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Gibraltar Holiday Accommodation
Gibraltar
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Only 2.25 sq. miles and joined to Spain by a flat isthmus, Gibraltar (1,396 ft at its highest point) is a. narrow rocky peninsula guarding the Mediterranean's western entrance. Like a bony finger pointing to Africa which is only 14 miles away.
From April until October the climate is almost constantly dry and sunny. Although summer can be very hot, the nights arc relatively cool; occasional, sometimes spectacular, storms are short-lived. Even the wettest months of December to February, are usually mild, with fair sunshine.
The Rock, honeycombed with tunnels and caverns used for military installations, roads and the storage of fuel and water.
There are several small sandy beaches, but there is little flat land except near the isthmus.
Palms, olives, and flowering shrubs clothe the lower Rock and, except in summer, wild flowers in astonishing variety flourish on its heights.
A Brief History
The Moors, who invaded the Rock in A.D. 711, held it until 1462, when the Spanish supplanted them. Spain remained in control until, in 1704, an Anglo-Dutch force took over. In 1713 it was ceded by treaty to Britain and grew into a considerable military and naval base.
