Wied il-Mielah Window

Useful Information

Location:	Għarb, Gozo. From Victoria highway west to Gharb 4.5 km, turn right on Triq Il-Blata to Wied il-Mielaħ 2.2 km. (36.0796725, 14.2128928)
Open:	no restrictions. [2025]
Fee:	free. [2025]
Classification:	Sea Cave Natural Bridge
Light:	n/a
Dimension:
Guided tours:	self guided
Photography:	allowed
Accessibility:	no
Bibliography:
Address:	Wied il-Mielah Window, Għarb Local Council, Triq il-Vizitazzjoni, Gharb - GRB 1044, Tel: +356-2156-0556. E-mail:
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History

2017	filming location of a Hugo Boss commercial featuring David Colturi.

Description

it-Tieqa ta' Wied il-Mielaħ (Wied il Mielaħ Window) is a natural bridge which has a similar size as the collapsed Azure Window. It is named after the narrow gorge Wied il-Mielaħ, north of the village of Għarb, where it is located. The road crosses the gorge at its southern end, where it just begins to deepen, and there is a car park. From here a trail with many steps leads down the gorge to the sea on the eastern side. After about 100 m at the end of the gorge and the trail, the natural bridge can be seen. It’s also possible to walk across the bridge, there is a second car park on the other side of the gorge, and its only 50 m to the end of the protruding rock.

The small river in the gorge was used to flush wastewater from the surrounding municipalities to the Mediterranean. As a result, the smell was nasty and there was a sewage flag in the sea below the natural bridge. Obviously this is not a good thing if you want tourists to visit the site. Around 2010 a €570,000 structural project, of which the European Union has financed 85%, the sewage is now cleaned in the sewage treatment plant in Ras il-Hobz. Also, the road was renewed, some bridges replaced, and the trail to the natural bridge widened.