Attractions of Comino Island

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1. The Comino Blue Lagoon

Of course, the island’s main attraction is the famous Comino Blue Lagoon. This shallow, protected cove lies on the western side, sheltered between Comino and neighboring islet Cominotto. In fact, its Maltese name, Bejn il-Kmiemen, literally translates to Between the Cominos.

The clear waters of the Blue Lagoon are somewhat of a posterchild for Malta, appearing in tourism adverts and as a mandatory addition to any visitor’s Instagram grid. The turquoise water and sandy bottom at the Blue Lagoon make it the perfect place for swimming and snorkeling with many fish and healthy marine life.

All Comino Island boat trips visit the Blue Lagoon, with a small boat ramp being the main disembarkation point onto Comino Island from Malta or Gozo.

2. Cominotto Island

Cominotto Island is a tiny islet sitting directly opposite Comino and the Blue Lagoon. When visiting Comino and the Blue Lagoon, make sure to take a swim across the crystal clear waters to this tiny islet for a more secluded beach and an epic beach cave!

Cominotto means small Comino, and its beach Cominotto Beach was featured in the epic Troy movie.

If you’re interested in water sports, you can also rent a kayak or SUP from the Blue Lagoon area and paddle over yourself!

3. Crystal Lagoon

While everybody knows about the famous Blue Lagoon, few are aware that just around the bend is another amazing clear water lagoon that I believe is equally, if not more beautiful than the Blue Lagoon!

The Crystal Lagoon is a wide, sheltered bay filled with clear turquoise water and a white, sandy bottom. The cove is located just south of the Blue Lagoon, either by taking the short 700-meter (765 yards) walking track (a roughly 5 minute walk) or via boat for those on a Comino Island tour.

Visiting the Crystal Lagoon is one of my favorite things to do on Comino. There are several small sea caves in this bay, as well as a steep, towering limestone cliff line that contrasts beautifully with the blue water below.

4. Tunnel Cave

Comino’s limestone coastline is dotted with deep and intricate sea caves that are ripe for exploring! Many of these are only accessible from the water, meaning you’ll need either a small boat or kayak to enter them.

One of my favorite of these sea caves on Comino is the Tunnel Cave, a long natural tunnel connecting the southern end of the Blue Lagoon to the Crystal Lagoon. This one is a little too narrow to fit a boat through. However, if you are confident, it’s possible to swim through it in calm weather.

5. Popeye’s Cave

Directly across the lagoon from the Tunnel Cave is yet another spectacular cave on Comino Island. Locals call this one Popeye’s Cave, as it appeared in the 1980 Popeye film starring Robbin Williams.

Popeye’s Cave features a huge cavern accessible on the south-facing coast just east of Crystal Lagoon. The roof of this cave has collapsed, revealing a large natural skylight radiating down on the huge limestone boulders below.

6. Scuba Diving – The P31 Wreck On Comino Island

Divers regard Malta as the best scuba diving location in Europe. As a result, you can expect that one of the best things to do on Comino Island is to go diving in its several cave systems and nearby shipwrecks.

My favorite dive on Comino Island is the P31 wreck, also known as Patrol Boat P31 (Pasewalk), lying on a sandy bottom just a few hundred meters from the southern side of the Blue Lagoon.

This is a beginner-friendly wreck dive as the wreck is almost perfectly upright, with the lowest section sitting at a depth of just 18-20 meters.

Diver’s Tip: If you’re considering scuba diving on Comino Island from Malta, I highly recommend visiting OrangeShark Diving Centre. These guys run one of the most impressive and professional dive shops I’ve ever visited!

7. Window Cave

Another interesting attraction on Comino Island Malta is the Window Cave. As its name suggests, this tiny cave is not much more than a large open hole serving as a window into the clear water beyond.

This is certainly a worthwhile photo stop if you have a SUP, kayak, or are visiting on a private boat tour on Comino.

8. Lover’s Cave

Lover’s Cave is a little-known hidden gem and a beautiful place that certainly deserves a visit! You’ll find it just a little further southeast of Popeye’s Cave as you make your way around Comino Island in an anti-clockwise direction.

Once again only accessible from the water, Lover’s Cave appears as nothing more than a small cave opening on Comino Island’s rugged coastline. But, once you make your way down the dark, 65-meter long tunnel, you’ll see that it opens up to a large cavern with a sandy beach inside!

This really is a beautiful place– and the most private sandy beach you’ll find on Comino!

9. Saint Mary’s Tower

The most prominent structure on Comino Malta is the Saint Mary’s Tower, also known as Santa Marija Tower, or simply Comino Tower (Torri ta’ Kemmuna in Maltese). This large, bastioned watchtower was built during the times of the Maltese Knights in 1618, and served as the fifth of six Wignacourt Towers.

Malta has a long history of invasion dating back past the Middle Ages. Many foreign forces made their way to the Maltese Islands, including pirates, Ottoman Turks, Romans, Arabs, Carthaginians, and Phoenicians.

As a result, the Knights established these watchtowers as a warning strategy against these invading forces. If guards spotted an opposing fleet, they lit fires at the top of the tower, which would warn the others to do the same.

Today, you can spot Saint Mary’s Tower from the sea, or hike out to it from the Blue Lagoon. You’ll find it on a high cliff point near the southwest corner of Comino Island, nearby an abandoned isolation hospital.