Skywalk of Gibraltar

Up high on the Rock of Gibraltar you find the Skywalk Gibraltar – it is pretty close to the top station of the cable car if you go up with this one – we didn’t since the cable car was under repair on our visit so we went by a car instead. I guess you can walk up as well – but it is a really long walk.

When you get up here there are a little skywalk platform and a viewing platform on top of the skywalk. You were supposed to be able to walk all around the viewing platform – but when we were there they had block part of the skywalk because one of the windows was cracked – I guess this was a very sensible precaution.

We can still walk out a bit on the skywalk – on the windows which hasn’t got any cracks so far. From here is a great view of both sides of the Gibraltar – you really get a feeling for how small the crown colony actually is when you can see pretty much all of it from one spot. There are great views – and apparently you should be able to see Morocco on a clear day – which isn’t today so we only get the view off Gibraltar and Spain just across the water.

Up at the skywalk you find more of the famous monkeys of Gibraltar – they seem to be best friends with the staff working at the skywalk and checking our tickets. So we get up close and personal with the monkeys – actually a bit closer than expected the monkeys seem very curious and want to see if they can get a treat. We had nothing for them so they gave up the search.

Just next to the skywalk you can go up the steep Douglas Path which will lead you to a lookout even higher than the skywalk it is called the Douglas Lookout – who saw this coming when you were walking on the Douglas Path?

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When we get back to the car to continue the drive we get some extra passengers which want to get a ride holding on to the outside of the car.