Republic of Malta is an island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. Malta, Comino and Gozo, are 3 islands that make this country an entire beautiful country. Perfect destination for family holidays seekers.
We stayed in Xagħra, the village where the Ġgantija Temples are, and on our very first afternoon on Gozo we walked over to see them. We got there after closing time. They’re older than the…
Gozo is not a sandy island. Most of its coast is cliffs and rock, and some of its most famous swimming spots mean climbing down onto a limestone ledge and jumping in. That’s wonderful for…
I spent fourteen years on the other side of hotel bookings, as an account manager working with hotels on how they appear and sell online. The thing I learned that matters most to families isn’t…
There is no airport on Gozo. Whatever you do, the trip from Malta airport to Gozo means a road journey to one end of Malta and a ferry across. With a five-year-old, a two-year-old and…
Most families who go to Malta stay on Malta. We didn’t. We landed, drove straight to the ferry, and spent five nights on Gozo, the smaller, greener island to the north. Then we gave Malta…
Islands are the easiest family holidays we know: short flights from Barcelona, beaches within reach of every base, and a natural limit to how much driving you can do. These are the European islands we’ve…
The first thing our boys did in Gozo was cross the sea. Neither had been on a ferry before. Damian was five and Marc was two, and for twenty-five minutes they ran between the windows…
We had a plan for our first full day in Gozo: drive around the whole island and see everything. By lunchtime we had seen exactly one place, because we couldn’t leave Xlendi. That set the…
Our last day in Malta started at the airport. We dropped our bags, found the bus, and went into Valletta with a five-year-old and a two-year-old who had just spent five days on a quiet…
We arrived at the Blue Lagoon early on a Sunday morning, thinking we had beaten the crowds. We hadn’t. By eleven there was hardly a free rock to sit on. The water, though, was exactly…
Disclosure: Mayjo Car Hire provided our car free of charge as a collaboration. We paid for our own fuel. We chose what to write, and this review is based on our experience in May 2018,…
Disclosure: our five-night stay at Ta Leli was a collaboration with Baron Holiday Homes and was free of charge. We chose what to write, and this review includes the things that didn’t work for us.…