A sprawling complex of military housing quarters from the 1960s is now abandoned and “hidden in plain sight” on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.
Located on Malta’s coast alongside the main highway connecting Valetta to the very popular St. Julian’s, the White Rocks abandoned complex is massive yet strangely easy to miss. What exactly is an “abandoned complex,” you may ask? In this case it’s home to dozens of structures including tall, imposing apartment blocks, boarded up little houses, a swimming pool-turned-skatepark, and an abandoned bus station coated in paint.
The buildings are scattered across a vast area of land covering 450,000 square meters, and from atop them you can glimpse stellar views of the coast. (Yes, it’s easily possible to get onto some of the roofs).
The art inside is incredible, and highly variable. I have to say the watermelon room was my favorite.
For those still wondering what an “abandoned complex” is, White Rocks was built by the British in the 1960s to be used as military living quarters. When the military left Malta over a decade later, the complex was then handed to the government for use as a tourist resort, followed by accommodation for language students studying in the country.
It was last used in 1995, and although many developments were proposed over the years, none panned out. Today, over two decades, later White Rocks remains abandoned.
