The Upper Rock
A nature reserve over the town, home to the Barbary macaques, with paths, viewpoints and a cable car to the top.
About Gibraltar
A small place with a great deal in it
Six and a half square kilometres, a limestone ridge above two seas, and a town where you can walk from a beach to a border in half an hour.
See the places on the mapGibraltar packs a nature reserve, a Moorish castle, wartime tunnels and a working harbour into a headland you can cross on foot. Africa sits on the skyline, Spain begins at the top of the runway, and the weather is kind for most of the year.
Stay a few days and you can climb the Rock in the morning, swim in the afternoon and eat by the marina in the evening. Stay longer and it becomes a base for the whole Campo de Gibraltar, from Sotogrande to Tarifa.
Find a stayGood to know
- Getting here
- The airport is a few minutes' walk from town, with flights from the UK. Málaga is under two hours by road.
- Getting around
- Most of the town is walkable. Taxis, buses and the cable car cover the Rock itself.
- Language and money
- English is the everyday language. The Gibraltar pound is used alongside sterling, at the same value.
- When to come
- Warm and dry through the summer, mild in winter, and quieter either side of the school holidays.
Worth your time
What to see
St Michael's Cave
A vast natural cavern of stalactites inside the Rock, used as a concert hall and lit for visitors.
Tunnels and the castle
The Great Siege Tunnels, the WWII tunnels and the Moorish Castle tell three different centuries of the same story.
Europa Point
The southern tip, where the lighthouse, the mosque and the shrine look across the strait to Morocco.
Main Street and Casemates
Shops along a pedestrian street that runs the length of town, opening into the squares where people eat and meet.
Beaches and the bay
Sandy bays on the east side, the marinas on the west, and dolphin trips that leave from the harbour.
Local recommendations
Where we send our guests
We're building a list of places we're happy to recommend: restaurants, cafés, guides and days out, with something extra for Gibhavens guests where we can arrange it.
Restaurants
Run a business in Gibraltar and want to be on this list? We'd like to hear from you.
Work with us
Thinking of moving here
Looking at moving to Gibraltar?
Gibhavens is the short-stay side of WDF Properties, which has been letting and selling homes on the Rock since 2014. If you are coming for longer than a holiday, they are the people to talk to.
Plenty of guests book a few weeks with us while they look for somewhere of their own. Stay here in the meantime and WDF Properties can show you what is available to rent or buy — you are dealing with the same people either way.
Renting and buying here
- Long lets
- Flats across Gibraltar, let by the month on ordinary residential tenancies rather than by the night. What is available now is listed on wdf.gi.
- Buying
- WDF Properties handles sales as well as lettings, residential and commercial.
- While you are looking
- Our apartments are booked by the night, up to 30 nights at a time. Ask us directly about anything longer.
Come and see it
Stay in one of our apartments and have the whole Rock on your doorstep.