Why Malindi Town is Known as Little Italy.
Why Malindi Town is Known as Little Italy and What Remains of the Town. Introduction Malindi is a town on the northern Kenyan coast founded in the 14th century. It is 120km northeast of Mombasa and known as Little Italy since the late 1960s. The first Italians arrived in Malindi as engineers and scientists. It happened during the opening of the Italian-run Broglio Space Centre, now known as San Marco off the Kenyan Coast. They fell in love with what they found soon word reached Italy about the pristine beaches, seafood, and good-natured inhabitants. By the 1970s, many Italians were settling in Malindi and went after opportunities in the tourism industry. They opened hotels, restaurants, built beach villas and became great contributors to the economy. The town is brimming with Italian restaurants such as Osteria restaurant , Bar-bar restaurant , hotels like the White elephant , Billionaires, villas like Scorpiovillas and Malaika house not forgetting ...