Marsaxlokk Favorites

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Favorite thing: The area around the harbour is surrounded by beautiful old buildings, some of them still having facades with old coats of arms.

Maintaining the low-density character of the zone is a must and buildings of more than two storeys in height are not permitted.

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Favorite thing: The pictures of Marsaxlokk Bay, with the colorful eyed luzzus and the cyan water, are the among the most representatives for Malta.

There will always be a picture of Marsaxlokk in every guide about Malta and many tourists come here just to admire the bay's wonderful view.

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Favorite thing: The Luzzu is uniquely Maltese Fishing boat. It is painted in the traditional colures of red, yellow and blue. The Luzzu is a sturdy boat and can be used in almost every kind of weather. Most of the Luzzus have the eye of Osiris painted or carved on the bow ( to protect the vessel and the crew from evil ), a symbol brought to Malta by the Phoenicians. These boats could be seen all around the Marsaxlokk waterfront.
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Fondest memory: Its a lovely fishing harbour here with the colourful Luzzus's - just try to ignore the construction off a new power station at the edge of Marsaxlokk!...really its not that noticeable. Just enjoy a stroll along the tree-lined promenade.

Fondest memory: Well there's not an awful lot to do here, but sometimes not having anything to do except sit at a cafe and watching the world go by is a pleasant way to while the time away. We were here in the afternoon the market was packing up for the day so we found a bar and had a drink while waiting to meet Anne (Xemx) here....don't worry Anne your secret is safe with us! This little local kept us entertained in the meantime ;-)

Favorite thing: Marsaxlokk church is a lovely colour. It stands in front of a square that also houses the "town hall" or whetever the village equivalent of that is (just next to the church).
The church has a lovely red dome (it's hard to get it into a picture) and from inside the dome is decorated in the usual lavish way.

Favorite thing: We wondered about this blue crossed flag, especially as some of the other villages we'd passed on the way here seemed to be flying flags like this from almost every building. We found later that all Maltese towns & villages have their own flags and that some villages fly them more priminently than others. This flag shown here is the village flag of Marsaxlokk.

Favorite thing: Strange place Malta. It makes me think of how I expect "wild west Mexico" to look, with Catctii, palms, dusty streets and flat roofed, slightly shabby buildings. This police station did nothing to dispel this view ;-)