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Gozo Region (Għawdex)

Malta's green sister island: the oldest temples, a citadel on the hill and quiet villages.

4 musea
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Gozo 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.

Musea in Gozo Region (Għawdex)

Kijk binnen en betaal je entree rechtstreeks aan het museum.

Het verhaal van Gozo Region (Għawdex)

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.

  • 3600 BCĠgantija temples built – the giants' work, as legend says
  • 25minutes by ferry from Ċirkewwa on Malta to Mġarr on Gozo
  • 1551Ottoman raiders take almost the whole population of Gozo away as slaves

Gozo Region (Għawdex) door de tijd

De grote momenten, en waar je ze vandaag ziet.

  1. 3600 BCFarmers raise the Ġgantija temples with stones weighing many tonnes.Zie het: Ġgantija Temples
  2. 1551After the raid, the Citadel is rebuilt and Gozitans must sleep inside its walls at night.Zie het: Cittadella
  3. 1700sGozitan women make bobbin lace that is sold across Europe.Zie het: Gozo Museum of Archaeology

Wat te doen in Gozo Region (Għawdex)

  1. 01

    Ġgantija Temples

    Two temples of huge stones and a museum with the finds.

    Xagħra1 to 2 hours
  2. 02

    Cittadella

    The walled hilltop with the cathedral, museums and the old prisons.

    Victoria2 hours
  3. 03

    Gozo Museum of Archaeology

    Finds from the temples to Roman times, inside the Citadel.

    Victoria1 hour
  4. 04

    Ta' Kola Windmill

    A windmill of the knights' time with the miller's home inside.

    Xagħra45 minutes
Zo kom je er

Op weg naar Gozo Region (Għawdex)

Van het vliegveld naar het centrum met het openbaar vervoer, en daarna de treinen en lokale lijnen naar de musea.

Aankomen met het vliegtuig

MLA
Malta InternationalValletta · Birgu · Mdina · Rabat

Reizen door Gozo Region (Għawdex)

Lijnen en dienstregelingen veranderen. Kijk voor vertrek op de site van de vervoerder.

Op de kaart

Verborgen verhaal

The giantess and her baby

Gozitans say a giantess built Ġgantija in one day and one night – with a baby on her arm.

Lees het verhaalSluiten

Old stories tell of Sunsuna, a giantess who ate only beans and honey. She carried the huge stones of Ġgantija on her head and built the temples in a single day and night while holding her child. That is why the temples are called Ġgantija, the work of giants. Archaeologists say farmers built them with stone rollers and levers – but standing next to stones taller than a person, the legend is easy to understand.