An independent guide to Malta, Gozo and Comino
Your guide to the harbours, prehistoric temples, coves and festa towns of the Maltese islands, 365 days a year.
How this guide began
Malta 365 started from a practical problem: three small islands hold Baroque Valletta, a walled hilltop city, prehistoric temples and a ferry-hop to Gozo, all within an hour or two of each other, and deciding what to fit into a short trip is the hard part. We built this guide to make those choices easier, from the Grand Harbour to the Gozo coast, using official sources instead of brochure copy.
For their size, the islands are dense with things to see. Valletta packs the Co-Cathedral of St John and the Upper Barrakka Gardens into a grid you can cross on foot, the Three Cities face it across the harbour, and Mdina sits on its ridge above Rabat. The megalithic temples of Hagar Qim, Mnajdra and Ggantija, the sandy bays of the north and the Blue Lagoon off Comino pull in other directions. This site covers the Republic of Malta: the islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino.
The guides here are edited by Alex Borshch, founder and editor of the Isla365 network, and kept current by Iryna T. Most of the work is desk research from official sources, edited and fact-checked before publication; the method is set out further down this page. That means Heritage Malta for sites and opening times, Malta Public Transport and Gozo Channel for buses and ferries, gov.mt for rules and public services, and VisitMalta for events and festas.
Malta 365 is one of the island guides in the Isla365 network. The sites share an editor, their tools and one fact-checking standard, while the pages here cover only Malta, Gozo and Comino.
A trusted companion, 365 days a year
Malta 365 exists to make a trip to the Maltese islands easier to plan, in any month of the year. In practice we try to:
- Give fares, opening hours and entry rules for Malta, Gozo and Comino with the source named and the date we checked it
- Point beyond Valletta and the Blue Lagoon to quieter places such as the Gozo coast, the southern temples and the walking country of the north, encouraging tourism that benefits local communities
- Respect Maltese culture and the Maltese language, the islands' long and layered history, and the protection of their coast and countryside
- Say plainly where Malta and Gozo differ in practice, from bus routes and taxi rules to how the Gozo ferry fare is paid
- Keep one place where a first-time visitor can sort out the airport, buses, ferries and beaches without opening ten tabs
If a page here is wrong or out of date, tell us through the contact form. Corrections go to the editor and are checked against the source before the page changes.
How this guide is made
This guide is desk research, not the work of residents. Prices, dates and opening times are taken from sources we name, such as Heritage Malta, Malta Public Transport and Gozo Channel, and each page shows the date of its last fact-check.
Sources first
Pages start from official and primary sources: government and tourism pages, airports, transport operators and the venues themselves.
Drafted with AI, edited by a person
AI is used for first drafts and for source checks. Alex Borshch edits the guides and decides what is published.
Checked and dated
On a checked page, AI-based reviews compare the facts with their sources, and the page shows the date of that check.
Want the detail on who writes this and how the checking works? Read our editorial standards and see the fact-check record.
Let's build something together
Do you run a hotel, a dive centre or a boat trip in Malta, Gozo or Comino and see a mistake in how we describe it? Do you have a correction or a partnership to propose? The contact form goes to the editor.