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The Majjistral Nature and History Park is a nature reserve in Mellieha, Malta. The geographic area includes the coastal area in Golden Bay (Maltese: Il-Mixquqa) to Il-Prajjet and Ix- Xagħra l-Ħamra. It was declared a national park in the Malta Government Gazette by Legal Notice 251 of 2007 in September 2007. The park is named for the northwestern region or wind (Maltese: Majjistral).
The area includes a stretch of 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) of protected coast, designated as part of a larger Special Area of Conservation of International Importance, within the Natura 2000 network of sites as per the European Habitats Directive. It has a number of historic and archaeological sites as identified in studies commissioned by the Malta Tourism Authority.