GOZO is Malta’s charming sister island. It has an area of 67 square kms it is 14 km long and 7 km wide. It is the second largest island of the Maltese archipelago, together with the smaller isle of Comino and the main island of Malta form the Republic of Malta. Gozo is popularly called ‘The Island of Calypso’ which derives from the Greek poet Homer’s poem Odyssey.

POPULATION - Gozo was first inhabited before the Neolithic Period. It is believed that Gozo received its first inhabitants from Sicily before Malta. The population of Gozo today stands at about 27,000 and is distributed amongst Victoria, the capital, and the surrounding thirteen villages.

HISTORY – The oldest pre-historic archaeological remains in the Maltese archipelago date back to some 5200 B.C.and the oldest ones were discovered in Gozo. They are called Ggantija temples , a UNESCO World Heritage site and they are the oldest known free standing stone structures in the world. Gozo boasts other Neolithic temples scattered around the island dating between 4100 – 2500 B.C..


CLIMATE – The climate is typically Mediterranean The average temperature for winter is 16 degrees Celsius. Summer is rather long, dry and sunny with August being the warmest month. The average temperature for summer is 25 degrees Celsius between April and November.