Gozo in 4 days
The second island of the Maltese archipelago, Gozo covers 67 km² with about 40,000 people, a citadel at its centre and cliffs that drop 130 metres in the south. Its Ġgantija temples date from around 3600 BC, a thousand years before the pyramids of Egypt.
The plan, day by day
Day 1
- Morning
The Citadel, Victoriaabout 1 h 30A fortress on the island's central hill, rebuilt by the Knights after 1599, once Ottoman raiders had carried off almost the whole population in 1551.
- Afternoon
Ġgantija Templesabout 1 hTwo megalithic temples built between 3600 and 3200 BC, older than Stonehenge and the Giza pyramids, with blocks so large that legend credits a giantess.
Day 2
- Morning
Ramla il-Ħamra beachfree · half a dayThe island's big red-sand beach on the north coast, framed by farmed hills and a protected dune system.
- Late afternoon
Xwejni salt pansfree · about 30 minA chequerboard of shallow pans cut into the flat rock west of Marsalforn, worked by the same families for generations and raked by hand.
Day 3
- Morning
Ta' Pinu Basilicafree · about 45 minA pale stone church standing alone in the fields near Għarb, built where a village woman said she heard a voice in 1883.
- Afternoon
Dwejra Bayfree · about 1 hAn inland sea linked to the open water by a tunnel through the cliff, facing Fungus Rock, where the Knights guarded a supposedly medicinal plant.
- Late afternoon
Diving the Blue Holeabout 2 hA natural rock chimney near Dwejra drops about 15 metres to an underwater arch, which opens onto a wall falling beyond 50 metres.
Day 4
- Morning
Ta' Ċenċ cliffsfree · about 1 hThe island's southern edge falls 130 metres to the sea above Sannat, behind a bare limestone plateau marked with prehistoric cart ruts.
Where to sleep in Gozo
- Hotel San Andrea · €70 a night
- Hotel Calypso · €70 a night
- Electra Guesthouse · €65 a night
- The Duke Boutique Hotel · €95 a night
- Grand Hotel Gozo · €75 a night
- Murella Living · €85 a night
- Hotel Ta' Cenc & Spa · €230 a night
- Kempinski Hotel San Lawrenz · €250 a night
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