What to see in Marsaxlokk

Marsaxlokk highlights

The places you can’t miss. In the app we sort them by day and close to each other.

1. Luzzu harbour

   Colourful boats with the Eye of Osiris.

2. Sunday market

   Fresh fish and stalls.

3. St Peter’s Pool

   A natural pool among the rocks.

4. Promenade

   Seafood restaurants by the water.

5. Għar Dalam Cave

   With fossils of dwarf elephants, nearby.

Day trips from Marsaxlokk

We take you straight to the best-rated tour on GetYourGuide, with its reviews and dates.

• Marsaxlokk

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Typical food of Marsaxlokk

The dish you have to try there and how to make it at home, to whet your appetite before the trip (or to go back to Marsaxlokk from your kitchen).

Aljotta

The fish soup of Marsaxlokk’s fishermen, with lots of garlic, tomato, rice and herbs. It’s eaten by the harbour full of colourful luzzu boats.

• Serves 4
• 50 min

Ingredients

• 600 g white fish (with the head for the stock)
• 1 onion
• 6 garlic cloves
• 3 tomatoes
• 50 g rice
• Mint, marjoram and parsley
• Juice of 1 lemon
• Oil, salt and pepper

How to make it at home

1. Make a stock with the head and bones, half the onion and water, 20 minutes. Strain.
2. Fry the rest of the onion and the garlic, add the tomato and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Add the stock and rice and cook for 12 minutes.
4. Add the fish in pieces and the herbs and cook for 5 minutes more.
5. Finish with lemon juice.

The trick: Don’t be shy with the garlic: it’s the signature.

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