Things to See in Gibraltar

A poignant lesson in history can be found in the atmospherically overgrown Trafalgar Cemetery just south of Southport Gate. The graves are those of British sailors who died at Gibraltar after the Battle of Trafalgar (1805).

The Great Siege Tunnels were gun emplacements hewn out by hand by the British during the 1779-83 siege. They constitute a tiny portion of the more than 70km (43mi) of tunnels in the Rock, most of which are off limits to the public. Nearby is the Tower of Homage, the last vestige of Gibraltar's Muslim castle, built in 1333.

The Gibraltar Museum contains good historical, architectural and military displays, among which are a well-preserved Muslim bathhouse and a copy of a 100,000-year-old female Neanderthal skull, found on Gibraltar in 1848.