The Rock Hotel Gibraltar

... the Rock before we conceded and asked in the local bobby shop.   They told us it was illegal to camp in Gibraltar and so we decided to stay in a hotel, but then we noticed we had a flat tire and we were parked in a tow area – damn!  ...

... to Tarifa, Spain ... then two bus rides, and we land in La Linea. Its a trip ... apparently, the city and area of Gibraltar is actually owned by England. La Linea is the last Spanish city before entering. So, we exited the bus, then walked three blocks ...

... UK – it is after all a British Colony. The next day at breakfast it all became clear why a long stay in the rock Hotel in  Gibraltar is not a good idea, the place is well an truly stuck in the 80's, the dads kept making jokes about a tv show ...

... we walked back across the street to the bus station and hopped on the local bus that heads around the bay to Gibraltar. I knew the rock of Gibraltar was known to the ancient sailors as one of the Pillars of Hercules, but the pictures on the Internet just ...

... on the Rock is a little run down and in need of a good coat of paint. We stayed at The Rock Hotel, very much the “Grande Dame” of Gibraltar and one of the grand old hotels of the British Empire but as tired and in need of a good coat of paint ...

... tourist beach resort was an odd place for a Jewish study and identity tour.  But in a few hours on the Rock of Gibraltar, we quickly convinced them that our arrival in Gibraltar on Friday afternoon to prepare for Shabbat was brilliant. The group ...

... All round the world our term for a seriously large or impressive rock formation was 'a big chunka'. Now this one was the 'Rock of Gibraltar' - totally on it's own and sticking out way above the land around it. Turning off the A7 towards 'La Linea' we ...

... actually both have early dementia, which is not really funny, but it does make for some funny situations. We drove to the Rock of Gibraltar, which is English soil, so we had to cross the border, and all that entails.  As soon as we ...

We had afternoon tea at the Rock ...

... part of Spain. Most of the shop keepers are not English looking and most of the locals speak Spanish to each other. They Speak English only if you speak English to them. I think Gibraltar's days are numbered as an English Colony.   ...

... there all with a Mickey Mouse sticker on. Sure enough, upon exiting we noticed that a Disney cruise line had arrived at the Gibraltar port overnight. God help us all. The person at the main gate had indicated that that O'Hare's battery wasn't open, ...

... but the military) we take a photo that shows two continents (Africa & 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 ...

... interesting side streets and alleys along with architecture that reflected older Moorish influences. Really the only reason to go to Gibraltar is to see the Rock and the Barbary Apes that run wild all over the place. I got there in the afternoon and ...

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 ...

... , and I didn't want to leave my parents high and dry, I decided to head back to the hotel. It took a while to navigate customs leaving Gibraltar ... just a long line of cars weaving their way through the baffles while the Guarda Civil ignored us. Easy ...

... Gibraltar. It was a silly expenditure, but it really hit the spot. Oh, and about the monkeys. I didn't realize it beforehand, but Gibraltar is crawling with macaque apes and that's one of the big tourist draws. Ever since India, I don't trust monkeys, ...

... would simply waive your passport to get through.  We took the cable car up to the top of the rock and from there enjoyed the numerous apes that call Gibraltar home.  They are everywhere and we went at a time that many of the apes had babies with ...

... later and after a quick nappy change Hugo was ready to go to Gibraltar, his first International trip. All I knew about Gibraltar was that it was a large Rock, it was in Spain and it was owned by the British. Exactly how it was owned by the British is a ...

... that they don’t have any diseases, they are however wild and so petting is not possible as the would bite! Gibraltar is constantly growing as they are reclaiming land from the sea and building high rise properties.   The income used to be ...

arabic keyboard, cant type   gibralter hotel was on the spanish side coz cheaper they speak funny south african dialect gibraltese which is where the name gibberish comes from the border guy wanted to know if i worked in gibraltar   made it to ...