A last minute decision a week ago saw Linda and I on a flight to Gibraltar on Thursday - resulting in a significantly more exciting celebration of our wedding anniversary than our normal efforts.
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| View of Gibraltar from the Airport |
As it turns out, Gibraltar is an excellent destination for a long weekend break. My list of positives includes: Everything is in English; You can use the Pound - so no currency exchange rip-offs; No jabs required; Sunny; Small enough to walk everywhere (the total ground area of Gibraltar is about half the area of Heathrow Airport!); Reasonable prices - costs seemed similar, or less, than Bracknell; and multiple sites of historic interest.
We were staying in a 'yacht' hotel, moored in the harbour, close to the main town centre and just 15 minutes walk from the airport terminal. An interesting walk, in that it sees you crossing the airport runway. Gibraltar is the only international airport where it's runway is crossed by a main road.
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| Our base for four nights |
Our time consisted of walking and exploring punctuated by multiple bar and cafe stops for refreshment. Highlights for me were the tour of the World War 2 tunnels in the rock, climbing the Mediterranean Steps to the top of the rock, the stunning views and meeting the monkeys (Barbary Macaques) on the rock. For Linda it was the monkeys and the views when climbing the rock.
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| One of many pints of San Miguel Consumed |
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| Europa Point, with view of Africa across the Straits |
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| Looking North, from Europa Point |
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| The Mediterranean Steps - a tougher path to the top! |
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| View to the east, about half way up |
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| View to the north, pretty much at the top |
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| The obligatory monkey photo |
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| Inside one of the rock's tunnels (there are 35 miles of tunnels!) |
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| Circled point is location of guns in previous photo |
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| Crossing the runway, heading back home |
So a great weekend away that I'd thoroughly recommend as a short break, with enough to engage both of us. If we'd have had more time, we'd have probably spent a day at one of the beaches, maybe taken a dolphin viewing tour or a day trip to Morocco.
I found the history of Gibraltar fascinating and it's easy to see why strategically this small peninsular has been so important to the British military and indeed continues to be so. The defences around the rock are formidable and the ongoing British sovereignty provides a delightful metaphorical two fingers up at the Spanish.
Makes you proud to be a Brit! 😊
What a wonderful set of photos and an excellent running commentary on this tiny peninsula - spoiled by the last two paragraphs! The British Empire wrenched this territory from Spain on August 4th 1704. Although it's true that its inhabitants wants to remain British, it's still interesting that the majority of people living there had voted to remain in the EU.
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