Comino

The small island of Comino between Malta and Gozo is almost entirely uninhabited, with a single hotel, a small chapel, and the St Mary's Tower battery as its only built structures. The island's principal draw is the Blue Lagoon, a shallow turquoise channel between Comino and the uninhabited islet of Cominotto where the sandy seabed produces some of the most vivid water coloring in the Mediterranean. Day trips by boat from Malta or Gozo are the standard means of access, and the lagoon is dramatically less crowded in the early morning before ferry boats arrive.