At the bottom of a canyon so deep the sun only peers in at noon, a fisherman and his kin run an establishment whose menu changes daily. A chalk blackboard — not a card — because the sea decides, not the cook.
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The blackboard menu changes daily. Order whatever's fresh — the fisherman caught it this morning. Steep road down, but worth it.
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Mgarr ix-Xini's deep, canyon-cut bay doubled as a French coastal town in Angelina Jolie's 2015 film, co-starring Brad Pitt. Filmed here August-November 2014. A secluded pebble beach in a stunning natural gorge.
Mġarr ix-Xini combines sheltered water, a watchtower and rugged slopes. It is Gozo beyond the postcard bus route.
The tower guards the entrance to one of Gozo's most sheltered bays and shows how coastal defence worked with the landscape.