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Malta's green sister island: the oldest temples, a citadel on the hill and quiet villages.
4 museumsGozo is smaller, greener and slower than Malta. Its temples, salt pans and village churches feel a world away – yet the ferry takes only 25 minutes.
Look inside, then pay your admission straight to the museum.
Closest first, from where you are now. Times are on foot; tap a route for directions.
Start at the Ġgantija temples near Xagħra, built around 3600 BC and among the oldest free-standing buildings on earth; the visitor centre shows the figures and tools found there. In Victoria, which Gozitans still call Rabat, climb into the Citadel: inside the walls are the cathedral, the Gozo Museum of Archaeology and the old prisons, and from the ramparts you see the whole island. Gozo tastes of ġbejniet, the small sheep's cheeses, of ftira baked in wood ovens in Nadur and of honey and capers. On the north coast, people still harvest salt from square pans cut into the rock near Xwejni. Gozo's carnival in Nadur is famous for its wild masks, and at Christmas Għajnsielem builds a whole living Bethlehem.
The big moments, and where to see them today.
Two temples of huge stones and a museum with the finds.
The walled hilltop with the cathedral, museums and the old prisons.
Finds from the temples to Roman times, inside the Citadel.
A windmill of the knights' time with the miller's home inside.
From the airport to the city centre by public transport, then the trains and local lines to the museums.
Lines and timetables change. Check the operator’s website before you travel.
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