Explore Reqqa point

At Reqqa point you’re in for a treat when it comes to marine life. Groupers, morays, barracudas, eagle rays, blue dotted stingrays, dentex, large scorpionfish and mediterranean damselfish are prevalent in this area, just as much as octopuses, nudibranch and crustaceans like lobsters and spiny or rock lobsters. Inside the cave there are plenty of shrimps, hence its name.

The underwater landscape is dotted with large boulders, while on the east of the headland there is a deep-sea chimney known as Reqqa bottle, which drops down through the reef at a depth of between 6 metres and 17 metres. To the west you’ll find the infamous Shrimps’ Cave mentioned above.

A small fishing village overlooking the northwest coast of Gozo, Zebbug is located close to Gharb and Ghasri and is built on two hilltop plateaus known as Ta’ Abram and Ix-Xaghra taz-Zebbug. Inhabited for several millennia, here you’ll find Bronze Age remains on the Ta’ Kuljat hill and in Qbajjar Bay, as well as some Punic tombs. Boasting breathtaking coastal beauty spots, the village name means olive trees, a crop that was found in abundance in the past.

Visit the salt pans, the parish church dedicated to the Assumption of Mary which is regarded as one of the oldest churches in Gozo and the Qolla l-Bajda Battery, a coastal battery built around 1716 and only one of two surviving batteries of its kind on the island of Gozo, situated between Qbajjar and the Xwejni Bay.