Flights to Gibraltar Town

Airport to Main Street

Pedestrians still walk into town across the runway, waiting at barriers that close for each take-off and landing, while cars use the Kingsway tunnel under its eastern end. Local buses run from the frontier into the town centre, and taxis wait outside arrivals. Hotels cluster around Main Street, Ocean Village and Europa Road, and most are within a 10 to 15-minute walk of Casemates. Check current UK government travel advice and your insurance before you go.

Main Street and the old town

Main Street runs south for about a kilometre from Casemates Square, a former military square now lined with bars and cafés, to Southport Gates. Along the way you pass the Convent, the Governor's residence, where a changing of the guard takes place, as well as King's Chapel and the Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned. The Gibraltar Museum on Bomb House Lane shows a cast of a Neanderthal skull found on the Rock and the remains of 14th-century Moorish baths.

Marinas, gardens and the cable car

Ocean Village and Queensway Quay, on the western shore, have waterside restaurants and the departure points for dolphin-watching boats. Trafalgar Cemetery, just outside Southport Gates, holds graves from the time of the 1805 battle. Nearby, the Alameda Botanic Gardens shelter dragon trees and native plants, and the lower cable car station sits at their edge. Cabins climb to the top station in about six minutes, close to the Skywalk and the macaques' favourite ledges.

Catalan Bay and Europa Point

On the quieter east side, Catalan Bay is a former fishing village with a sandy beach and pastel houses beneath the cliffs. Buses also run south to Europa Point, where the red-and-white lighthouse, the Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque and the Shrine of Our Lady of Europe face the Strait. Harding's Battery has a restored Victorian gun and views across the water to the Rif Mountains. The Mediterranean Steps, a steep path up the eastern cliffs, suit confident walkers with a head for heights.

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