Gibraltar overview

Gibraltar offers something for everyone, ranging from architectural treasures and priceless artefacts. Located more than 300 metres above sea level, with magnificent stalactites and stalagmites, is St Michael's Cave. The main chamber has been transformed into a large subterranean auditorium, and provides a unique venue for concerts, ballet and drama. There are the spectacular Alameda Botanical Gardens where you can take a cable car up to the Apes' Den and then onto the summit of the Rock. The views from the top are quite simply breathtaking.

There's a Medieval Castle, museums, heritage centres and War memorials as well as a church, a cathedral a Hindu temple a synagogue and a Mosque. Sailing Centres offer a full range of courses, three established schools offer diving opportunities, fishing is a popular pastime and dolphin-watching, and to a lesser extent whale-watching, trips are also available.

Gibraltar is also the perfect base from which to explore the surrounding cultures, countries and continents. Enjoy a day trip to the ancient town of Seville, or discover Jerez. Whilst a short ferry ride across the Strait lies Morocco and the considerable and exotic charms of Tangier.

The Barbary Apes
World famous, and perhaps Gibraltar's most important attraction, the Barbary apes are actually tail-less monkeys. 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. Towards the end of the Second World War when, owing to natural causes, the number of apes had diminished, Sir Winston Churchill took a personal interest in the fate of the monkeys ensuring that additional animals were imported from Morocco. Today the monkeys enjoy the rudest health living in the Apes' Den and roaming wild on the steep slopes of the Rock. The apes should not be approached, touched or fed.

You can find most ethnic and international cuisine in Gibraltar including Indian, Chinese, Thai, Argentinean, Japanese, Moroccan, Kosher, English, Danish, French, Spanish and Italian. Fish lovers are particularly well catered for with Catalan Bay on the east side and the marinas featuring a number of restaurants specialising in sea-food. For lighter bites there is no shortage of English and Irish pubs, and Irish coffee houses.

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