Thursday, 29th July 2010
A beach to love at first dive
St George’s Bay has made it onto a list of the world’s top 20 beaches, compiled by Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera, alongside a range of tropical, sports and sandy paradises.
The travel section of the publication’s online version lists the “most beautiful beaches” from Morocco to South Africa, Mexico to Zanzibar.
According to website Hotels. com, St George’s Bay, which was upgraded in 2004 and replenished with 5,000 cubic metres of sand, imported from Jordan, is one of the dream beaches “to fall in love with at first dive”.
The beaches are described as “super chic” or boasting a wilder sort of charm. Whatever the case, they are “breathtaking”, loved by the international jet set and also by environmentalists, and they range from tropical paradises to the “unusual” beach in Canada.
St George’s Bay is listed under the eastern Mediterranean section, which only includes three other beaches, confined to the Greek islands: Mykonos, Samos and Santorini.
“Malta enters the classification thanks to St George’s Bay, certified Blue Flag, and two steps away from Paceville, one of the most famous centres for Maltese nightlife,” the article says.
Among the top 20 is Cape Town’s Dolphin Beach while only two of neighbouring Italy’s beaches make it onto the list.
St George’s Bay, surrounded by hotels and other development, is competing with Playa Dorada, the “pearl” of the Dominican Republic’s beaches, buried in tropical vegetation and offering the spectacle of whales giving birth at Banco de la Plata.
But Spain takes the cake, with the highest number of “splendid” beaches – a total of four!
Many of the listed beaches have Blue Flag status and St George’s Bay was the first in Malta to achieve the international quality stamp last year.
Its upgrade in 2004 included a storm water system and a promenade, which turned it into one of the more popular sandy beaches from a practically non-existent and uninviting shoreline. In the first summer of its facelift, it was estimated that close to 100,000 tourists and Maltese made use of the bay.
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Title should read " A Beach To Hate At First Dive" The summer heat must be affecting some people's minds !!!!!!
For a start, whoever gave the permit for one third of the beach to be privatized is not right, that's who. To remembered on voting day.
The sea there stinks and can't be more polluted than it actually is!
Haven't the experts visited 'Riviera Beach'???? Now that is what I'd call 'A beach to love at first dive'
Not one person, so far in favour of the the beach to love at first dive.
Where are those person today, who got a habit of writing that we are a gemgem nation.
I just got back from driving through Istra, Croatia. A place that attracts tourists in large numbers. And we still believing that Malta is a gem in the Med. Sure, with beaches like the one mentioned above, and with inflated prices.
They are not interested in clean water or breathtaking views. They are only interested in the hotel density in the area. They are in the business of renting out hotel rooms for a commission. So would you expect them to recommend Ramla l-Hamra in Gozo, with not one hotel in sight? No, St George's Cesspool is more up their street.
U kif ga intqal mis-sur leonardo vince, din il-bajja kinent il-bicca l-kbira mahmuga minn dejjem minhabba l-pozizzjoni li hi, ahseb u ara issa meta l-lukandi u l-bini triplika.
Din zgur hi cajta...
jew bi zball amlu best world beaches !
that should read.... '' WORST 20 BEACHES ''
What with all the smells, polution, cars wizzing by 1 meter from your ears, foreign student infestation........incredible!!
With all the filth and drainage you cannot evenm see your own feet under water. if this is a paradise beach then what is a filthy beach for the writrer.
Halluna tipprovawx itbellaw ir-ross bil-labra
I'm sticking to Bora Bora anyway
Inhobbha hafna lil Malta....imma zgur mhux li nghid li din il-bajja hi fost l-isbah 20 fid-dinja!!
U ejja!