Calypso Cave is located in a cliff just off Xaghra; overlooking Gozo’s most sought-after sandy beach, Ramla Bay.
This site is thought to be the same cave Homer mentioned in `The
Odyssey' where Calypso, the beautiful nymph, kept Odysseus as a
`prisoner of love' for seven years.
Calypso had promised him immortality if he stayed with her, but he escaped when he could, and returned to his wife Penelope.
To reach this cave, you have to follow Racecourse Street out of Xaghra.
Before the road stoops en route to Ramla Bay, there is a gift shop with a
stone archway on the left.
Through the archway and across a 'karst garden', you will find a flight
of stairs incised in rock. Downstairs you will find a platform and the
entrance to the cave is an archway 1 metre high.
Entrance is free of charge. There is no artificial lighting inside, so a portable torch becomes handy.
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