From the airport
Bus: buses 3, 9 and 10 run roughly every 10 minutes from the airport terminal to various destinations including Casemates Square, Catalan Bay and Europa Point.
Shop
Bus: buses 3, 9 and 10 run roughly every 10 minutes from the airport terminal to various destinations including Casemates Square, Catalan Bay and Europa Point.
Shop
Head to the top of Main Street (towards the cable car) for some of the best shopping on the Rock, with stores like Monsoon, Next, Accessorize and Tommy Hilfiger all within a short strut of each other.
Keep walking up Main Street until you reach The Arcade at number 38. Tucked down an alleyway, there are several one-off shops like Woodstock of Wembley, selling music, sports and film memorabilia and Happy Melody for black-leather biker gear.
Prices are often lower in Gibraltar with no VAT on goods and only a modest import duty, so leave room in your suitcase and stock up during your visit.
Europa Point, one of the two ancient pillars of Hercules, is the ideal vantage point for gazing across the straits to Morocco. The lighthouse dates from 1841 ansd marks the meeting place of the Atlantic and the Med.
Keep walking up Main Street until you reach The Arcade at number 38. Tucked down an alleyway, there are several one-off shops like Woodstock of Wembley, selling music, sports and film memorabilia and Happy Melody for black-leather biker gear.
Prices are often lower in Gibraltar with no VAT on goods and only a modest import duty, so leave room in your suitcase and stock up during your visit.
Europa Point, one of the two ancient pillars of Hercules, is the ideal vantage point for gazing across the straits to Morocco. The lighthouse dates from 1841 ansd marks the meeting place of the Atlantic and the Med.
Don't forget that the currency here in Gibraltar sterling which, while resembling and on a par with the UK currency, is not legal tender beyond the Rock. Ask for UK sterling when you receive change for a cash payment.
Day trip
San Roque. Head for historically rich San Roque (just 15 minutes' drive east of the Rock) and hop on the train to Rhonda, which stops at some of the region's most delightful pueblos blancos (white villages), like Benaojan.
Vejer de la Frontera. This whitewashed village perches like an eagle's nest atop a mountain, about 90 minutes' drive along the Cadiz coast. The tangle of cobbled streets is interspersed with gritty local bars, foreign-owned galleries and several excellent restaurants.
Vejer de la Frontera. This whitewashed village perches like an eagle's nest atop a mountain, about 90 minutes' drive along the Cadiz coast. The tangle of cobbled streets is interspersed with gritty local bars, foreign-owned galleries and several excellent restaurants.
Gibraltar is the Gretna Green of Europe with hundreds of couples exchanging their vows at the Registry Office here each year, including a number of celebs like Sean Connery and John Lennon. Souvenir shops sell copies of the late Beatle's wedding certificate for a fiver.
