Gibraltar Travel Blogs

We're alive!
Apr 24, 2007 (13 photos)

... and more info to follow, you poor saps, but wanted to give you the update. We ventured to the top of the Rock of Gibraltar earlier this afternoon. And saw the monkeys. Yes, Jarrod, I made friends with them. If in fact there are actual readers out there ...

Tarifa - kite surfing around The Rock
Jul 13, 2007 (38 photos)

... during WWII). Located just east of the most southern point in Spain it is a perfect base for guarding the Straits of Gibraltar and regulating access between the Atlantic and Med. The 400+ metre sheer limestone cliffs that form 'The Rock' make it a ...

Gibraltar
Oct 4, 2005 (7 photos)

After taking the ferry from Tangier back to Spain we decided we couldn't let the opportunity go by of not seeing Gibraltar as it was quite close. Gibraltar is still a British colony (of over 300 years) and more British than the British!! You suddenly re- ...

Gibraltar
Nov 10, 2005 (3 photos)

Well we were not sure what to expect of Gibralter. Just as well really as it's a strange mix of a large port and an old council estate ! For those who aren't sure what we mean by council estate, its a housing area where no-one owns property (its all ...

Gibraltar
Nov 25, 2002 (1 photos)

Hi Guys, You can read our update on Gibraltar in our entry from Tarifa, Spain entitled 'Waiting for Africa'. Cheers, K & S

Sailing to North Africa
Sep 3, 2007 (31 photos)

Great trip - except for getting sea sick when I had to stay down below and do some blind nav from Smir back to Gib...  "mind the tanker!" ... It's like Picadilly Circus round there!          

Welcome to Gib
Jul 23, 1998

... . Beer for me and sangria for the girls. By this stage, Don Simon was gone and Pedro Martinez was their new love for them. Leaving Gibraltar is different, there is a line and if you have Spanish plates on your car, you get searched, they waved us through

In search of the crowds
Nov 16, 2005 (6 photos)

... from over the ocean. The Spanish culture seems to have been gradually consumed. Somewhere back in the distant past I decided that Gibraltar was on my to-do-list but to be honest I'm not sure what specifically caused this to occur. Perhaps it was just ...

Trans Africa Group Members 1st Leg
Mar 13, 2009

Driver: Chris (39) Australia Tour Leader: Gary (39) New Zealand 1st Leg Members Andrew (Me) (23) British Martin (36) British Bryrony (27) British Lene (29) Norway Martin H (50) and Gwynne (52) U.S.A Jen (22) U.S.A - Leaving trip in Cameroon Ben (34) and ...

British food
Nov 9, 2007 (2 photos)

Today we left Europe, getting the ferry from Algeciras to Ceuta. Before we left we decided to go over to Gibraltar, which is a British Dependancy, so back into pounds and British road signs, but they don't drive on the left. From the distance the Rock of ...

I Heart Gibraltar Monkeys
Jun 25, 2007

... on the cars! We got out to have a closer look and it was crazy. I've been telling people that I was going to recruit a Gibraltar monkey to carry my backpack for the rest of the trip, but unfortunately that didn't happen (they were much too small, it wouldn ...

Gibralter, United Kingdom
Apr 19, 2007 (19 photos)

... units, but our guests just interacted anyway.   Next we stopped at the fortifications for a panoramic view of Gibraltar, Spain across the narrow strip of land, Morocco (we never did quite figure out where it was) and Africa in ...

And it certainly is a big rock!!
Sep 22, 2009 (2 photos)

... - we like it like that!!! We ran into Tian who runs the Cantina in our old marina while sitting in a pub in Gibraltar and had a great evening with him, plus a couple of others from Port d'Andratx. They had brought a 30m motoryacht down from the port ...

gibraltar
Jan 2, 2007 (20 photos)

... of gibraltar you ride across the airport runway. pretty weird and unfortunately we didn't see the runway in action.  gibraltar's a scruffy town -as trevor and janet called it.  kinda strange, and¨yes scruffy.   it's a rock ...

They're monkeys, not apes
Mar 27, 2007 (4 photos)

... little room to talk, as they have the same situation across the straits in Ceuta, which is on Mainland Morocco. Gibraltar is a bustling city of British expats, lifelong Gibraltarans, and hordes of tourists.  It's really one big expensive shopping ...

Day 2 - Gibraltar - Gibraltar Apes
Nov 10, 2008 (35 photos)

... of beer.  Good to see the priorities are still in check. After shopping we headed to the big city of Gibraltar... a rather strange place... centered around a bloody big rock with apes running wild over it.  Yeah weird.  So after ...

Gibraltar
Mar 6, 2004 (2 photos)

... between Spain and Gibraltar and prevented Moors and Jews "to reside or have their dwellings in the said town of Gibraltar". Nice and progressive. Despite the tight wording, Spain has been trying to get at least joint sovereignty of Gibraltar ever ...

Gibraltar
Mar 10, 2007

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Gibraltar
Apr 13, 2008

... town has been extended (on reclaimed land) beyond the sea walls, where new shopping areas and hotels are being developed. Gibraltar's walls are enormous-which were necessary because of the sea and the military sieges it has endured-and rise much like the ...

Strait of Gibraltar
Dec 15, 2008 (7 photos)

Monday 15 December Strait of Gibraltar                            N 35° ...

Day 1 - Gibraltar - The Beginning
Nov 9, 2008 (1 photos)

Flight was due to depart at 14.50 but left more like 15.30.  Landed in Gibraltar around 6ish where we were met by Kate saying "right grab your bags, we just have to walk into Spain where Jason is waiting with the truck".   Ahhhh ...

Gibraltar
Dec 1, 2007 (12 photos)

... day, we could see the outline of the huge mountain in the distance, so we made a day trip to get a closer look. Gibraltar is a province of the UK, so they do not accept the euro and almost everyone speaks English. The downtown area was mostly ...

Gibraltar
Jul 18, 2008 (10 photos)

Pics from the day trip to Gibraltar

Gibraltar
Mar 12, 2009 (4 photos)

... bag would have made a big difference in staying warm for the night. The following morning Andrew, Lene, Heather and I headed to Gibraltar to do a bit of sightseeing and duty free shopping for the several months ahead in Africa. At 'the rock' a local taxi ...

Pillars of Hercules
Dec 1, 2006 (6 photos)

So, Stoney was right. You do have to walk across the tarmac to get into and out of Gibraltar. The apes were amusing... I actually got into a standoff with one of the buggers who tried to steal my bag. And then he slapped me... figures... I´m the only ...

Ah, crazy Gibraltar!
Jun 20, 2007

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Don´t arrest me.... please!
Oct 15, 2006 (5 photos)

... out the checks were so stringent I thought they might even ask for a urine sample. They didn´t. Anyways... the journey to Gibraltar took 3 hours, which passed surprisingly quickly. I had no idea what Gibraltar looked like, but 15 mins before the bus ...

Gibraltar
Apr 25, 2009 (19 photos)

... a small white van that held nine people including the driver. So off we drove, up the mountain and into our Gibraltar Adventure.   Our first stop was at the Pillars of Hercules, where legend says Hercules broke the land bridge between Europe and ...

Gibraltar: A Taste of Britain and Monkey Attacks
May 22, 2008 (24 photos)

... has expensive radio equipment there which can listen in on practically all conversations in the Western Mediterranean. Spain obviously wants Gibraltar back.  After all, it is hundreds of miles away from Britain and only has a contiguous border with ...

Visiting the 'Rock'
Apr 2, 1998

Update later.