The waterfront in Sliema is only a 5 minute walk from our flat. There is a small sand beach and shallow entry. It gets a little rocky in the water so I usually wear shoes.

Making sand sculptures at Sliema beach. We sometimes eat picnic lunches down here, too.

The rocky area along the Sliema waterfront may be hard to walk on, but it helps make great tidepools. We have done lots of exploring down here and have found crabs, anemone, hermit crabs, fish, prawns and lots of seaweed.

Near the Sliema sand beach is a dock and rocks, both of which provide good jumping spots. Lily is jumping into Deep Hole, the name we have given this deeper, sandy area.

Around the way from the dock is Sea Glass Bay. This was the first place we really discovered. It is a really fun place to explore. We named it Sea Glass Bay because…yup, there is lots of sea glass washed up on shore here.

The next closest beach (and probably the girls’ current favorite) is St. George’s Bay in Paceville. There’s lots of sand and shallow water with a sandy bottom for a long ways.

Lily loves to play in the sand but is getting more comfortable being out in the water.

We also really like Golden Bay, up on the northwest part of the island. Lots of sand and lovely water.

Mellieha Bay. A huge sandy beach but it is very shallow for a long way out. Perfect for little kids but not quite so fun for older ones…

….unless you want to bury yourself up to your neck. 🙂

Just being by the water – the sounds, smells and breeze – can be refreshing without even swimming.

Paradise Bay. It was too windy and cool the day we came here. It is a lovely little bay tucked back on the north part of the island. It’s on the Next Time list. 🙂

Back in March we visited Gnejna Bay. It was a little cold and windy, but we had the whole beach to ourselves!

The girls set up camp and read for a while. I took shelter in the car. We haven’t been back this spring, but I’m sure it’s lovely now!