow streets.
Apartment: The apartment is on two floors. The ground floor has a full kitchen, laundry, bathroom with shower, toilet, and sitting room. Up the spiral staircase, you will find another sitting room and bedroom, with 2 balconies overlooking the main square. There is no air con, but there are fans, so you will want to keep the balcony doors open overnight. Because of its location on the main square, it can be rather noisy, with horse-drawn carriages, tour groups, and the tolling of the bells of St. Paul's Cathedral every 15 minutes all night. It was well-funished, clean, spacious and comfortable. One challenge might be the spiral staircase for some, as the bathroom is on the ground floor, as well as the kitchen. Hot water needs to be switched ahead of time. The wifi is very weak -- to the point of being unusable. There is a wifi hotspot in the square near the red telephone booth, that was much stronger.
This period property has tons of character, and is very well decorated. You can really get a sense of living in a small town, with the vans that come in at 7am, and park in the main square for a few hours -- for the locals to buy groceries, fresh fruit and vegetables. We loved wandering around Mdina as well, with the atmospheric narrow streets, and old buildings. It's well worth staying in the Mdina, rather than being a day tripper.
Host: The host was not here during our stay, so her mother who runs the shop next door, and lives next door, saw to our needs and greeted us on arrival. She was very friendly and helpful throughout our stay.
This place stands well on its own merits, rating this 5-star review easily. The owner did send us an email after our departure stressing the need for a 5-star review and implied that TripAdvisor would penalize her if she didn't get 5 star reviews. We feel that this was unnecessary, and detracted from our experience.
If we were to go back to Mdina, we would certainly stay here again!!