Marsaxlokk & Blue Grotto Tour
Excursions & day trips

Marsaxlokk & Blue Grotto Tour

4.1/5

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16 reviews
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£33.00
Free cancellation
Language: German, Spanish, English, French, Italian
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: from 4 hours to 8 hours
Why you’ll love this…
  • Weekly market in Marsaxlokk waterfront
  • The Blue Grotto
What to expect

Maltese Sunday mornings are made for leisure. And this shopping and sightseeing combination is all about enjoying the real Malta. On this trip, you'll visit the fishing village of Marsaxlokk – one of the country's most picturesque – for its weekly market and the famous Blue Grotto.

We kick off with some shopping in Marsaxlokk. This quaint fishing village hosts a large market down by the waterfront – check out the colourfully painted ‘luzzu' boats floating in the harbour – on Sunday mornings. As well as freshly caught fish, there'll also be locally grown fruit and veg, Maltese wines, cold cuts, cheeses and leather goods.

Then we'll head to one of Malta's most famous natural sights – the Blue Grotto of Wied Iz-Zurrieq. It's a 50-metre deep natural cave with a huge arch that stretches out to sea. The caves get their name from the light reflecting off the water, which creates a dazzling blue colour. An optional boat trip into the grotto is available.

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What's included
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What to remember
  • Boat trip to the Blue Grotto is an optional extra
  • Market is weather dependant during winter months
  • Food and drinks not included
  • This experience doesn't follow our general cancellation policy. If you need to cancel, you must do so at least 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
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Provider
TUI MALTA LTD
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.

What people say about this experience

Great

4.1 /5

Based on 16 reviews from verified customers


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    David S

    Verified booking

    2.6

    27 October 2025

    Travelled as a couple


    Blue grotto experience good. Village visit and market experience terrible. Only 45 mins to visit market and village. No where near enough time. Village visit was unnecessary and time wasting for very little return. Time would have been better spent added to time in and around market.

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    sandra

    Verified booking

    4.2

    8 June 2025

    Travelled as a couple


    Matt was brilliant as a guide 10/10. The market is better to visit on any other day but Sunday, beautiful little fishing village which you can't experience properly, it was so very busy and really the fish market was really for locals and it stank, especially on a very hot day, we'd been to the market on Friday and it was beautiful not too crowded so was expecting the Sunday market to be so much more but really it wasn't.

  • L

    Lisa

    Verified booking

    4.6

    16 June 2025

    Travelled as a couple

  • L

    Len

    Verified booking

    4.6

    24 December 2024

    Travelled as a couple


    Would like to have had more time in Marsexlokk.

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    Gaby

    Verified booking

    4.2

    1 May 2024

    Solo traveller


    The actual trip was good. Could have done with a little longer at the market but it was fine. Unfortunately although I was back looking for the bus in time they were about to leave without me. On arrival the bus wasn’t parked so I was looking for it. I was a little earlier than they said when first started looking. Then they were just driving past me when they spotted me and stopped. If they hadn’t of seen me they were off. I was alone and although it worked out I was a little shaken.

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    Traveller

    Verified booking

    5

    7 February 2024

    Solo traveller


    Well run tour

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