Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Tourists per year about 4 million visits to Gibraltar attracted not only by road from the Spanish s

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When traveling in Spain along the Mediterranean coast in the south unwittingly promising to do everything yourself, not only to visit as many of the Costa Blanca and the Costa del Sol beaches, but also in mainland Britain - Gibraltar.
Although the trip to the peninsula, the large part of the area occupied by rock, began in Castellar de la Frontera, the town, located about 30 kilometers from Gibraltar, but it took more than an hour. And not for the fact that several winding serpentine or driver inexperience ... is approaching the Spanish nepremičnine border with Gibraltar, extends a long string of cars with passengers through the windows smiling to each other and wonder whether or not the foremost rock and their destination. Finally, just moving cars, mainly in Spanish numbers dock border post, where guards politely nepremičnine approached, inquire from where we come and ask to see the person's identification document. From here, if only main street - Winston Churchill Avenue - is not closed due to vortices, again everything goes much faster. However, understand that you are no longer in Spain, smack people include panic, because nepremičnine everything you see out the window - English subtitles commercials, red telephone booths, road signs - evidenced here in Britain. And there vehicle traffic on the left side of the road ... You start to fear, or sometimes does not run against traffic, but everything subside when you see that someone is here as well as throughout the rest of mainland Europe.
Gibraltar since 1713 in the British Queen Anne, Duke of Savoy and the United province in the Netherlands signed the Treaty of Utrecht became a British Crown Colony. During World War II the inhabitants of Gibraltar were evacuated, nepremičnine and there perched rock became a fortress. While the 1940 - 1941 years, this barely 6.5 square kilometer patch of land was often bombarded with, but did not suffer serious damage. After the war, the residents returned to their homes. United Kingdom law in this area were laid down in a referendum held in 1967, but from 1969 on May 30, Gibraltar enjoys autonomy, governors and its own constitution, which is based on British law. From then until 1985, Spain has been totally closure of the border with this British colony. nepremičnine 1991 has been derived for the British armed forces in Gibraltar, but the area still remained subordinate. nepremičnine Spain has always looked for ways to help affect Gibraltar, but in 1997 and 2002, its proposal for a joint British and Spanish sovereignty was almost unanimously rejected by both the Government of Gibraltar, as well as citizens, who since 1981 has been granted British citizenship. All meet the locals, regardless of where their parents would come, now very proud that they are not Spaniards, but gibraltariečiai. Most of their language and Spanish, and English, although the official language is English territory.
Tourists per year about 4 million visits to Gibraltar attracted not only by road from the Spanish side, but cruise ships, especially nepremičnine from Great Britain. Perhaps because, while walking around the city and arrivals places, you can hear a beautiful British accent in English. Most of surprise aikčiojančių tourist destination is the rock of Gibraltar. At more than 400 meters high mountain can be climbed truck, climb stairs or ride on a local, a tourist attraction to autobusėliu taxi, whose driver performs the duties and tour guide will be happy to interact with guests in the city Spanglish dialect, which is formed using a mixture of English and Spanish. From the mountain peaks provide an overview of Gibraltar, the Spanish coastline, to see the southernmost point of Spain - tariffs, admire the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic nepremičnine Ocean and, in good weather, to see the silhouettes of the Moroccan coast. Those land and sky converge on the horizon, yet not once sapnuojasi and return home ... True, the Iberian peninsula and the tip of the rock is famous here beuodegėmis resident monkeys. By the way, Gibraltar is the only region in Europe where you can meet these primates living in the wild. While standing signs everywhere warning nepremičnine that monkeys can bite, attack, something to steal, but they are still very much a tourist favorite. Išvydusios nepremičnine tourist autobusėlius her climb through the open windows in, curios, or drivers brought them carrots, lettuce and other greens, and called by name to kvietusįjį willingly places himself on the shoulder and posing. Just over 200 of these monkeys in Gibraltar has the same importance as 35 thousands of its citizens, because, according to legend, the rock until the monkeys office as British Gibraltar depend.
As wild tailless monkeys came to Europe - an enigma. There is a theory that after the Rock of Gibraltar caves are located can go ik

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