Page 480 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Spain

478  SOUTHERN SP AIN

r Algeciras people stream across the border used as a prison until 2010,
annually from La Línea de la and 80 km (50 miles) of siege
Cádiz. * 200,000. @ n Paseo Río
de la Miel s/n, 670 94 87 31. ( Tue. Concepción in Spain. tunnels housing storerooms
_ Feria Real (24 Jun–2 Jul). Among the chief sights of and barracks. St Michael’s Cave,
Gibraltar are those testifying to which served as a hospi tal
From the industrial city of its strategic military importance during World War II, is now
Algeciras, there are spectacular over the centuries. Halfway up the used for classical concerts.
views of Gibraltar, 14 km famous Rock are an 8th-century The Apes’ Den, near Europa
(9 miles) away across its bay. Moorish castle, whose keep was Point, Gibraltar’s southern most
The city is a major fishing port tip, is home to the tailless apes.
and Europe’s main gateway for Legend says that the British will
ferries to North Africa, especially keep the Rock only as long as
Tangier and Spain’s territories the apes remain there.
of Ceuta and Melilla. A cable car takes visitors to
the Top of the Rock, at 450 m
(1,475 ft). Gibraltar Museum
t Gibraltar charts the colony’s history.
British Crown Colony. * 35,000. P The Keep, Siege Tunnels,
@ n Duke of Kent House, Cathedral
Square, (+35) 020 07 49 50. _ Nat St Michael’s Cave, Apes’ Den
Day (10 Sep). ∑ visitgibraltar.gi Upper Rock Area. Tel (+35) 020 04 59
57. Open daily (except Siege Tunnels:
The high, rocky headland of Mon–Fri). Closed 1 Jan, 25 Dec. &
Gibraltar was signed over to E Gibraltar Museum
Britain “in perpetuity” at the 18 Bombhouse Lane.
Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 (see St Michael’s Cave, which served as a Tel (+35) 020 07 42 89. Open Mon–
p66). Today, about 4 million hospital during World War II Sat. Closed public hols. &
The Costa del Sol Puerto Banús
is Marbella’s ostentatious
marina. The expensive
Thanks to its average of 300 days of sunshine a shops, restaurants and
year and its varied coastline, the Costa del Sol, Estepona’s quiet glittering nightlife A46 A45
reflect the wealth of
between Gibraltar and Málaga, offers a full evenings make its clientele. A357
it popular with
range of beach-based holidays and water families with young El Chapparal A7
sports. Complementing the sophistication children. Behind the A7 Málaga
big hotels are old
and luxury of Marbella are many other popular squares shaded by El Palo Rincón de A7
resorts aimed at the mass market. More than orange trees. La Capellania la Victoria
30 of Europe’s finest golf courses lie just inland. A397 A355
AP7 Torremolinos
Puerto Benalmádena
AP7 Costa
San Pedro Banús Marbella
de Alcántara AP7 Fuengirola Torreblanca
A7
A7 A7
AP7 Ronda Estepona Atalaya Cabopino Cala de Punta de
Calaburra
A7 del Mar Mijas
Sabinillas
Rio Guadiaro
Punta de la Chullera
A405 Sotogrande
A7
Marina at Sotogrande
is an exclusive resort of Los Barrios San Roque
luxury villas. The marina A7
is fronted by good A381
seafood restaurants. La Línea de la Concepción
Algeciras Bahia de GIBRALTAR (UK)
Algeciras
San Pedro de
Gibraltar Alcántara is a quiet
N340 Punta de Europa resort with a modern
N340
Punta del
Carnero marina and smart
Tarifa holiday developments.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp572–4 and pp598–602
478-479_EW_Spain.indd 478 26/09/17 11:56 am