Gozo is 14 kilometres end to end, and once you’re off the main road, it turns into farmland, rubble walls and villages built around a church. Farmhouses for rent in Gozo are mostly old farm buildings, converted over the past few decades into homes with proper kitchens and air conditioning, though the courtyards, wells and arched doorways have stayed put. Renting one is the easiest way to work out if island life suits you, and plenty of people who come over for a season end up staying.
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Ref | 69452The island changes character three or four times a year, and a farmhouse feels different in each of them.
The valleys around Għasri, Xlendi and Ramla stay green until late May, and this is when the walking routes are at their best. Farmhouse gardens come back to life early, so citrus and bougainvillaea are usually going by March. Evenings are still cool enough for the stone to hold the chill, and most people haven’t opened the pool yet.
From June, the courtyard and pool terrace become the rooms everyone uses. Village festas run through July and August, with band marches, fireworks and the church lit up for a week at a time, and your village will have its own. Days are hot enough that the thick walls earn their keep, and swimming carries on into the evening at Ramla, San Blas and Dwejra.
September and October are the months locals keep for themselves. The sea stays warm until November, the beaches empty out after the first week of September, and the island’s restaurants are still open. Accommodation with country views come into their own here, when the fields are ploughed, and the light drops lower.
Rain comes in bursts between December and February, and the valleys fill and drain within a day. Farmhouse-style homes stay cool, so heating and how well the property holds warmth are worth asking about at the viewing. Village life carries on indoors, in the band clubs and the cafés around Victoria’s square.
Old farm buildings brought up to modern standards, with fitted kitchens, en suite bathrooms and air conditioning. These make up most of the rental market and are ready to move into. Original features are usually kept, so the newer work sits alongside stone floors, deep window recesses and the original staircase.
Common across the island and standard in the western villages. The pool sits in a walled courtyard or on a deck off the main living area, which keeps it private in a way a communal pool never manages. Check who covers servicing and winter upkeep before signing.
Converted stables, outbuildings and separate ground-floor rooms with their own entrances. These work for visiting family, a studio or a home office that stays out of the house. They’re less common, so worth flagging to us early if it’s something you need.
Built into the terraces around the parish church, with courtyards or roof terraces instead of pools. The greengrocer, the pharmacy and the band club are a couple of minutes’ walk from the front door. Garage space is the thing to ask about, since street parking around the cores runs out early in the evening.
The Gozo Channel ferry crosses from Mġarr to Ċirkewwa in around 25 minutes and runs through the night, and the fast ferry into Valletta takes about 45. Most people crossing regularly for work keep a car on the Malta side. Villages on the east of the island, Nadur, Qala and Għajnsielem, put you closest to the terminal.
Victoria covers day-to-day life, with supermarkets, banks, GP clinics and pharmacies, and Gozo General Hospital sits on the edge of it. Anything specialist means a trip to Mater Dei on Malta. There are state, church and private schools on the island, and the school run is short by any standard.
Gozo’s villages still run on their own calendars, built around the parish, the festa and the band club. Newcomers get absorbed into this more easily than you’d expect, mostly because the population is small enough that people notice you. If you’d prefer more anonymity, Marsalforn, Xlendi and the outskirts of Victoria are busier and more used to new faces.
Farmhouses are more pet-friendly than apartments because walled gardens and courtyards make it practical. It’s still down to the individual landlord, and some ask for a higher deposit where pets are involved. Tell us at the start of your search if you have a pet, and we’ll filter accordingly.
Working from home in a Gozo farmhouse is possible as fibre reaches most of the island, and speeds are generally good, though older properties in the rural areas can be slower to connect. Ask what’s already installed at the property instead of assuming it can be upgraded quickly. Thick stone walls also block wifi between rooms, so mesh systems are common here.
A converted farmhouse has been finished and is ready to live in. Unconverted properties are shells, sometimes with no roof or services, and these come up for sale rather than for rent. Any conversion work needs consent from the Planning Authority, and rules are tighter outside development zones.
Some farmhouses in Gozo come with land, though it’s more common in sales than in rentals. Where land is included it tends to be a walled garden or a fenced plot beside the house, since owners usually keep working fields in cultivation or let them separately. Ask what falls inside the boundary before you view, because photographs of a farmhouse often take in fields that belong to a neighbour.
We have staff based on the island of Gozo who work with the same owners year after year, so they can tell you what a property is like to live in during February as well as August. We have been experts in real estate for over 30 years, so we know exactly where to find properties with spectacular country views, where you’ll have sunset views over Ramla Bay, or where to find a farmhouse within walking distance of modern amenities and village centres.
Have a look through the current listings or get in touch and we’ll arrange viewings around your trip over.
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