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The Governor´s House is currently the residence of the Governor of Gibraltar although used to be a Franciscans Convent. I never got to see one but they say that you can watch the changing of the...
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The Angry Friar was a small and homely typical British pub right at the end of the Main Street. The pub menu included typical English breakfast, lunch and dinner. We sat at the terrace and some...
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Casemates Square is Gibraltar´s central square and a great place to enjoy a meal in any of it´s many varied restaurants during the day or chill´out in the music bars at night. The Square is...
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We chose this funky restaurant right in the Casemates Square mainly because their varied menu suited all of our tastes. We sat down in the terrace looking out the square. Service was quick, maybe...
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Gibraltar´s Main Street was the ideal spot for strolls while window shopping the busy street. The buildings and cobbled streets imitated the look of any old town in Spain. In most of the shops we entered they welcomed us in Spanish or English. I speak Spanish so it was really fun to hear them...
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We arrived late afternoon and the cable car that reached the Upper Rock Nature Reserve was already closed. We were approached by a tour guide who offered us, for about 10€, a tour to the Nature Resort and the main Historical Sites. They drove us to the very top of the Rock of Gibraltar where...
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Catalan Bay, "the bay of the Catalans', is a bay and a fishing village on the Eastern Coast of Gibraltar, on the opposite side of the Rock. The Catalan Bay Beach, popularly known as La...
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St Michaels Cave is located in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve. This cave is different to many other subterranean caves I visited, and not as big as the caves you can find in Nerja or the Balearic...
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We visited the Great Siege in August so it was really nice to walk in this tunnels as the temperature was cooling and refreshing. This labyrinth of tunnels were built during the 1700 as a defense...
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We booked a room for 3 at the Bristol Hotel beginning of August. Gibraltar hotels are not cheap but we found that this lovely hotel, right at the center of town, was really affordable. The room (in...
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The Sandy Bay Beach is located at the Eastside of The Rock, an area that locals call , Both Worlds. This area is pretty much residential but you can enjoy beautiful views of the Upper Rock cliffs,...
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We found the Pillars of Hercules at the entrance of the Upper Rock Nature Reserve. The Pillars are a symbol of the believe in Greek Ancient times, that this area was the end of the world. The Rock...
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Nearly 170 Barbary apes (Sylvanus Macacus) live in the Gibraltar Upper Rock Nature Reserve. These cute Gibraltar inhabitants are the only free roamingmonkeys in Europe. This was a really fun...
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I went Dolphin sighting in Gibraltar in November. Because of the weather they told us we might have difficulties finding them. They could not be more wrong as within 10 min and at 3km from the...
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