Tarhuna Farmhouse

This magnificent, 300 year-old farmhouse will delight those who like thick walls, cool interiors. This beautifully restored farmhouse in the outskirts of Victoria, just a 5-minute walk from the city center and the unique Citadel*. You enter from a common entrance in the farmhouse's wide elegant hallway. The farmhouse itself has very spacious arched millroom combining an open-plan lounge/diner with sofas and chairs, and a fully equipped oak kitchen with natural Gozitan marble worktops. The huge bamboo shaded verandah which opens off the dining area has a great view over the superb swimming pool (12 x 13.5m) and beyond to the surrounding sunny garden and fields leading up to the ancient bastions and formidable fortifications. There is cable TV, International Pay Phone and optional washing machine. A built-in barbeque is near the private swimming pool.

There is a games room and one double bedroom with en suite on the ground floor, plus main bathroom. A traditional stone staircase leads from the wide hallway up to an airy loggia. Here, there are three double bedrooms, two with en suite and a balcony while another has a large open terrace overlooking pastoral Gelmus hill and beyond. It can sleep 9 persons comfortably.

Availability and prices on request. Maid service once weekly. Early booking is essential.

Bicycle/car hire is recommended. Transfer to and from your accommodation (including the ferry/helicopter) can be arranged, regardless of your arrival time. You will be greeted at the airport and transferred straight to it-Tarhuna.



* The Citadel or Gran Castello has impressive battlements, an imposing Cathedral - the only on the islands without a dome - and the quaint remains of old houses. One of these, the so called Norman House, has been restored and is now the Folklore Museum. The Archaeology Museum has exhibits from the Stone Age to the time of the Knights. The finely carved 12c tombstone of a young Muslim girl, Maimuna, is particularly moving. The ramparts provide a magnificent panoramic view of Gozo's haunting landscape, with its distinctive flat-topped hills, tight-packed villages and church domes. Across a glint of sea, Malta can be seen, and on a clear day even Sicily, 90km away, is visible.