The Citadel, also known as Cittadella, is an old city overlooking Gozo Island. It is located in Victoria (formerly known as Rabat), the “capital city” of Gozo.

Inside the fortification walls, you will discover the Gozo Cathedral and historic buildings that give you the impression of stepping back in time. There are also interesting museums inside, covering the rich heritage of Gozo. Visit them to learn more about the history of Gozo and its inhabitants.
To reach the Citadel, you need to take the steep street climbing from Independence Square, at the heart of Victoria.
Apart from its fascinating history, the Gozo Citadel boasts spectacular views of the whole island. They’re the kind of views you can’t get bored of. Depending on the season, you won’t get the same view. If you visit during winter, you will enjoy a lush landscape made of green hills and valleys. During the summertime, the island turns to hues of yellow and brown.

This is Gozo’s, and arguably Malta’s, best beach. A wide stretch of red sand, it is often referred to locally as “Ramla il-Ħamra” – the Red Sandy Beach! Ramla is a wonderful place to swim, snorkel and chill out in the sun.

The area around the beach is wonderfully undeveloped, although there are a couple of cafes and a stall set back from the beach. The sand dunes are protected and the valley leading down to the bay is green and fertile. The terraced walls built by the farmers give the valley an appearance of a quilt when viewed from surrounding high ground.

There is myth and history here too. Roman remains to lie beneath the sands and Ramla Bay is reached from ix-Xagħra, on one of the hills overlooking the valley, or from the village of in-Nadur.

The tiny Island of Comino, once the hideout of pirates and smugglers, sits right in the middle of the channel between Malta and Gozo. The unspoilt island is a haven for all those who love swimming, snorkelling, diving, wind surfing and other water sports. The Blue Lagoon, with its crystal clear blue sea surrounded by awe-inspiring caves, is one of the most spectacular sights of the Maltese archipelago. While on the island, you can either walk or opt to take a Segway tour that operates here.
With an area of just 3.5 sq. kms and resident population of four, Comino is a real escape from it all. Traffic is non-existent and noise a rarity.
To discover the true magic of the sea around the Maltese Islands – swimming, snorkelling and diving – Comino is the place to be. Even if you do not stay on the island, the Blue Lagoon, with its safe bathing in bright turquoise waters, makes a memorable day out by boat – your own yacht, a charter or a public cruiser.
In winter, Comino is great for walkers and photographers. Without urban areas or cars, or even the summer tourists, it is just serenely quiet.

On the north coast of Gozo, just past Qbajjar Bay west of Marsalforn, the coast is characterised by a chequerboard of rock-cut saltpans protruding into the sea. These 350-year-old salt pans, which stretch about 3km along the coast, are more than just scenic. They are part of the centuries-old Gozitan tradition of Sea-Salt production that has been passed down within certain families for many generations. During the summer months, locals can still be seen scraping up the crystals of salt. Once collected, the salt is stored and processed in the caves that have been carved into the coastal rock.

Officially recognised by UNESCO as the oldest freestanding buildings in the world, the imposing Ġgantija Neolithic temples, just outside Xagħra in Gozo, are over 5,500 years old–that’s 1,000 years older than Stonehenge or the pyramids in Egypt.

The Ggantija temple complex is a unique pre-historic monument, situated at the centre of an extraordinary archaeological landscape, the Xaghra plateau on the island of Gozo.

Dwejra, with its dramatic coastal formations and sea spilling over the rocks, is a magical attraction. Here you can swim in the spectacular deep sea of the bay, in the calm shallows of the inland sea or in the foamy waters around the Blue Hole – one of Gozo’s top dive-sites.

Dwejra is also home of the Fungus Rock or, as it is locally known, “Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral”, General’s Rock. It is so called in remembrance of the Italian General who centuries ago fell to his death while supervising quarrying in the area. History tells us that a special plant believed to have medicinal and healing properties used to grow on Fungus Rock and because of this the Rock used to be heavily guarded during the era of the Knights of Malta. Anyone caught stealing the crop was sentenced to death or to a life rowing the Knights’ galleys. The crop was picked and brought to the mainland using a primitive system of baskets and pulleys.