Sun, sea, relaxation, fun. Summer is the most carefree season of the year, and vacations are the right time to recharge after a year of work. The accessibility of tourist attractions is an important issue. Ensuring that even the less fortunate can fully experience a 360-degree travel experience is a duty of every country.
Support for people with disabilities in Malta starts at the airport, which offers dedicated assistance services. There are also specialized taxi and van services for transporting disabled individuals throughout the archipelago.
As for accommodation, Malta offers numerous facilities and solutions for any type of need, with equipped rooms and dedicated services for disabled people and their friends and families.
Malta has always been committed to making small and large attractions accessible to people with disabilities. This is why the accessibility of beaches in Malta and Gozo has been improved, with the construction of new walkways and access ramps that allow reaching some of the main beaches of the archipelago directly from the road, such as Mellieha Bay. Additionally, special lifts have been installed to enable people with disabilities to move easily from the road to the beach. Finally, the ten main beach establishments in Malta have been equipped with special beach wheelchairs, which can be used to enter the water as well.
Accessible Beaches in Malta
- Buġibba Beach: a walkway, accessible toilets, blue flag beach and lifeguard tower
- Qawra Point: a walkway, accessible toilets, blue flag beach, access hoist, lifeguard tower and blue badge parking
- Golden Bay (Mellieħa): a walkway, accessible toilets, blue flag beach, beach wheelchairs, lifeguard tower and blue badge parking
- Għajn Tuffieħa (Mellieħa): lifeguard tower, blue flag and blue badge parking
- Mellieħa Bay: a walkway, accessible toilets, blue flag beach, beach wheelchairs, lifeguard tower, access hoist and blue badge parking
- Tunnara (Mellieħa): a walkway, access hoist and blue badge parking
- St. Georges Bay (St. Julian’s): a walkway, blue flag beach, Beach wheelchair, lifeguard tower and blue badge parking
- Fond Għadir (Sliema): a walkway, blue flag beach, lifeguard tower and blue badge parking
- Ta’ Fajtata (Marsaskala): a walkway, accessible toilets, access hoist, lifeguard tower and blue badge parking
- Pretty Bay (Birżebbuġa): a walkway, accessible toilets, beach wheelchair, lifeguard tower, access hoist and blue badge parking
- Armier: a walkway, accessible toilets and beach wheelchairs
- Little Armier: a walkway, beach wheelchairs and blue badge parking
- Ġnejna Bay: a walkway
- Torri l-Abjad (Mellieħa): a walkway
- Baħar ic-Ċagħaq: a walkway, accessible toilets and blue badge parking
- L-Għar l-Aħmar (Marsaxlokk): a walkway, beach wheelchairs and blue badge parking
- Exiles (Sliema): a walkway, access hoist, and blue badge parking
- Fekruna Bay (Xemxija): a walkway
- Wied il-Buni (Birżebbuġa): a walkway
- San Ġorg, (Birżebbuġa): lifeguard tower
Accessible Beaches in Gozo
- Ramla l-Ħamra: a walkway, accessible toilets, blue flag beach, blue badge parking, lifeguard tower and beach wheelchairs
- [+] Marsalforn Beach (Żebbug): a walkway, accessible toilets, access hoist [*], beach wheelchairs, lifeguard tower and blue badge parking
- [+] Ħondoq ir-Rummien (Il-Qala): a walkway, lifeguard tower, accessible toilets, beach wheelchairs, blue flag beach and blue badge parking
- [+] Xwejni Bay: [BEACH OF QUALITY] a walkway, beach wheelchairs, lifeguard tower and accessible toilets.
source: VISITMALTA –
COMMISSION FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY