Car Hire Gibraltar Spain

Gibraltar has a wealth of history, to the early Greek and Romans Gibraltar was one of the two pillars erected by Hercules to mark the edge of the world. Gibraltar is a British crown colony with an approximate population of 32,000 and is approximately 2.5 square miles based on a slim, rocky neck of land extending into the Mediterranean Sea from the South West of Spain. Most of the neck of land is occupied by the Rock of Gibraltar, 1 of the pillars of Hercules, which guards the northeastern end of the Strait of Gibraltar, connecting the Mediterranean with the Atlantic. The city of Gibraltar lies at the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar. The neck of land is linked with the mainland by a low sandy spot of land West of the peninsula is the bay of Gibraltar, an inlet of the strait.

There is a protected enclosed harbor. The rock of jurassic limestone, has caves in which precious archaeological finds have been made. A tunnel biscects the rock from east to the west. The town is a free port, with some transit trade. The type of weather is mild and agreeable, and tourism has become a significant business.