It was built in 1586 during the reign of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, and now serves as the official summer residence of the President of Malta.

The site of Verdala Palace was originally occupied by a hunting lodge, which was built in the 1550s or 1560s during the reign of Grand Master Jean Parisot de la Valette.

The lodge was built in the Boschetto, a large semi-landscaped area that was used by knights of the Order of Saint John for game hunting.

[3] On the outbreak of World War II in 1939, works of art from the National Museum were stored at the palace for safekeeping.

[10] Verdala Palace is supposedly haunted by the "blue Lady", a niece of Grand Master de Rohan.