| Gibraltar Guide | ALAMEDA BOTANIC GARDENS |
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At the end of Main Street are the Southport Gates, beyond which is the Alameda, a public garden with luxuriant subtropical vegetation and an open-air theater. At the nort... |
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| Gibraltar Guide | APE'S ROCK |
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Ape's Rock is home to Barbary apes which are the only monkeys living wild in Europe. A British army corporal is assigned the duty of feeding these living symbols of Gibra... |
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| Gibraltar Guide | EUROPE POINT |
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At the southern tip of the peninsula is Europa Point, with a restaurant, a lighthouse and the old chapel of Nuestra Señora de Europa. From here there are magnificent view... |
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| Gibraltar Guide | ST MICHAEL'S CAVE |
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Farther south from the Highest Point a track leads off Queen's Road to St Michael's Cave, the largest cave on the Rock, with fine stalactites and stalagmites. In summer t... |
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THE DELICIOUS FOOD OF GIBRALTAR |
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Irish Town, the road which runs parallel to Main Street has a number of bars, like The Clipper which has good food, friendly staff, and satellite tele... |
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HOTELS IN GIBRALTAR-YOU HAVE AN OPTION TO CHOOSE ACCORDINT TO YOUR BUDGET |
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Toc h hostel, line wall road, to the left at the wall. a very scruffy ecentric place built like a pile of garden sheds piled upon each other round a p... |
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| SHOPPING IN GIBRALTAR FOR TOURIST |
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Main Street, with its adjoining lanes and byways offers a large selection of goods, transforming this area of Gibraltar into what has often been calle... |
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| UPPER GALLERIES OF GIBRALTAR |
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From Main Street Willi's Road leads past the Moorish Castle into Queen's Road, a narrow road which runs along the Rock, half way up, affording fine vi... |
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About Gibraltar
The Rock of Gibraltar sits at the southernmost tip of Europe with a land frontier to Central Spain on its northern front. It rests at the crossroads of the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. The stretch of water that separates Gibraltar from north Africa is called the Strait of Gibraltar and throughout history has played a strategic part in battles fought and won to control the western Mediterranean seaways. Intrinsically linked with the sea, Gibraltar is one of the busiest Ports of Call in the Mediterranean. In the ancient times, right through the age of empires and in the global conflicts of our own century, Gibraltar has stood guard over this Mediterranean, its unique position making it the focus of a...
