The converted Gozitan farmhouse is the best thing to stay in on either island. Thick limestone walls, a courtyard, usually a private pool, and a silence Malta can’t offer anywhere.
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Converted stone farmhouses
Old working farmhouses built from globigerina limestone, with walls thick enough to keep the heat out and a courtyard in the middle. Most have been converted with a private pool.
They sleep anything from two to twelve, which makes them as good for a couple as for a family group.
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You will need a car
Almost all of them sit outside a village. Gozo‘s buses exist but they’re infrequent, and a farmhouse without a car is isolating rather than peaceful.
Check whether the pool is heated too. In July it makes no difference. In April or October it makes all of it, and a private pool and a heated pool are different products.
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Xagħra, Nadur and Għarb
Those three, along with Żebbuġ and San Lawrenz, are the usual areas. All inland, all quiet, all within a short drive of the coast.
Xlendi and Marsalforn are the seaside resorts. Busier, more to walk to, less of the silence you came for.
Planning a Gozo trip
Do not plan daily trips to Malta
People book a farmhouse meaning to see Malta every day, then find the ferry makes that a chore. Every trip across involves the Ċirkewwa crossing and, in summer, a queue for it.
Either treat Gozo as the holiday, or split the trip and stay on both islands. Plan flights with a generous margin either way.
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Worth checking
Check these before booking
- You need a car
- Almost all of them sit outside a village. Gozo’s buses exist but they are infrequent, and a farmhouse without a car is isolating rather than peaceful.
- The pool is often unheated
- Irrelevant in July and it matters a great deal in April or October. Ask, because a private pool and a heated pool are different products.
- Villages matter
- Xagħra, Nadur, Għarb, Żebbuġ and San Lawrenz are the usual areas. Xlendi and Marsalforn are the seaside resorts and busier.
- The ferry governs everything
- Every trip to Malta involves the Ċirkewwa crossing and, in summer, a queue for it. Plan flights with a generous margin.
- Winter is cold indoors
- Stone holds the cold. Confirm there is real heating if you are coming between December and March.
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