The Great Siege Tunnels Gibraltar

... a tour of the complete top of the Rock from the Pillars of Hercules to St. Michaels Cave on pass the Ape Den and out to the Great Siege Tunnels. We accepted the tour along with three other couples from the ship, thus we began our adventure on the Rock of ...

... our rucksack. This appeased the situation and a mugging was definitely averted!! From the viewpoint at the Great Siege Tunnels, Gibraltar international airport is clearly visible. There are daily flights to and from Heathrow, Gatwick and even ...

... tour. We saw St. Michael's Cave (underground grotto with stalactites), the Ape's Den (a colony of tailless monkeys), the Great Siege Tunnels (complex tunnels carved out of solid limestone in 1779-83 & lined with cannons) & a Moorish Castle (a fortress ...

... a tour of the complete top of the Rock from the Pillars of Hercules to St. Michaels Cave on pass the Ape Den and out to the Great Siege Tunnels. We accepted the tour along with three other couples from the ship, thus we began our adventure on the Rock of ...

... Not only that but it was so big they have a concert hall that doubles as a chapel. From there we headed to the Great Siege Tunnels. These were created during the Great Siege from 1779-1783 to help protect the British from the invading Spanish forces. We ...

... and making sure no monkeys had snuck into the van we drove to the next sight. The next thing we visited was the Great Siege tunnels. They were constructed in 1782 and are considered some of the best siege tunnels in the world and many tunnels ...

... of the rock, stop at Michael's Caves and the Pillars of Hercules , visit and photograph the monkeys, tour the Great Siege tunnels. The monkeys are actually quite cute - our driver picked dandelion leaves to attract and feed to them (plus he had pasta ...

... Europe) and three countries (Morocco, Spain and U.K. (Gibraltar)) in the one shot. Our next stop on the tour is the Great Siege Tunnels, first excavated during the eighteenth century and further expanded during WWII.  As with St. Michael’s ...

... which are located on the Rock of Gibraltar.  Our knowledgable, personal guide drove us to St. Michael's Cave, the Moorish Castle, and the Great Siege Tunnels (40 miles of tunnels dug BY HAND into the limestone rock in the late 18th century as ...

... of the rock - the roads are very narrow and windy and the taxi driver was very quick and confident!!!)  We then went to the great siege tunnels, throughout the rock tunnels have been dug out and used as a fortress, these ones dated back to the 18th ...