Gozo

Gozo is Malta's tiny sister island in the southern Mediterranean. 90km south of Sicily and 300km from the Tunisian desert, it is the last outpost of Europe before Africa. Little-known, and often ignored by tourists, Gozo is a curious mixture of the enticingly exotic and the reassuringly familiar: Palm trees, Arabic-style honey-coloured stone houses, lemon groves and the ubiquitous prickly pear all contrasting wonderfully with the red GPO phone boxes and little Dixon of Dock Green police stations!

Walking and cycling on Gozo

Our activity holidays on Gozo include both walking and cycling choices and are a great way to enjoy this astonishingly green and fertile island. It is the perfect size to be explored thoroughly in a week, yet still contains an astonishing wealth of stunning natural beauty, ancient historic sites and pretty little villages to discover.

Walkers will find the the spectacular rocky coastline is full of hidden creeks, coves and tiny beaches, used for centuries by corsairs as hiding places, and there is some breathtaking cliff scenery. Inland, the walking is through tiny terraced and stone-walled fields along narrow gorge-like valleys, taking in ancient hilltop villages, and over the remote garrigue countryside, the scent of wild thyme, rosemary and heather crushed underfoot.

A cycling holiday on Gozo allows you to search out even more of Gozo's fascinating blend of legends and history. There are Neolithic cave dwellings, a huge copper age temple pre-dating the Giza Pyramids by 1,000 years and an amazing array of monumental Baroque, neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque churches and basilicas. Combine all of the above and you have arguably the most attractive and fascinating island in the Mediterranean!