Malta naturist beaches

Qarraba Bay is a small, secluded cove on Malta's north-west coast in the limits of Mġarr, wedged between two busy clothed beaches: Għajn Tuffieħa/Riviera Martini to the north and Ġnejna Bay to the south. It is cut off by crumbling blue-clay slopes and the jagged Qarraba headland, so it can only be reached on foot or by boat, and that isolation is why it has become Malta's best-known unofficial nude beach. The bay is small, with a narrow strip of sand and shingle at the foot of the clay cliffs and clear, sheltered water good for swimming and snorkelling. There is no shade and no facilities of any kind. Numbers stay modest even in summer, because the effort of getting there filters out casual beachgoers. Nudity is technically illegal in Malta and only quietly tolerated here, and international naturist bodies have lobbied the government to give the bay official recognition, without result so far.