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Here we will try
to have information for anyone visiting Gibraltar, to know what to expect and know where they want to go.
If you would like
to visit Gibraltar as a group or a team, contact us, we will put you in contact with the persons you are looking for.
We can also arrange
for you flights, hotels, games etc.
Email: whatsaroundgibraltar@lycos.com
How To Get To Gibraltar
By Road
You can drive
to Gibraltar by taking the A7 or AP7 (toll), turn off at junction 119 into the N351 direction To La Linea, the border town
between Spain and Gibraltar.
We advise to park
the car near the frontier and walk past the frontier. Sometimes queues of one and half hours develop to get out of Gibraltar
by car, plus another 30 or 45 minutes to get in.
Then you have
to find a parking in Gibraltar, which is another problem.
Best thing go
walking and get a bus or taxi to the centre, or walk 15 minutes.
Don’t think
you will see Gibraltar in a couple of hours, if you have parked where a parking meter is, give it at least four hours. There
are also a number of car parks very near the frontier.
By Air
Regular flights
from the UK to Gibraltar are operated by British Airways, which fly from London Gatwick. Easyjet fly also from London Gatwick.
Monarch flies from London Luton and Manchester airports.
Malaga airport
serves as another entry point by air as there are flights from many major cities. A drive of about 1 hour 15 gets you from
Malaga to Gibraltar.
Gibraltar Information
Languages: English & Spanish
Currency: Sterling (Most businesses will accept Euros). Gibraltar
has it’s own coins equivalent to the Sterling.
Population: 28,750
Area: 8km2
Gibraltar is rich
in history, with a very strategic location at the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula, where Europe meets Africa that
captures the unique flavour of this Mediterranean City and it’s inhabitants.
As a VAT free jurisdiction,
Gibraltar’s popularity with visitors is enhanced by it’s value added shopping experience in the Main Street.
With Marina Bay,
The New Ocean Village, Queensway Quay Marina, Casemates and along the Main Street with it’s side streets you will find
the perfect place to have lunch or dinner at the price you want.
Details of goods
that can be passed from Gibraltar to Spain.
Cigarettes
200
Cigarillos
100
Cigars
50
Smoking Tobacco 250gms
Spirits
1 Litre
Wine
2 Litres
Fortified Wine (port
of sherry)
2 Litres
Perfume 60cc/ml
Toilet Water 250cc/ml
Value Of Goods, gifts,
souvenirs 200Euros
How To Get To Gibraltar
By Road
You can drive
to Gibraltar by taking the A7 or AP7 (toll), turn off at junction 119 into the N351 direction To La Linea, the border town
between Spain and Gibraltar.
We advise to park
the car near the frontier and walk past the frontier. Sometimes queues of one and half hours develop to get out of Gibraltar
by car, plus another 30 or 45 minutes to get in.
Then you have
to find a parking in Gibraltar, which is another problem.
Best thing go
walking and get a bus or taxi to the centre, or walk 15 minutes.
Don’t think
you will see Gibraltar in a couple of hours, if you have parked where a parking meter is, give it at least four hours. There
are also a number of car parks very near the frontier.
By Air
Regular flights
from the UK to Gibraltar are operated by British Airways, which fly from London Gatwick. Easyjet fly also from London Gatwick
and Monarch flies from London Luton.
Flight from Madrid
Barajas are operated by Iberia.
Malaga airport
serves as another entry point by air as there are flights from many major cities. A drive of about 1 hour 15 gets you from
Malaga to Gibraltar.
Places To See In Gibraltar
Gibraltar Lighthouse
The lighthouse
is the only Trinity Lighthouse outside the United Kingdom.
Located on the southern tip of Gibraltar at Europa Point, the
lighthouse is still in use and its light can be seen from a distance of 30 miles.
Here you can see
Africa, Morocco that is 14.5 miles or 21 km away, if you face south.
Still facing South
you have the Mediterranean Sea to the left and the Atlantic to the right, in front of you the Straits of Gibraltar.
If you look to
the rock from here you will see O’haras Battery the highest point of Gibraltar at 426m high.
St. Michaels Cave
Located more than
300 metres above sea level, this is one of Europe's most dramatic natural grottoes.
St Michael's Cave has interested visitors
to Gibraltar ever since the days of the Romans.
The Cathedral
Cave is now open to visitors and makes a unique auditorium for concerts, ballet and drama.
Over one hundred
persons can sit in the auditorium of St Michael's Cave.
According to experts in the field, the acoustics of St Michael's
Cave are perfect and it enhances and blends all the tones into a uniform and faithful rendition of sound.
Apes
World famous,
and perhaps Gibraltar's most important tourist attraction.
The Barbary Apes, Macaca Sylvanus, are actually tail-less
monkeys and they are the only free-roaming monkeys in Europe.
Natives of North Africa, their presence in Gibraltar
probably dates from the early days of the British garrison when it is presumed that they were imported as pets or even game,
inevitably finding the rough limestone cliffs and scrub vegetation a congenial habitat
The fact is that
the apes are firmly established on the Rock. Another legend claims that should the apes ever disappear, the British will leave
Gibraltar.
During the last war, natural causes had diminished the ape numbers alarmingly, and they were in danger of
extinction on the Rock. Fortunately, Sir Winston Churchill took a personal interest and additional animals were imported from
Morocco.
Today, in addition to the pack resident at Apes Den, there are five other packs living wild on the steep slopes
of the Rock.
The welfare of the Barbary Apes is now in the hands of the Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History
Society and the R.S.P.C.A.
Main Street
Gibraltar is a
duty-free shoppers paradise and still continues to offer duty free goods despite
changes elsewhere
in Europe. Notably tobacco and spirits are among the least expensive in the world.
Shops opening
hours are from 9am to 7pm all the way through, Monday to Fridays. Saturdays from 9am to 1pm, some though stay open till later
on Saturdays and can open Sundays especially if there is a cruise liner in port.
The pedrestrianised
Main Street is Gibraltar’s principal shopping thoroughfare which runs almost the length of town. If you turn off Main
Street into the adjoining lanes and alleys to find even more shops.
Many of the big
British High Street names are also in Gibraltar including Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Tesco, British Home Stores, Wallis,
Next, Monsoon, Mothercare, Tierack, Dorothy Perkins and more.
Casemates Square
It is situated at the North side
of the Main Street, there are many bars, restaurants and shops. The square is used for parades and various shows during the
year including for New Years Eve celebrations
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