Essential Tour

This Gibraltar coach tour consists of approximately 1hr 45mins duration which starts by picking you up from any destination in Gibraltar. We begin the coach tour by driving towards Europe point where we'll stop for approximately 15 minutes. This site is located at the southernmost point at the end of the Rock of Gibraltar. Here you will see breathtaking views across the Strait of Gibraltar into North Africa and Morocco, along with the bay of Gibraltar and the Spanish towns along its shores. Next, we will continue the tour and head towards the upper rock nature reserve stopping at St Michael's Cave for a 20-minute visit. St Michael's Cave sees thousands of visitors a year wandering through its huge caverns with just a few steps and easy access. This amazing, natural phenomenon was created by rainwater slowly seeping through the limesTone rock, turning into a weak carbonic acid which gradually dissolved the rock millions of years ago to form the caves we know today. This cave is the most visited cave found inside the Rock of Gibraltar receives almost 1,000,000 visitors a year. After the cave, we'll visit one of the most famous tourist attractions in Gibraltar - The Apes Den to visit the monkeys! Here we'll see and share some time with our famous Monkeys. The Barbary Macaque Apes are the only ones to be found on the continent of Europe. They reside at the upper rock nature reserve of Gibraltar. At present, there are over 200 apes in 9 packs that roam throughout the upper rock. Legend has it that in 1942 the population of apes fell to just 7 and the Prime Minister of Great Britain (Sir Winston Churchill) ordered that the population of the apes be immediately replenished because as long as there are Barbary Macaques Apes on the Rock of Gibraltar it will remain under British rule. On the drive down from the Upper Rock Nature Reserve we will see the outside of the Moorish Castle, you will be able to see the history and battle scars due to cannon ball shots against the castle between the wars of the Moors and the Spanish. The Moorish Castle is a medieval fortification in Gibraltar which is made up of a number of buildings. The Moorish Castle stands proudly on the Eastern elevation of the Rock, a proud symbol of the long and colorful history of the Rock of Gibraltar originally built in the 1160CE. It was ransacked by the Spanish between 1309 1333. This 'Tower of Homage' was rebuilt in the 14th century by Abu-l-Hasan. You'll be able to look closely to see the cannon dents in the castle walls. As we exit the nature reserve park we will drive through the old town of Gibraltar.