Blue Grotto (Malta)

The Blue Grotto ( paints: Taht il - Hnejja, English:. Blue Grotto ) is a cave in Malta. It lies in the southwest of the island near Zurrieq and is only reachable by sea.

From Wied iż - Zurrieq, a fjord-like bay of which can be reached via Zurrieq, Tourists ride boats in calm seas only a piece of the cliff along before they drive into several caves.

The cave system consists of six halls, of which the Blue Grotto is the largest and most impressive. Of the locals, they will ( German: under the arch ) because of the monumental entrance arch as Taht il - Hnejja called. She is about 90 m long, 40 m high and has two entrances. The water is very clear and shimmers in the sunlight sky blue. This is due to the blue-green algae occurring here. The sometimes sighted orange patches are not about corals, as is sometimes claimed by the boaters, but also a type of algae.