Getting There

Package trips to Malta and Gozo are offered by six Irish tour companies, with prices for three and four star hotel accommodation…

Package trips to Malta and Gozo are offered by six Irish tour companies, with prices for three and four star hotel accommodation ranging from £365 per person sharing for one week, and £465 upwards for a fortnight. Special tours including golf and scuba diving pursuits are available. Outside the package holiday format, you can rent well-appointed farmhouses with swimming pools in Gozo for upwards of £200 a week. Flight-only trips need booking months in advance.

Jeeps or small cars cost from around £100 per week rental. Further details from the Malta Tourist Board at 01-4058200 and Air Malta reservations at 01-8721444.

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