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A family-run hotel of 24 individually designed rooms gives you a base in Marsalforn on Gozo, with the bay's sandy beach and its rocky swimming spots within walking distance.
Hotel, Marsalforn. Meridian Dispatch.
By bus or taxi to Ċirkewwa, then the Gozo Channel ferry to Mġarr. Airport Direct TD1 runs hourly from 5am until midnight and takes about an hour to an hour and a half to Ċirkewwa, depending on the time of day, with route X1 every 30 to 45 minutes. The ferry crossing takes about 25 minutes, and Marsalforn lies on Gozo's north coast beyond it.
Yes. Murella Living offers disability access, and the hotel says it does so because it wants all its guests to enjoy their stay. The bathroom has an accessible shower and wider doors.
Yes. The sandy beach lies at the head of Marsalforn Bay, a short walk from the hotel, and the hotel itself points its guests there for relaxing by the water.
Murella Living occupies the building on Triq il-Forn where the family that runs it grew up. The family has worked in Marsalforn hospitality since 1995, and the hotel sits in one of the larger bays on Gozo. West along that coast, a chequerboard of rock-cut salt pans runs into the sea.
No two rooms are designed alike, and the hotel draws them from Gozo's classical sights and traditional motifs. In the Standard Double, the feature wall carries hand-painted renditions of Nadur Parish Church. The Twin Room has a mural of intertwined marine ropes instead.
In the Suite, the most prominent element takes its pattern from the traditional patterned Maltese tile. Every room is ensuite.
The Superior Double has a balcony, and the hotel describes the Deluxe Double as a spacious suite with oak flooring.
The beach at the inner mouth of the bay is a five-minute walk. For a swim with young children, use the sandy area in front of the local police station. For deeper water, Għar Qawqla, a rocky spot, is a 600-metre walk from the hotel.
Confirm breakfast hours, parking and check-in times with the hotel directly, on +356 21550340 or at info@murellaliving.com. The address for a driver is Triq il-Forn, Marsalforn.
Leave the rocky swimming spots, Għar Qawqla and Il-Ponta ta' Santa Marija, to strong swimmers, and stay off them in rough weather.
For a longer outing, follow the water's edge west to Qbajjar, about a kilometre away, then carry on to Xwejni and the Xwejni Salt Pans. Stay off the pans themselves, since walking on them damages them.
Nearest first, all within 22 minutes on foot from the door.
Marsalforn Bay
No. 10 beach in Malta
Come for the bay, not the sand: a small crescent of coarse beach, steel ladders into clear deep water, and fish restaurants along the promenade…
Għar Qawqla
About 7.9 metres off the Marsalforn shore, Għar Qawqla is a rock with a natural jumping platform, beside a quiet rocky swimming area in the Gozo sea.
Tas-Salvatur Hill
No. 6 viewpoint in Malta
From the top of this hill above Marsalforn, you stand beneath the Risen Christ that much of Gozo sees on its skyline.
Xwejni Bay
No. 9 beach in Malta
You get two things on one short shore walk from Marsalforn: a pebbly cove to swim from, and rock-cut salt pans just beyond it on Gozo's north coast.
Xwejni Salt Pans
Walk the edge of a working salt farm on Gozo's north shore, just west of Marsalforn. In summer you can watch the salt being raked from the rock-cut…
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The town
Marsalforn is a seaside town on Gozo's north coast, in a bay ringed by small hills, a short bus ride from Victoria. The shore west of town runs past the salt pans to the gorge of Wied il-Għasri.
Yes in summer, if you want to swim and walk the coast from your door. In winter, or without a car, Victoria is the easier base.
Read the Marsalforn guideThe official pages this guide was checked against.
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