Surprisingly for a Mediterranean island nation that’s long been known as a sun-and-sea holiday destination, Malta has only a handful of feet-in-sand beach hotels. Most of the island’s coastline is rocky – still great for swimming, snorkelling, and diving in some of the clearest waters in the Mediterranean, less good for buckets and spades. On the nation’s smaller island of Gozo, the best beaches are beautiful precisely because they are not yet developed. So when a hotel in Malta says it has a beach, it simply means a shoreline with access to the water.
If you care about being located on sand or stone, it is worth checking the hotel’s location before you book. There are three substantial sandy beaches on the main island of Malta – Golden Bay, Mellieha (or Ghadira) Bay and party beach, and St George’s Bay. These all have hotels close by, which can get crowded in summer. The water is warm enough to swim in from June to the end of October, so why not take advantage and book one the best beach hotels in Malta.
