St Peter's Pool

Marsaxlokk · 🇲🇹 Malta

A natural swimming pool of deep turquoise water ringed by smooth flat limestone — Malta's favourite cliff-jumping spot.

Sea temperature

~25°C in the warm season

Water

Deep, glass-clear turquoise

Sand

Flat limestone rock, no sand

Swimming

A deep natural rock pool for swimming and cliff-jumping

Best time to visit

May-Oct

Setting

A smooth-rock natural swimming pool near the fishing village of Marsaxlokk

Beach type

Wild & scenic

Region

Europe

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