Welcome to Gilbraltar
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory on the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula on the Mediterranean Sea.
We visited there two times, once in 2017 and then again in 2018, both on cruises.
We did a tour on the first trip seeing the major sites shown in the pictures and videos. On the second trip we were on our own and took the cable car to the top of the mountain and then hiked our way back down into the city center. We got some bad directions for the climb down and wound up taking a very long route. We were pretty tired by the time we made it back to the ship. My wife had conversations about divorce on the way down. 🙂
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- Population of 34,000
- Area of 2.6 square miles
- Land taken from Spain in 1704.
- Spain to this day still claims the land
- Heavily Tourist based economy
- Rock of Gibraltar is 1398 ft high
- A main road runs through the runway of the airport,
- English is official language but most also speak Spanish
- Currency is Gibraltar Pound (GIP)
- 6 hours ahead of east coast
- Drive on the right (unusual for a British territory)
- Europa point is the closest to Africa only 8.9 miles away in the Straight of Gibraltar
The Ape Den
Europa Point
Cable Car Ride
St. Michael’s Cave
Downtown City Views
Hike Down from the Top of the Rock
The Siege Tunnels