Gibraltar

Our recent holiday to The Algarve , Portugal saw us taking a coach excursion to Gibraltar. Gibraltar is a promontory that juts out of the coastline of Spain. It belongs to Great Britain and it's citizens all hold British passports. We had a great visit but if you are considering the same sort of day trip, be warned, it was a lengthy journey. We were picked up at 5.45am and did not arrive back in Albufeira until 10.30pm, having had 5 hours in Gibraltar. We could have flown home and back a couple of times, in the time it took. Still we had a great day but obviously it is tiring and not for ... more

Sticking out of the bottom of Spain the Rock of Gibraltar is an unusual diving destination. Almost undiscovered by British divers, it offers a wealth of wreck, historical and scenic dives with warm(-ish) water within striking distance for a holiday. ----------------------------------------​--------------------------- HISTORY ----------------------------------------​-------------------------- The Rock of Gibraltar is part of the sea floor upended by powerful geological processes and dropped at the southern tip of Europe to form one of the Pillars of Hercules guarding the entrance to the ... more

Gibraltar is in Spain but belongs to the UK and there have been many issues with all this in the past. I have made a few trips over to this great and fantastic country and have always found other things to try out and places to explore. The first thing I have to point out is the amazing view from the air when you are coming into land. The second thing is that you land on a high street - this is not a joke - they shut off the high street and you land. This is quite a sight when you get off the plane and you can watch other planes coming in, but for people not to keen on flying I would say think ... more

One of the places which we visited whilst onboard the Royal Caribbean ship Independence Of The Seas , was Gibraltar ; a Spanish island , just above the top of Africa , which is part of the United Kingdom. I hadn't visited Gibraltar before , and so because I hadn't been abroad before , this was the first 'foreign country' (even if it is a part of the UK) that I stepped foot on , and so I was a bit scared , although my sister and her boyfriend who had said that it was a really nice place and that they had enjoyed their experience there a couple of years back. When leaving the ship , we were ... more

If Disney made theme parks based on British high streets (admittedly an unappetising prospect, but you know, if ...) they'd be something like Gibraltar. Scores upon dozens of traditional pubs and similarly "classic" grub, long-standing high-street chains, red telephone boxes and old-fashioned police hats, heavily-accented barmaids who call you "luv" five times a minute - the pebbledash mixture recalls an imagined Britain that probably never existed quite like this. Yet although its sweaty centre often has the feel of a Little Englander's wet dream, there's more to Gibraltar. I'd say more than ... more