We stayed at a campsite on the Spanish side and from this beach you can see the rock of Gibraltar in the distance.
To get there we drove to the port on the Spanish side in La Linea de la Concepción and parked there. Then we bought tickets for the shuttle bus which take you to the cable car station and include the tickets for that too. I was very excited when going through passport control to get a stamp in my passport! I hate Brexit but this is the ONLY thing I am happy about, as it's been sad all these years never getting passport stamps when travelling around within Europe.
Driving through Gibraltar it was so fun to see all the signs written in English, and to be able to speak English everywhere too was such a novelty!
We had heard many reviews that said there were always long queues for the cable car, but we had no problems whatsoever and went straight up. The views are amazing from the top. Behind me is the direction where the beach above was (right hand side) and you can see those tall apartment blocks from the beach photo.
Looking down over the main part of Gibraltar town, the ports and the airport, whose runway juts out into the sea and you have to cross to get to the Spanish border. Beyond the airport is Spain.
It looks to me that they are reclaiming land from the sea on the right hand side.
Barbary macaque monkeys, originally from Morocco but present in Gibraltar since before the British captured the rock in 1704. There are loads of these monkeys up on the higher part of the rock. They have a tendency to steal things, like food and bags, from unsuspecting tourists so we were quite wary of them!
They were a lot of fun though and great to observe from close up. Lots of youngsters too which were very cute!
Looking across the Strait of Gibraltar to Morocco in North Africa. We were so lucky we had a clear sunny day.
There is a glass walkway called the Skywalk which juts out over the mountain edge. I didn't have any problems walking to the far end to pose for a photo. K got so far, to take this photo of me. I don't think my brother went very far onto it! I think he and I have switched places from when we were kids, I remember being terrified when he stood right beside a river bank as I got vertigo on his behalf! (Remember how I braved going on the Devon Eye but both he and Keith refused?)
Looking through the glass wall down to Sandy Bay, which is on the other side of the rock from the main town. There are only a few places with beaches as the rest of Gibraltar is either rock, or very built up due to the lack of space. Even so, this beach has been made with tons of imported sand.
St Michael's Cave. I went in but then saw all the steps so gave it a miss as my legs were already tired from walking up and down paths with steps but what I did see was quite spectacular. There is a large area within the caves that is set up as a theatre.
To be continued....
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