Santa Marija Battery reveals Comino's military layer beyond the swimming-only image of Blue Lagoon.
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Santa Marija Tower is one of Comino's clearest landmarks and a reminder that the island belonged to a wider system of defence and observation.
A dramatic sea cave with a partially collapsed ceiling that floods the interior with shafts of natural light — hence the Maltese name L-Għar ta' Bla Saqaf (the cave without a roof). Accessible only by boat or kayak from Comino's southern coastline. Nicknamed 'Popeye Cave' by tourists, though the 1980 Robin Williams film was shot in Anchor Bay, Mellieħa — not here.
Small walled cemetery. A testament to the brief history of permanent habitation on the island.