Explore Gibraltar

Britain's place in the sun

Gibraltar is an amazing co-mingling of past, present and future, and the list of things that a visit to Gibraltar should take in reality are as long as your arm, but there are some things that you just cannot miss.

Those things that literally speak to you or beckon you in to view their stories are things that every visitor to Gibraltar wants to be certain to take a peek at. What do you want to do first? Well of course that depends on what you like most. If nature is your thing the whales or dolphins, or the rare plants, or the monkeys are going to appeal to you.

Gibraltar is not just history or shopping or outdoor sports, or even beaches. In reality, it's all of the above and the best and nearly every world.

If you're into shopping, well Gibraltar has some of the best goods and some amazing prices. What's your pleasure? Hiking, boating or just wandering around the town in search of something interesting?

The, tax status of Gibraltar makes it a place that is well worth shopping with the smaller stores and local shops as interesting and intriguing as the larger ones.

Experience a unique drive across the airport, where both pedestrians and vehicles cross, this is controlled by traffic lights and barriers Both RAF and civilians use the airport with daily flights from UK. See the land frontier with Spain.

Go Scuba Diving !!!

Gibraltar diving schools are among the best in the world today, and feature dives for the beginner, the advanced and the very experienced open water diver, as well as wreck divers. There are various diving schools that will allow you to try out your new sport, give you on site, and see that you have all the equipment you need to safely dive the wrecks of Gibraltar. They offer equipment rental so that all you need to bring with you when you arrive is a towel.

If you are, however an experienced diver and you would prefer to bring your own equipment with you, there is absolutely no restriction what so ever in bringing your own diving equipment to Gibraltar.

Gibraltar features one of the most spectacular underwater scenery in the world today, and for the diver, it features a vast array of things to see and explore.,

Cradle of History, A welcome monument that's shaped like the rock, showing the first skull of Neanderthal man from Gibraltar as well as other photos that show the civilizations throughout the history of Gibraltar

The Changing of the Guard, Several times daily on Gibraltar, undertaken by Gibraltar's own Guard Company.

Whale Watching in the Strait - If you're interested in nature, then Gibraltar is one of those places that has some diverse nature to show you. Whales in the area include Humpbacks, Killer Whales False Killer Whales and several others. Dolphin Watching- Dolphins seems to love the Gibraltar and use the area waterways as a nursery. It's not at all uncommon to see them playing with their mothers in the waters around Gibraltar.

Barbary Macaques, The Gibraltar Monkeys in other words, the last free ranging primate in Europe