Malta's smaller, greener sister moves at half the pace of the main island: honey-stone farmhouses, salt pans, a citadel rising from the middle of everything. Convert a farmhouse stay into your base — most come with private pools — and swim in the inland sea at Dwejra. The twenty-five-minute ferry ride keeps crowds modest even in August, but spring, when the island is briefly emerald, is Gozo's finest hour.
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