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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Introduction Hello everyone my name is Jaydan though new in Guru I have been doing guided tours privately for years with friends of friends, I am a fully licensed local tour guide passionate about my native birth place, history is my passion both prehistoric, ancient, medieval renaissance and modern history. Gibraltar boasts of a significant amount of Phoenician and Greek artefacts today displayed at the Gibraltar museum as well as moorish, Spanish and British history. My tours are done in both English & Spanish I will take you to some of our fascinating points of interest within the city center, excluding the upper nature reserve in which alternative arrangements are available. The walking tour lasts approximately two hours. I would define myself as energetic, courteous with a sense of humour, adventurous sporty love reading and general knowledge. I will bring into the fray current matters, as well as local funny anecdotes therefore please do not hesitate to contact me looking forward meeting you and I’ll try my up most best to make your tour as memorable as possible. (Only day in advance booking, no last minute thank you)
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 general knowledge with lots of experience guiding many. I will briefly explain periods from Neanderthal, Neolithic, Phoenician ‘pillars of Hercules’, Mons Calpe known by the Romans, islamic invasion by Ibn Tariq & medieval moorish period, ‘reconquista’ Spanish as well as finally British history.
Tours begin at 10:00 (Saturdays 12:00)
Casemates & Landport great siege history Expl.
American war memorial
Main Street
Irish town (history of the convent ‘La Merced’ & Old Police Station)
John Mackintosh Square
British war memorial
King’s Bastion & view of Flemish synagogue
Commonwealth park
Anglican cathedral & Mosque
Museum Moorish Baths (optional)
R. Catholic Cathedral
Garrison Library/ Church of Scotland/ (view) Sacred Heart. R.C.
King Chapel C.E. Wednesday and Friday mornings
The Convent (where the Governer resides) and No. 6
Remains of Doorway of Church Our lady of the rosary brief history
Charles .V. Walls
Trafalgar cemetery
Alameda Gardens (optional)
Explore Gibraltar’s current events, Yanito language, our Maltese, Genoese, English, Irish, Portuguese, Andalusian, Indian and Moroccan cultures this is reflected in architecture & gastronomy where Anglo, Mediterranean & more; converging & mingling making it one of the most unique places in the Mediterranean that only a local guide would be able to convey.
I will have a tour guide badge at Casemates Square right across Latino’s Restaurant holding a small file
Visit to Land-port old entrance, casemates vaults once a nineteenth century barracks today a recreational area and entrance into the city
We will visit Land port with views of the old moorish, sixteenth and eighteenth walls followed by historical anecdotes.
Visit this historical and unique American memorial triumphal arch with plaques honouring those Americans who gave their lives during the First World War.
Irish town full of bars and restaurants a very unique street with historical depth dating back to the XVI to XIX century i will give you an explanation of the importance of this street and its beautiful buildings.
The beautiful old police station dating from 1864 with its gothic northern Italian style is one of the oldest and was formed right after Scotland Yard in the UK.
This memorial site commemorates those who died during World War I and next to it two war canons brought over dating from the 1858’s Crimean war.
Mckintosh Square is at the heart of Gibraltar it was known as the Plaza Mayor during the Spanish period and was later grand military square, today locals call it la piazza an Italian term where one can find the city council building and house of parliament and tourist office an old military guard room.
This Bastion built in the old line wall road dating back to the XVIII and XIX centuries with an impressive historic site which blends in with the leisure centre adjacent which has an impressive history marking Gibraltar’s siege and this site historical blends with, Campion park, mid town and beautiful commonwealth park.
Gibraltar’s Anglican Cathedral located in Cathedral square was built in 1935 in moorish style architecture, close by to the Cathedral lies a tiny mosque, the Flemish synagogue and Gibraltar’s museum in bomb house lane (Optional £15 ADULT £7.50 CHILDREN UNDER 12 FREE INFANTS UNDER 5 GIBRALTAR ID CARD HOLDERS} Close by is the Georgian style Bristol hotel where prominent figures have stayed and once a prestigious hotel which later Rock hostel took the lead.
Garrison library built right after the ‘great siege for the military’ built built in the late XVIII century in victorian style. Next lies the Gibraltar chronicle one of the oldest newspapers in the world founded in 1801, right across lies old senior military barracks with unique British colonial architecture and the beautiful St Andrew’s Church of Scotland. There is a view of the upper rock nature reserve from here and glimpses of the gothic Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
This building is one of the oldest buildings dating back to the Islamic period where a Mosque once stood in which little remains from that epoch, later it became a Gothic church during the Spanish period and later restored during the British period neoclassic gothic mix style. Today is the Cathedral of the local roman catholic diocese of Gibraltar
The convent is today the residence of the governor of Gibraltar once a Franciscan monastery from the XVI century which today parts of it and the kings chapel remains adjacent to later British period reconstruction. Right across lies number 6 local government building and the Methodist church close by.
The XVIII century military Armoury later became the local theatre named after General Inces, right across lies thee stone block building with a doorway of the church of Church of the rosary from the Spanish period. Close by Charles V walls with its three gates and trafalgar cemetery.
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).