Get mellow in the Blue Lagoon

MALTA // You don't need an Instagram filter to share pics of this sheltered cove - it couldn't possibly be bluer. On warm days, the cove's rocky ledges are draped with beachgoers, who tan languorously in the Mediterranean sun between splashing and snorkelling sessions. Strong swimmers can paddle across the lagoon's diamond-clear water to the uninhabited islet of Cominotto, with its sliver of sand as soft as almond flour.