Ggantija Temples(GOZO): From about 4500 BC, people in Europe began building monuments of massive, standing stones, called megaliths. These were placed in circles or upright one next to the other, with another stone laid horizontally on top.
Calypsos Cave (GOZO) Close to Xaghra and
overlooking the red sands of Gozo's finest beach, Ramla l-Hamra, is Calypso's Cave, assumed by many to be the
cave referred to by Homer in 'The Odyssey'. Some are
convinced that Gozo is the island of Ogygia and the cave
to be the one where the beautiful nymph Calypso kept
Odysseus as a 'prisoner of love' for seven years. Calypso
promised Odysseus immortality if he would remain with her
but he escaped and returned to his wife Penelope, who sat
faithfully at her loom rejecting suitors.
The cave's interior and
exterior are not too impressive but there is nevertheless
a feeling of excitement at standing in a place associated
with legend. The view is magnificent.
Ghar Hasan: (Hassans Cave) There are many legends about this cave on the Southern coast; all featuring the Saracen, Hasan, who took refuge here, and most of them referring to at least one young maiden that he abducted and imprisoned. The cave itself is no morethan a long hollow in the limestone cliff and the setting, high above the sea is more spectacular.