The pier is the route’s logistics switch: in calm seas it adds a boat finale, in wind it becomes a viewpoint stop.
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Use this as a pacing stop: check access, parking or transfer before the next leg.
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Wied iz-Zurrieq is a village and port from which boats depart for the Blue Grotto. A small fishing port in a rocky valley. Starting point for diving the Um El Faroud wreck. Seafood restaurants by the water.
Um El Faroud is a Libyan tanker wreck (110m), scuttled in 1998 off Wied iz-Zurrieq as an artificial reef. Sits at 18-36m. One of Europe's top 10 wreck dives.
Blue Grotto is a system of 7 sea caves with a main chamber arch of 30m. The water glows blue due to light reflecting off the sandy seabed. Boats depart from Wied iz-Zurrieq (EUR 8).