"The Mighty Rock of GIBRALTAR" Gibraltar by Krystynn

Gibraltar Travel Guide: 1,122 reviews and 2,251 photos

Located at the entrance to the lovely Mediterranean... lies the beautiful country of GIBRALTAR.

Its strategic location and history has made The Rock of Gibraltar a very well known symbol of strength and every year, tourists who pop by Morocco or Spain will inevitably make a quick stopover to this lovely country. Like what we did. I hope you'd enjoy your short stay here in Gibraltar just as much as we did. Ciao!

THE GIBRALTAR FACTFILE:

Time: Greenwich Mean Time + 1 hour.

Climate: Mediterranean with mild winters and warm summers.

Status: Colony.

Area - Comparative: About 11 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC

Capital: Gibraltar.

Total Population: 28.683

Work Force: 13,050

Currency: Gibraltar government notes and coins at parity with British currency. 1 Gibraltar pound (Gib £) (US$1.80) = 100 pence (pennies).

Main Religions: Christianity, Islam.

National Holiday: 10 September

National airline: GB Airways (Tel: 79300)

Telephone Code: 350

Official Language: English, please. And some Spanish spoken.

Tourism: Approximately 3,800,000 visitor arrivals per year.

Above info courtesy of: The Official Gibraltar Tourism Board.

Last visit to Gibraltar: Oct 1998
Intro Written Sep 11, 2002
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awayhome Mar 23, 2004 at 1:20 PM

an amazing page you have! I hope to go there someday, happy travel-))
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micas_pt Sep 2, 2003 at 4:15 AM

Nice Gibraltar page. Your tips will very helpfull for my next visit to Gibraltar (October!!). Thanks.
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Thomascalvo Jun 14, 2002 at 2:46 PM

Great info about the rock
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EdinburghRoc Jun 5, 2002 at 12:59 PM

Ok the watercolour how did you do that? 74 I was there
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aliante1981 Jun 1, 2002 at 5:10 AM

Here`s probably the most famous rock:)))
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SirRichard Apr 24, 2002 at 1:17 AM

Exhaustive and interesting as usual, K!!
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xaver Apr 13, 2002 at 7:39 PM

one of the most fascinating place for sure
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Letterbox Mar 18, 2002 at 8:40 AM

Well done Krystynn!! Great pages - you`ve been EVERYWHERE!!
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erikute3534 Mar 4, 2002 at 1:26 AM

great info here!
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Maggies Feb 27, 2002 at 3:18 PM

How come I didn`t get here beeing so close.