Thursday, March 3, 2016

Gibraltar ( Jabal Tariq )

Few weeks ago i visited Gibraltar, a place i wanted to visit for a long time among other places on my list to visit, if time allows me to do so..

It is small land but full with history, though not so much about Tarek Ibn Ziyad who the rock (Gibraltar) was named after. But still there are so many things to see and do in small space of land.

Gibraltar is under the British monarch, which i was surprised by some of my colleagues and friends who thought it is part of Spain or even Portugal !!
Even though Gibraltar is British overseas territory but the Gibraltarians are proud of being mixture of multi ethnicity and cultures. You can hear many tongues  (spanish, english, arabic, Hindu ..Etc ) though, the official language is english and the currency is the Pound ( Euro is accepted as well).

It was short trip, i did't get the time to go around every place on the rock (as they call it in Gibraltar). However, i tried to visit the most famous places that every visitor does.

Here are some Pictures i have taken during my visit:

The flight was from Heathrow T3

At the airport lounge





Nicely redesigned BA cabin seats for all the short haul flight i believe 

Just landed at one of the most dangerous runways in the world, 
in the pic the Sunborn hotel.



Crossing the runway on feet


The room, with view on the runway :)

The First dinner was Italian


Triple Chocolate cheesecake 


The Breakfast


Starting the day with illy :)


High Street














Botanical Gardens















St Michael's Cave ... the cave is huge, and this picture is inside it




The Monkeys...one of the must do things in Gibraltar is to see the monkeys :)
you can see while they taking care of each other, the baby in the middle having a nap :)


Gibraltar airport with the runway view from the top of the rock


Another view of the airport, here the Terminal more obvious, the Town/City behind it is in spain


World War Tunnel



At the end of the tunnel, military point


Someone having chill out




The Moorish Castle (the only trace from the muslims ruling time i had seen)









Monarch Airlines on the Runway


Seafood Paella


The art of making glass






The Main Mosque in Gibraltar






Europa's Point


Shores of Morocco is visible in the Pic


On my way to the highest point on the rock


O'Hara's Battery is the highest point




The Mediterranean steps













The view from this small cave is epic


Another view of the southernmost part of the Gibraltar


After long walking day (very exhausted) .... night coffee time :)


Romana Pizza and Caesar Salad can help as well after long day


Leaving day breakfast


Entrance to the main bus station, main square and the high street

The main square


Lavazza before leaving to the airport (walking from the hotel to the airport takes
less than 15 minutes)


The terminal is very small but very tidy and clean




I think we might be so early here !!!???




The Calpe lounge ( Calpe is the old name of Gibraltar )






The lounge balcony with nice view into the rock



The ride back to the UK just arrived





The flying time is 2:50 minutes to LHR from GIB





Salam