Shorty’s Motel & Diner

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)


East of the town center, this motel has basic rooms with TVs. The restaurant (8.30am to 8.30pm) serves diner-style breakfasts, and burgers (including the traditional Chilean sandwich known as a chacarero), baguettes and paninis.


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Nearby Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) attractions

1. Cross of Sacrifice

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Stanley's cemetery is fronted by the Cross of Sacrifice, a memorial to islanders who lost their lives in WWI and WWII.

2. Christ Church Cathedral

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The great peat slip of 1886, a landslide which killed two people and damaged numerous buildings, wiped out Stanley’s Holy Trinity Church. The foundation…

3. Whalebone Arch

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On the small grassy square next to Christ Church Cathedral, the Whalebone Arch was built in 1933 to commemorate the centenary of British rule in the…

6. 1982 Falklands War Memorial

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In front of the Secretariat on Ross Rd, this wall carries the names of the 252 British military personnel and three Falklands civilians who died in the…

7. Government House

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Perhaps Stanley’s most photographed landmark, rambling Government House has been home to London-appointed governors since 1845 and was briefly occupied by…

8. 1914 Battle of the Falklands Memorial

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This obelisk, just past Government House, commemorates a WWI naval engagement. On December 8, 1914, nine British ships, refueling in Stanley, quickly…