The Most Exciting Way

to the Top of the Rock

 
 

La manera más emocionante de llegar al Top of the Rock

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CABLE CAR OPEN
7 days a week:

09:30 – 19:15 hrs
Last Cable Car down 19:45 hrs

except for 30th October to  31st March

09:30 – 17:15hrs
Last Cable Car down 17:45 hrs

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FREE SHUTTLE
+ FAST TRACK

Frontier Cable Car
Plus Free Fast Track at the Cable Car ticket office when you pre-purchase your tickets.

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412M IN
6 MINUTES

The Cable Car runs continuously throughout the day, approx every 10 min.

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Click Here to view Public Holidays & Cable Car Festive Closures

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PLEASE NOTE:

the World War II Tunnels will close early at 14:00 hrs on Friday 13th September.

For further information please contact: naturereserve@gibraltar.gov.gi

 

 

Welcome to Gibraltar

WHERE HISTORY, NATURE & CULTURE SEAMLESSLY COMBINE

“Legend has it Hercules stood gazing at the land barrier keeping the Atlantic Ocean back from filling the Mediterranean desert. Looking left his hand grasped Mons Abyla, to his right he took hold of Mons Calpe. Summoning all his strength he pushed the two mountains apart opening a rift between Africa and Europe that still keeps the two continents apart to this day. It is here you will find the ‘Rock’, Gateway to the Mediterranean and the land of the Gibraltarian's, keepers of the Straits and Guardians of his legacy.”

THE FACTS

  • British Overseas Territory
  • Language: English
    (official although Spanish is widely spoken)
  • Population: 28,750
  • Currency: Sterling
  • Area: 8km2 (5.8 sq. mi)
  • Political system: Democracy
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‘The Rock’, formed millions of years ago has attracted thousands of visitors and we hope that after browsing this website you will be next. The Romans called it Mons Calpe, however the Moors called it ‘Jebel Tariq’ (Tariq’s Mountain) after General Tariq Ibn Zayed who captured it in AD 711. You and I know it as the ‘Rock of Gibraltar’. Although, we suggest you call it your next holiday because for a day, a long weekend or a full blown holiday you’ll not find a destination with the variety, sightseeing, weather or welcome in just over 6 square kilometres. The most famous landmark at the entrance to the beautiful Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar has literally been a place to stop for the nations of the world since the dawn of sailing. Gibraltarians, Britons, Spaniards, Italians, Maltese, Moors, Greeks, Visigoths, Romans and earliest of all, according to archaeological research, Neanderthal Man. They all came, seen, and all desired to conquer although few succeeded.

The very rock it is made out of is 200 million year old Jurassic Limestone and if that isn’t enough to blow your mind think of this, the geologists tell us that it is actually upside down! The rock on the top is older than the rock underneath, a pretty neat trick for rock that is formed from layer upon layer of sea sediment and shells from crustaceans. Positioned at the southern tip of the Iberian peninsular Gibraltar is not an island as many believe but an isthmus, which given it’s geographical location has earned itself a unique position in history. There are over 130 caves inside the Rock of which ancient people sheltered from the elements. In more recent times visitors have taken to the Rock for a different kind of refuge and each added to its blend of culture. Today Gibraltar enjoys a mixture of customs, a colourful language and a religious tolerance that is unique in the world. Gibraltarian’s are bi-lingual in both English and Spanish and after more than 300 years of British influence they have a British sense of humour and fair play with a Latin vibrancy. We hope you too will enjoy the enigma that is Gibraltar just like the millions of that come to explore the hidden secrets of the Rock before you.

BARBARY APES

The resident Barbary Apes are sure to entertain you at the Cable Car Top Station. Snap a photo and share it instantly with FREE WI-FI.

The Cable Car

A MUST FOR ANY VISITOR TO GIBRALTAR

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NATURE RESERVE

Access the Nature Reserve:
Explore the Upper Rock Nature Reserve at your own pace starting from the Cable Car top station.

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