Comino Island lies between Malta and Gozo, and is 1 sq. mile in size. It is a barren, rocky wilderness, with jagged cliffs, with two tiny sandy beaches, coves, creeks, rock tunnels and Blue Lagoon. The land has belonged to the McConney family from about 1740 and the present owner inherited half from her mother in l953. The great hurricane of 1831 devastated their plantation house, which was later built in a more sheltered place.

The Europeans that first came were Spanish arriving shortly after 1492, but when the Portuguese visited in 1536, the Indians had abandoned the island. Learned men have tried to find out why the Indians left the island so mysteriously, but have yet to discover the complete answer to this riddle.