Experts' Choice Award Lascaris War Rooms
What the experts agree on
Underground bunker 40 meters beneath Valletta where Allied forces commanded WWII operations from intact tunnels and chambers. Maps, charts, and command rooms reveal Malta's crucial wartime role in preserved period detail.
“History buffs can meander down staircases and passageways and into the former Malta WWII operations base, the Lascaris War Rooms.”
– Afar Magazine
The Telegraph "Deep inside the bastion walls of Valletta, these tunnels were once the slave quarters of the Order of St John." Full review
The Guardian "Below the fortifications of Malta’s capital city Valletta, this complex of tunnels and chambers hold fascinating secrets from the second world war"
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Independent "To brush up on your history and discover the role that Malta played in the Second World War, visit the underground yet completely intact Lascaris War Rooms via a complex of tunnels and chambers carved under the capital"
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Fodor's "Back in 1943, this underground tunnel complex arguably decided the course of World War II. It was then that President Eisenhower and the Allied commanders were plotting the invasion of..." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "You can get a tangible sense of that period at the Lascaris War Rooms, an underground bunker headquarters for the Allied forces, where charts, maps and operations rooms have been preserved"
Lonely Planet "Concealed 40m (131ft) below Valletta's Upper Barraka Gardens, the Lascaris War Rooms housed the Allies' top-secret command HQ during WWII and were a vital part of the island's defenses..."
