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Mellieħa Bay
The warm, shallow waters and soft white sand of Mellieħa Bay are easily accessible (via bus or you can park on the road that backs the beach), safe for kids and great for swimming. Add the water-skiers, rental canoes, banana rides, parasailing boats, and the fact that the reliable
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TaQali Crafts Village
Arts and crafts workshops at TaQali are housed in the old Nissen huts on this WWII RAF airfield, and have a slightly shanty town look, but are well worth a look. You can watch glass-blowers at work, and shop for gold, silver and filigree jewellery, paintings by local artists, leath
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Cathedral Museum
The first bay in the south aisle of St John’s gives access to the Cathedral Museum . The first room is the Oratory, built in 1603 as a place of worship and for the instruction of novices. It is dominated by the altarpiece, The Beheading of St John the Baptist (c 1608) by Caravaggio
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Blue Hole & the Azure Window
The Azure Window, a huge natural arch in the sea cliffs, is a breathtaking Gozitan view. In the rocks in front of it is another geological freak called the Blue Hole – a vertical chimney in the limestone, about 10m in diameter and 25m deep, that connects with the open sea through a
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Għar Ħasan Cave
Għar Ħasan Cave lies within the cliff-bound coastline south of Birżebbuġa. From Birżebbuġa follow the road towards Żurrieq, then turn left on the minor road at the top of the hill to reach a cliff-top parking area just before an industrial estate; the cave entrance is down some ste
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Inquisitors Palace
The Inquisitors Palace was built in the 1530s and served as law courts until the 1570s, when it became the tribunal (and prison) of the Inquisition, whose task it was to find and suppress heresy. Today the palace houses a small ethnographic museum, but the most fascinating part of
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Ramla Bay
Ramla Bay is one of the prettiest sandy beaches on Gozo, with red-gold sand. The minimal remains of a Roman villa are hidden among the bamboo behind the beach, and Calypsos Cave looks down from the hilltop to the west. Theres a cafe-restaurant and sunbed/sunshade hire.Bus 322 trave
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Manoel Island
Manoel Island, which can be accessed via a short bridge from Gżira, is largely taken up by boat-building yards and the partly restored Fort Manoel. The island was used as a quarantine zone by the Knights of St John; the shell of their 17th-century plague hospital, the Lazzaretto di
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Fort Rinella
Built by the British in the late 19th century, Fort Rinella has been lovingly restored and converted into an interesting military museum with hands-on displays of fighting skills and signalling (up to 1.30pm). At 2pm there is an impressive military re-enactment outside the fort, pl
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Park tal
The area between Golden Bay and Anchor Bay was once earmarked for a new golf course, but opposition from environmental groups led to the creation instead of National Park tal-Majjistral. Information boards show waymarked walking trails; the park arranges regular guided walks (usual
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Fort St Elmo
Guarding the entrance to both Marsamxett and Grand Harbours is Fort St Elmo, named after the patron saint of mariners. Although now much altered, this fort was built by the Knights in 1552 in a mere four months to guard the harbours on either side of the Sceberras Peninsula, and wa
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Fort St Angelo
The Knights took over this medieval fort in 1530 and strengthened it – Fort St Angelo served as the residence of the Grand Master of the Order until 1571 and was the headquarters of la Valette during the Great Siege. In the 17th century the talented engineer Don Carlos Grunenberg a
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Dwejra Bay & Dwejra Point
The collapsed cavern of Dwejra Bay has been invaded by the sea, and is guarded by the brooding bulk of Fungus Rock. A path below Dwejra (Qawra) Tower leads to a flight of stairs cut into the rock, leading down to a little slipway on the edge of the bay. There is good swimming and s
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Mdina Ditch Garden
Mdinas ditch was an important element of its fortifications. It was first created in the 15th century, but was rebuilt by the Knights of St Johns military architect Charles François de Mondion. More recently, the Mdina city walls had become overgrown with ivy and vegetation; the di
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Mosta Dome
The Parish Church of Santa Maria, better known as the Rotunda or Mosta Dome, was designed by the Maltese architect Giorgio Grognet de Vassé and built (1833–60) using funds raised by the local people. It has a stunning blue, gold and white interior, where you can also see the bomb t
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National Museum of Fine Arts
Take the icing-sugar-white sweeping staircase to explore this fascinating yet undervisited 15th-to-20th-century art collection. Highlights include room 8, with Guido Renis Risen Christ, and the sinister Judith & Holophernes by Valentin de Boulogne, as well as rooms 12 and 13, w
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Blue Lagoon
Cominos biggest draw is the Blue Lagoon, a sheltered cove between the western end of the island and the uninhabited islet of Cominotto (Kemmunett in Malti). Its incredibly beautiful and inviting, with a white-sand seabed and clear waters. The blue is so intense its as if youve step
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Basilica of TaPinu
The Basilica of TaPinu, accessible via a short, scenic walk from Għarb, is an extraordinary sight – a huge, lone church on a Gozitan hillock, towering over the countryside. Maltas national shrine to the Virgin Mary is an important centre of pilgrimage. It was built in the 1920s on
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State Apartments
From the public entry to the Grand Masters Palace on Triq il-Merkanti its possible to visit the State Apartments; note that the apartments are closed from time to time when official state visits are taking place. Heritage Malta conducts guided tours (included in the cost of admissi
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Ħaġar Qim & Mnajdra
The megalithic temples of Ħaġar Qim (adge-ar eem; standing stones) and Mnajdra (mm-nigh-dra) are the best preserved, most evocative of Maltas prehistoric sites, with an unparalleled location atop sea cliffs. Permanent tentlike canopies have been erected over the temples to protect
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