The trip, in order
Follow the route day by day. Times and prices can change, so check official information before you travel.
Western limestone landscapes
Dwejra
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Dwejra
Dwejra provides a focused way to understand Gozo’s limestone geology through a concentrated group of coastal formations. The inland sea, steep cliffs, rocky shoreline and offshore stacks form an unusually varied landscape within a small area, illustrating erosion and collapse processes along the island’s exposed western edge. Its value lies in the combination of surviving fabric, setting and interpretation, which places the site within the wider history of Malta and the central Mediterranean. Allowing time to examine the details rather than treating it as a brief photo stop gives context that is difficult to gain from the exterior or landscape alone.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Ramla and traditional salt landscape
North coast
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Ramla Bay
Ramla Bay provides a focused way to understand Gozo’s distinctive red-gold sandy coast and the broad valley behind it. The bay’s colour, dune vegetation and agricultural setting are markedly different from the island’s rockier western shore, making it a useful landscape stop rather than simply a place for swimming. Its value lies in the combination of surviving fabric, setting and interpretation, which places the site within the wider history of Malta and the central Mediterranean. Allowing time to examine the details rather than treating it as a brief photo stop gives context that is difficult to gain from the exterior or landscape alone.
- Duration
- 90 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
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Xwejni Salt Pans
Xwejni Salt Pans provides a focused way to understand the working relationship between Gozo’s coastal geology and traditional salt production. Geometric pans cut into the limestone create a striking cultural landscape along the north coast, showing how shallow evaporation basins and the sea have been managed together over generations. Its value lies in the combination of surviving fabric, setting and interpretation, which places the site within the wider history of Malta and the central Mediterranean. Allowing time to examine the details rather than treating it as a brief photo stop gives context that is difficult to gain from the exterior or landscape alone.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
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Wied il-Għasri
Wied il-Għasri provides a focused way to understand a narrow coastal valley where Gozo’s limestone plateau opens directly to the sea. The steep-sided inlet is reached through a rural valley and forms a compact example of erosion cutting deeply into the island’s northern coast, with clear contrasts between farmland, cliff and water. Its value lies in the combination of surviving fabric, setting and interpretation, which places the site within the wider history of Malta and the central Mediterranean. Allowing time to examine the details rather than treating it as a brief photo stop gives context that is difficult to gain from the exterior or landscape alone.
- Duration
- 60 minutes suggested
- Price
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- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.
Sheltered southern inlet
Xlendi
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Xlendi Bay
Xlendi Bay provides a focused way to understand the sheltered southern coast of Gozo and the way a fishing inlet developed into a compact seaside settlement. Cliffs narrow towards the head of the bay, where boats, waterfront buildings and walking paths sit close together, giving a different coastal character from Dwejra or the open northern shore. Its value lies in the combination of surviving fabric, setting and interpretation, which places the site within the wider history of Malta and the central Mediterranean. Allowing time to examine the details rather than treating it as a brief photo stop gives context that is difficult to gain from the exterior or landscape alone.
- Duration
- 75 minutes suggested
- Price
- Check current access information
- Start time
- Choose a start time that suits your day.