Comino Attractions
This is the smallest of the inhabited Maltese islands.
Comino takes its name from the cummin herb, one of the few plants that grow wild in the inhospitable top soil of this basically uninhabitable island. For centuries, Comino sat orphaned in the middle of the channel separating Malta and Gozo. Now it is a prized jewel; one of the few places left in the Mediterranean where there are no cars or roads and the land is a wildlife sanctuary.
Comino takes its name from the cummin herb, one of the few plants that grow wild in the inhospitable top soil of this basically uninhabitable island. For centuries, Comino sat orphaned in the middle of the channel separating Malta and Gozo. Now it is a prized jewel; one of the few places left in the Mediterranean where there are no cars or roads and the land is a wildlife sanctuary.
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The indigenous population remains in single figures, and with the exception of the residents of the one hotel, all visitors and day-trippers depart before sunset.
Comino offers the finest bathing, snorkeling and diving for hundreds of miles around.
Comino offers the finest bathing, snorkeling and diving for hundreds of miles around.
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Blue Lagoon
The stretch of water between the leaf-sized beach on Comino and Cominotto is called the Blue Lagoon. It has a South Pacific quality, with limpid crystal turquoise water over a white-sand seabed.
The core of the lagoon is roped off to small boats.
It is best to visit here before 10:30am and after 4pm.
The core of the lagoon is roped off to small boats.
It is best to visit here before 10:30am and after 4pm.
Chapel of Our Lady's Return from Egypt
The island's chapel is dedicated to Our Lady's Return from Egypt. Comino falls under the parish of Ghajnsielem on Gozo but has had its own chapel dating back to the 13th century. Its setting is more Greek than Maltese; the small white-fronted building with its little picket gate, tamarisk trees, three hooped bells and snout-like water spouts was built not long after the fort.
Mass is said on weekends, when the priest comes over from Qala.
Mass is said on weekends, when the priest comes over from Qala.
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