Gozo Favorites

Favorite thing: Xlendi Bay is a small tourist resort on the south-west coast of Gozo. It is located only a couple of kilometers form Victoria.

My friend Anne (Xemx) took me to see the sea through the rocks. There is a flight of steps to get to some look out point.

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Fondest memory: For the tourists that don't have a guide books, but want to now more about the places they are visited, in some of them informative boards are presenting some details about the places' history and features.

I found such boards, written in English and Maltese, in Ggantija temples and at the entrance to the Rotunda.

Fondest memory: For the ones who need to change some money, there are four banks in Victoria, APS Bank, Bank of Valletta and HSBC, in Republic Street and Lombard Bank in Ninu Cremona Street.

All banks have an ATM service and there are other ATMs and automatic exchange in Marsalforn and Xlendi.

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Fondest memory: The Ggantija site, part of UNESCO World Heritage, can be visited from Monday to Sunday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (last admission 4:30 p.m.).

The way from the entrance to the site goes near the North Cave and behind the temples.

The ticket office is near the temples and costs around LM 1.5-.

For more details visit my Ggantija Temples page.

Favorite thing: While in Malta or Gozo, why not try to pick up some of their words? Well, good luck. The Maltese language is pretty awkward. It is a Semitic language (somehow related to Arab and Hebrew), they have some strange letters (H's and G's with lines and dots added) and a peculiar pronounciation. But reading signs and watching local TV is fun. Try to say 'qaghaq'......

Favorite thing: The Old Prison is situated in the Citadel, overlooking Cathedral Square and adjacent to the Law Courts, to which it was originally connected.

I had change to try how prisoners felt in the past.....
grrrrrrr I didnt like at all............

Favorite thing: Victoria is the capital city of Gozo. Its older name is Rabat and many people still refer to it by that name. The town i strategically placed near the geographic centre of the Island of Gozo, with all roads leading to and away from it. The town is built on a high point and the Citadel is built on a hill that is over five hundred feet above sea level, making it the second-highest spot in Gozo.

Favorite thing: The Azure Window is the highlight of an area called Dwejra, that looks like a moonscape: it´s an area rich in geological faults and quircks and the result is an inland sea, bowls in the land, islands stranded off the coast and tha Azure Window. The Azure Window is an arch that loops over the water to create a rectangular window at sea level, no wonder it is the most photographed feature in Gozo.