Ghadira Bay

If you get hungry, there are many great restaurants right on the Ghadira Bay Beach.  Munchies Mellieha Bay serves incredible burgers, pizzas, pastas, seafood, meat, and poultry dishes.  Vecchia Napoli Mellieha serves delicious pizzas, burgers, meat, seafood, and poultry dishes.   Ventuno Restaurant serves incredible pizzas, pasta, ravioli, seafood, meat, and poultry dishes.  Salia Restaurant - Mellieha serves amazing meat, seafood, and poultry dishes.  If you are looking for another good and affordable restaurant, Great Dane Restaurant serves salads, burgers, ravioli, pizzas, meat, seafood, and poultry dishes.

If you are looking for Ghadira Bay Beach accommodation, there are many great options nearby.  If you are looking for an upscale hotel, the 5-Star Hilton Malta is three minutes away by car and offers many amenities, including indoor outdoor pools, a spa, a fitness center, hot tubs, and many restaurants.   A more affordable hotel is the 4-Star db Seabank Resort & Spa, which has a spa with an indoor pool, saunas, hot tubs, steam rooms, many restaurants, bars, a shopping mall, a lagoon-style outdoor pool, a kids' pool, and kids' clubs. Another moderately priced option is the 4-Star Maritim Antonine Hotel & Spa Malta, which has indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, a fitness center, bars, and several restaurants.  A more reasonably priced option is the 3-Star Mellieha Holiday Center, which offers a few amenities, including a spa, a fitness center, an indoor and outdoor pool, a kids' pool, sports courts, barbecue grill facilities, and restaurants. If you are looking for another affordable hotel, Hotel VIU57, has several amenities, including an outdoor pool and a restaurant.

Ghadira Bay Beach has many amenities, including seasonal lifeguards, showers, restrooms, shaded areas, walking paths, a beach equipment rental facility, an umbrella and sunbed rental facility, restaurants, cafes, snack bars, ice cream stands, a promenade, nearby hotels, and a public transportation facility.

Ghadira Bay is a family-friendly beach that offers many fun activities, including swimming, beachcombing, snorkeling, kayaking, banana boating, jet skiing, windsurfing, stand-up paddleboarding, snorkeling, beach volleyball, boating, picnicking, walking, building sand castles, and watching wildlife.  If you plan to go into the water, the gentle slope and shallow waters make it a perfect spot for kids to swim or wade.  It is worth noting that there are designated swimming zones marked for safety.  Snorkelers and divers may spot the diverse marine life that thrives in its clear waters.  Ghadira Bay offered a perfect blend of rich biodiversity, a tranquil environment, turquoise water, natural beauty, and recreational opportunities, making it an ideal location for capturing amazing Ghadira Bay photos.  During peak summer months, the beach can be very crowded, so we recommend visiting here early.  Dogs are not allowed on this beach, and it is open from sunrise until sunset.

Ghadira Bay offers an access path for people with disabilities.

Getting to Ghadira Bay is easy - the beach has a large parking lot located near 20 Triq Il-Marfa, Il-Mellieħa MLH 9061, Malta, which provides easy access to the beach.  You may refer to the Ghadira Bay map for locational details.

Ghadira Bay is a perfect place to watch the sunrise over the Mediterranean Sea.

There are many attractions near Ghadira Bay Beach.  Ghadira Nature Reserve is a protected area spread over six hectares and one of the few wetlands in the Maltese Islands that plays a vital role in local biodiversity and conservation efforts.  Visitors can enjoy many fun activities, including watching birds, hiking, and educational tours.  Popeye Village was originally constructed as the filming site for the 1980 musical "Popeye," featuring Robin Williams.  Later, this village was transformed into a family-friendly theme park that features numerous attractions suitable for families, including themed shows, boat rides, play areas, swimming areas, and a museum that highlights the history of Popeye comics and memorabilia.  ​Mellieha Parish Church is a prominent Roman Catholic church influenced by Baroque architecture perched atop a hill that offers panoramic views of Mellieha Bay and the surrounding areas, making it a significant landmark both spiritually and visually.​

The Mellieha Air Raid Shelter - also known as WWII Shelters - is a significant World War II historical site located under the town of Mellieha.  This shelter stretches over 500 meters and was hand-dug to provide refuge for civilians during the heavy bombing attacks on Malta endured between 1940 and 1943.​   If you are looking for another nearby attraction, St. Agatha’s Tower—also known as the Red Tower due to its distinctive red hue—is a prominent 17th-century bastioned watchtower perched atop the Marfa Ridge.  The tower served as an important defensive structure and as a signal post, facilitating communication between Valletta and Gozo by the Knights of St. John in WWII.