Free tour

‘Gibraltar more than meets the eye’

4.94

Excellent(16)

Gibraltar

Duration: 2 hours and 15 minutes

Languages: English and Spanish

Guru: Jaydan

Registered on 4 July 2024

Why is this tour going to be unique? Firstly, you will be guided by a local tour guide whose hobby happens to be history and continual acquisition of general knowledge with lots of experience guiding countless tourists. I will briefly explain any or all periods including: high & low Neolithic, Phoenician, Greeks ‘Pillars of Hercules’, Carthaginian, Romans, Islamic, Spanish medieval medieval, Hapsburg period, War Spanish succession, British history, Napoleonic wars, WWI, WWII, fortifications, actual events, culture, people, gastronomy and lifestyle. • Casemates square-Waterport Gate • North Bastion • Landport • Casemates • Chatham Counter-guard • American War Memorial. • Irish Town & John Mackintosh, British war memorial- kings Bastion,-Flemish architectural Synagogue-common wealth park - Anglican Cathedral’s diocese in Europe, Roman Catholic Cathedral St Mary the Crowned one of the smallest Diocese globally, memorial Royal engineers. End of tour , Explore Gibraltar’s current events, Llanito language, our Maltese, Genoese, English, Irish, Portuguese, Andalusian, Indian, and Moroccan cultures. Gibraltar boasts five coexisting religions, reflected in its culture, architecture, and gastronomy all commingling and making it one of the most unique places in the Mediterranean that only a local guide can unlock for the enthusiastic tourist.

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

Why is this tour going to be unique? Firstly, you will be guided by a local tour guide whose hobby is the study history and continual acquisition of general knowledge with lots of experience guiding countless tourists. I will briefly explain any or all periods including: this who left an indelible mark like the Neanderthal, Neolithic, Phoenician ‘Melqart’, Carthaginians Greek ‘Pillars of Hercules’, Roman (Mons Calpe’ extension of ancient Carteia) Islamic invasion by the Umayyads; te AlMoravids, Spanish medieval ‘Reconquista, the Hapsburgs, war of Spanish succession Anglo/Dutch capture and its treaties, XIX AD history, Napoleonic wars, industrial age, WWI & WWII military history, Genoese, Spanish, Portuguese, Maltese Irish, English, Asian, Jewish and Arab culture cuisine and present day affairs and anecdotes is what makes todays Gibraltarian society

• Waterport gate, North Bastion, Land port, view of northern defences and Great Siege. (Brief history explained)
• Casemates square
• American War Memorial
• Irish town (history of the convent ‘La Merced’ today Corks wine bar Restaurant & Old (Victorian Police Station) Small synagogue.
• John Mackintosh Square, Guard house, Parliament building and city hall.
• British War Memorial and Smith Dorrien esplanade.
• King’s Bastion built over Spanish medieval bastion, view of the 1800s Flemish synagogue, Gibraltar museum houses prehistoric, ancient medieval, British history and nearby Anglican cathedral
• Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned built over medieval mosque

Explore Gibraltar’s current events, ‘Gianito’ language, our Maltese, Genoese, English, Irish, Portuguese, Andalusian, Indian, and Moroccan cultures. Gibraltar boasts five coexisting religions, reflected in its culture, architecture, and gastronomy all comingling and making it one of the most unique places in the Mediterranean that only a local guide can unlock for the enthusiastic tourist.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: Minimum of 12 hour booking in advance nevertheless please contact in case I already have a set tour for late appointments and availability. Tours on Saturdays are in Spanish which begin at 1330 nevertheless I don’t mind 1300 if okay with others.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

9 Casemates Square, Gibraltar GX11 1AA, Gibraltar

I will have a tour guide badge at Casemates Square right across Latino’s Restaurant holding a small file

Outside visit

Grand Casemates Square

Visit to Land-port old entrance, casemates vaults once a nineteenth century barracks today a recreational area and entrance into the city

Outside visit

Landport gate

We will visit Land port with views of the old moorish, sixteenth and eighteenth walls followed by historical anecdotes.

Outside visit

American War Memorial

Visit this historical and unique American memorial triumphal arch with plaques honouring those Americans who gave their lives during the First World War.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).