Best Tourist Places to Visit in Mgarr, Malta, Europe

Best Tourist Places to Visit in Mgarr, Malta, Europe

Mgarr is a town located on the northwest part of the Malta Island in Malta, between 35°55′11″ N latitude and 14°21′59″ E longitude. Mgarr is an agriculture based town housing higher majority of farmers or people associated to agricultural activities. Mgarr is especially noted for its farmland and vineyards. Ta’ Ħaġrat and Ta’ Skorba are the two significant prehistoric sites of Mgarr.

Geography of Mgarr:

Mgarr is in the rural Malta, west of Mosta, around 18 km northwest of the national capital, Valletta. Mgarr sprawls over an area of 16.1 sq. km. The surrounding towns of Mgarr are listed below:

Mellieha
Paul’s Bay
Mosta
Rabat
Bidnija

How to reach Mgarr?

The Malta International Airport serves entire Malta including Mgarr town. This is the only airport in Malta, served by Air France, Air Malta,Air Berlin, airBaltic, British Airways, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines and many other renowned airlines.

Some of the major cities connected with the Malta International Airport include Hamburg, Istanbul, Benghazi, Berlin, Manchester, Milan, Frankfurt, Munich, London and Liverpool.

There are taxis always accessible at the airport and also there are many buses regularly operating services from the airport to many other towns on the island.

For local travel, one can use public bus or rental vehicles such as cars or bikes.

Shopping and Food in Mgarr:

Mgarr is a scenic town housing many natural attractions as well as several traditional and modernized shops with some special handicraft products and clothes.

Some of the reputed food corners in Mgarr are listed below:

L-Ankra Restaurant
Porto Vecchio
Country Terrace
Seaview Restaurant
Mgarr Farmers Snack Bar

Things to do in Mgarr:

Swimming
Diving
Visiting prehistoric sites

Places to see in Mgarr:

Skorba Temples:

The Skorba Temples is megalithic temple describing the Neolithic culture of Malta. Along with other 6 megalithic temples in Malta, the Skorba Temples gained place in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.

Ta’ Ħaġrat Temple:

Ta’ Ħaġrat Temple is one of the megalithic temples of Malta featuring larger and smaller temples dating from the Ġgantija phase and the Saflieni phase respectively. It can reachable by walk from the Mgarr town.

Beaches around Mgarr:

There are 3 spectacular beaches around Mgarr such as Golden Bay, Għajn Tuffieħa Bay and Ġnejna Bay and all these beaches are very much popular among both tourists and locals.

Other places of interest in and around Mgarr include:

The St Marija Assunta Church
Palazzo Gatto Murina
Carmelite Church & Convent
the St. Paul’s Cathedral in Mdina
Nicholas’ Chapel
Palazzo Santa Sophia
Natural History Museum in Mdina
Benedictine Monastery
The Cathedral Museum of Mdina
The St. Thomas Bay
Agatha’s Chapel
National Museum of Fine Arts
The Mamo Tower
Palazzo Falson
Vilhena Palace
The Cumbo Tower

Best time to visit Mgarr:

From May to September will be the ideal time to enjoy holidays in Mgarr.

Accommodation Options in Mgarr:

Mgarr houses many standard accommodation centres categorized as hotels and vacation rentals of which vacation rentals are higher in number. Most of them offer advance booking facility through online for tourists’ convenience. The major well facilitated hotels in and around Mgarr are as follows: