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Gozo: Malta's Calm Alternative Under the Same Pressures — Worth It?

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Opublikowano: 2026-10-22

🌍 Gozo has 39,287 residents and takes roughly 2.3 million foreign visitors a year — but Malta's National Statistics Office says 91.7% of them are same-day visitors. Only about 192,000 foreigners sleep here annually. The calm Gozo is sold on is real, and it is on a timer: it starts when the last boat leaves. 💰 The crossing is the story. Gozo Channel publishes an adult foot-passenger return at €4.65 (about $5.30) and a car-and-driver return at €15.70 (about $17.90) — and you don't pay on the way over. The operator's own procedures page states tickets are validated only at Mġarr, on the return. That €4.65 is why nine in te...