https://maltatravelguides.com/tags/boat-tour/ Recent content in Boat-Tour on Malta Travel Guides Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us © 2026 Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://maltatravelguides.com/posts/malta-to-comino-guide/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://maltatravelguides.com/posts/malta-to-comino-guide/ <div class="tip-box my-4 p-4 bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-900/20 border-l-4 border-blue-500 rounded-r-lg"> <div class="flex gap-3"> <span class="text-xl">ℹ️</span> <div class="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300"><strong>Short answer:</strong> The fastest, cheapest way to Comino is the <strong>shuttle ferry from Ċirkewwa</strong> (Malta&rsquo;s northern tip), running every 30 minutes in summer for ~€15 return, 25-minute crossing. If you want the headline experience — Blue Lagoon plus Crystal Lagoon plus Gozo&rsquo;s caves and lunch on board — book a <strong>full-day cruise from Sliema</strong> (€35–45). For the quietest swim, take a <strong>small-group RIB or catamaran</strong> from Mġarr or Buġibba (€60–100), which arrives before the big boats. Avoid 11:30–14:00 in July and August whichever option you pick.</div> </div> </div> <p>Comino has three permanent residents, no cars, no shops, one chapel, and somewhere between 6,000 and 10,000 day visitors a day in the high season. The island is 3.5 km², 90% of which is fenced-off Natura 2000 reserve, which means almost everyone is funnelled to the same 200 metres of coastline — the <strong>Blue Lagoon</strong> — at the same hours of the day. Picking the right way to get there isn&rsquo;t a budget question. It&rsquo;s a <em>when do you want to be in the water</em> question.</p> https://maltatravelguides.com/posts/blue-lagoon-comino-tours/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://maltatravelguides.com/posts/blue-lagoon-comino-tours/ <div class="tip-box my-4 p-4 bg-blue-50 dark:bg-blue-900/20 border-l-4 border-blue-500 rounded-r-lg"> <div class="flex gap-3"> <span class="text-xl">ℹ️</span> <div class="text-gray-700 dark:text-gray-300"><strong>Short answer:</strong> The cheapest way to the Blue Lagoon is the <strong>Comino shuttle ferry from Ċirkewwa</strong> (~€15 round trip, runs every 30 minutes in summer). The most popular way is a <strong>full-day cruise from Sliema</strong> that adds the Crystal Lagoon, Gozo&rsquo;s caves, and lunch (€35–45). The most enjoyable way — if you can spend €60–90 — is a <strong>small-group catamaran or RIB</strong> that arrives early or late and skips the worst of the midday crush. Whichever you choose, <strong>avoid 11:30–14:00 in July and August</strong> — the Lagoon is unrecognisable from the brochure photos at that hour.</div> </div> </div> <p>The Blue Lagoon — the impossibly turquoise channel between Comino and the tiny islet of Cominotto — is the photo every Malta brochure leads with, and it deserves the hype. The water really is that colour. The catch is that 6,000+ people a day arrive in the high season, almost all of them on the same big boats, almost all in the same three-hour window. Get the timing wrong and you&rsquo;re elbowing toward a swim spot in water the colour of swimming-pool chemicals. Get it right and you&rsquo;re floating in something genuinely surreal.</p>