Malta is a popular, tourist-friendly island in the Mediterranean that is located close to the Italian island of Sicily. Malta is actually an island archipelago with three populated islands (Malta, Gozo and Comino). Sicily is located in the Mediterranean Sea and is Italy's largest island. The sunny island includes attractive rocky cliffs, volcanos, fertile valleys and lemon groves beneath the majestic Mount Etna. Goethe said, "To have seen Italy without seeing Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all."