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The lagoon of turquoise water between Comino and Cominotto is about twenty minutes by boat from the north of Malta. With Comino Ferries, the ticket includes the compulsory access and you can continue to Gozo afterwards for the same price.
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Independent companies: you book with them, on their terms. Prices are as they publish them and may change.
The Blue Lagoon is the image of Malta on the posters: an arm of turquoise water with a white-sand bottom between the island of Comino and the islet of Cominotto. Comino lies between Malta and Gozo, so it fits as a stop halfway.
Since May 2025 the Blue Lagoon has had a visitor control system: anyone arriving by sea needs a free pass on the official website blcomino.com, with three slots a day (from 8:00 to 13:00, from 13:30 to 17:30 and from 18:00 to 22:00) and a capacity of 4,000 people at a time. Arriving without it can mean a fine.
With Comino Ferries, the boat cooperative that has crossed since 1990, access is included in the ticket: you do not have to get the pass separately or choose a slot. Their ticket is valid for three months from purchase, so you can buy it before the trip and wait for a calm-sea day.
It leaves from Ċirkewwa, the same port as the Gozo ferry, at the northern tip of Malta, or from Marfa, very close by. The crossing takes about 20 minutes, with departures every half hour: from Ċirkewwa from 8:40 to 17:00 and from Marfa from 8:30 to 16:00, according to the timetable they publish. Returns from the lagoon leave from 9:30 to 17:00, and some boats pass the coastal caves if the sea allows.
The return ticket costs €15 for an adult. And if you are going to Gozo, you can ask to be dropped there after the lagoon, for the same price, with departures from the lagoon to Gozo from 11:00 to 16:00. Then you return to Malta on the Gozo Channel ferry, which is paid for in Gozo.
There are no hotels or villages: Comino is almost uninhabited. In summer there are food and drink kiosks beside the lagoon. In July and August it fills up: go on the first boat of the morning or in September and October. Bring water, a hat, water shoes for the rocks and a parasol if you have one, because shade is scarce.
Out of season, from November to April, the water is cold for swimming, but seeing the lagoon empty and walking around Comino has its charm.
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In summer, at midday the lagoon is packed.
It is valid for three months: choose the day according to the sea.
For the same price, the boat drops you in Gozo and saves you going back to Ċirkewwa.
Questions
Yes, since May 2025, unless you go with Comino Ferries, whose ticket includes access.
€15 return for an adult, with Comino Ferries.
About 20 minutes from Ċirkewwa or Marfa.
Yes, the same boat drops you in Gozo for the same price.
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