The largest of these, Malta, is sophisticated with a wide variety of superb hotels, excellent beaches and busy nightlife. Comino is the smallest, a haven for anyone who loves watersports, with some of the best swimming in the Mediterranean. And then there is Gozo. Gozo is a third size of Malta, but greener and more rural. Its lanscape has hills and deep valleys as well as rugged cliffs, which give natural protection to the island's small harbours and inlets.
Life here moves at a leisurely pace, revolving around farming and fishing.
It is an island where time seems to have stood still. Gozo is where you can also get away to secluded privacy when you want to. Despite the small nature of the island, there is a lot to see. Besides the Citadel, and the Ggantija megalithic temples, one finds the equally impressive Inland Sea at Dwejra and Fungus Rock, where the Knights used to collect a fungus they believed to have medicinal properties. Then there is the Azure Window, a stunning break in the rocky shoreline, Ta' Pinu Basilika which is a centre of pilgrimage, and the new church at Xewkija with one of the world's largest free-standing domes.