Mgarr ix-Xini beach is a small, but very picturesque bay set within a creek and a steep sided natural valley.  It is one of the most secluded beaches in Gozo.  Mgarr ix-Xini has a pebble beach and is surrounded by rough and high rocks on both sides of the bay.  On the rocks at the entrance to the bay of Mġarr Ix-Xini is this historic Knights-period coastal defence tower which was built in 1661.