This tiny bar-restaurant is set in a fisherman's boat hut, among fishing boats, just above the Għar Lapsi swimming hole, and is a splendid, simple place to sit and have a drink or tuck into some fresh fish.
Carmen's Bar & Restaurant
Southern Malta
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