As we had signed up for the afternoon ship's tour we took our time getting up and having breakfast. Breakfast was in the Panorama Buffet where we could sit and look at the famous Rock of Gibraltar while we ate.

At 1:00 PM we departed on our 3 hour  "Highlights of Gibraltar"  ships tour.  The busses used on this tour are very small holding I believe a maximum of 20 persons. The reason for this small size is that the busses must maneuver the steep and winding narrow roads to climb about 3/4 of the way up the 1340 ft. Rock of Gibraltar Mountain to pick up the people on tour after they go up to the top from the city below on a Cable Car and then back down about 1/4 of the way on the same Cable Car.

Actually the cable car was a very pleasant ride up and back down.  Once we reached the top, there was a restaurant, gift shop and restrooms along with several great overlooks. From these overlooks we could see the City of Gibraltar and define where the old wall circled the old city. (Outside of the wall the land was dredged out of the sea).

We stayed at the top for about 30 minutes and then caught the cable car back  to a station about 1/4 of the way down the mountain.  Here our bus was waiting for us and we had our first opportunity to meet some of the famous "Barbary Apes of the Rock of Gibraltar".  The apes are almost, but not quite, tame. They are not afraid of humans so any fear is left up to you.  At one point, two apes decided that they wanted to get to the top of a bus. To do this they both jumped from the ground onto Norma's shoulder and then up to the bus. Wasn't too bad but she did not know that they were coming and got quite a jolt.

After about an hour on the Mountain, they took us to the Southern most part of the City/Country where we could look back and see the entire width and length of The Rock. It was pointed out that the so called "Solid as the Rock of Gibraltar" was written by someone who did not know that there are over 30 miles of caves and tunnels in The Rock.

The tour then rode around the City with the guide pointing out various interesting features and places.  They got us back to the ship at about 4:15. 

It was an interesting tour and worth the money that they charged on the ship.

Gibraltar is a very small place. It appeared to be about 4 miles long (North to South) and about 3 miles wide (East to West). The Spanish border is within a half a mile from the base of the rock to the North and they obviously do not like the people in Gibraltar as they maintain road blocks and immigration stations on the road out and hassle everyone going back into Spain who are not Spanish.