Valletta

For the romance of military achievement and Homer's odyssey

Pleasing him: Malta's military achievements are uniquely impressive: as well as being home to Crusading Knights, it's the only country to have been awarded the George Cross: they were incredibly stoic during the great siege of the early part of WW2 when supplies were perilously low and they were being bombarded day and night by German bombers. These days they still recall their honourable military achievements in the form of the Noonday Gun. If you're not expecting it, it might make you jump.
Pleasing her: Just off Valletta's lovely beach-lined coast is the island of Gozo, Homer's island of Ogygia where Calypso kept Ulysses as a love slave, or something. She probably chose it because of the golden strings of beaches on both sides of the channel and for the amazing diving and snorkelling-friendly waters.