Offbeat Traveler: Red Sandy Beach in Malta

Continuing our series on colorful beaches, this week we show you Ramla Bay on the Maltese island of Gozo. The beach is known to locals as Red Sandy Beach and can be found on the northeastern side of the island.

Besides the extraterrestrial-like orange-reddish sand, Ramla Bay is known for the Roman ruins buried beneath its surface. Calypso Cave, overlooking the bay, has also been associated with the mythical lair of Calypso in Homer’s “Odyssey.”

-- Jason La