10 reasons to visit Gibraltar, the green list getaway with something for everyone
From educational sessions with a primatologist to watching concerts in a cave, here s why you should visit this compact peninsula
Around 200 Barbary macaques roam Gibraltar
Padding through the Saharan sand, pleasantly fatigued by the sea air, I gazed right to the outline of Morocco as a group of swimmers raced for the water. The stresses of the pandemic had slipped away. This was my first time in Gibraltar, but somehow it felt familiar.
I’d arrived that morning, on day one of the resumption of foreign holidays. Beginning with a ride on the cable car for views out over the 1,396ft tall (at its highest point) hulking limestone rock, I’d seen the sweep of the same (man-made) Sandy Bay from far above. The kerfuffle I’d experienced on arrival soon washed away.