Leaving Gibraltar (again with a taxi to the border, walk across, and then another taxi to Tarifa) we chose to get to Morocco with a high speed ferry service (FRS), which was much more pleasant than flying! We paid for “premium” service which was a bargain as it gave us a room with loads of space, and free food and drinks! It took us to Tangier which is where we needed to be for the rest of our Morocco vacation.
Leaving Antequera we were headed for Morocco but first we stopped overnight in Gibraltar (because we were relatively close to it and had never been!); it’s necessary to go through immigration between Spain and Gibraltar (both ways) but it doesn’t take long – though we did have to take an Uber to the Spain side of Gibraltar, walk across the border, then get a taxi to our hotel!
Our quick stop allowed us to take the cable car to the Rock of Gibraltar for great views, get close (but not too close!) to some Barbary Macaques, and explore … the first photo here is our first view of Gibraltar while driving towards it in Spain, and the last photo here is looking down to the Gibraltar / Spain border:
We walked down from the top back to our hotel and visited the amazing St Michael’s Cave on the way down – definitely worth the visit! The final photo here is during a music+lights event/show that happens regularly …
While staying in Antequera we read about an amazing geological area nearby with fantastic rock formations, called El Torcal de Antequera – and we had to go visit! It’s much higher than the town so another climbing drive (though not narrow this time); visitors arrive at parking then can choose the “easier” or “harder” hike but even before arriving the scenery is amazing:
We choose the “easier” hike and it was still very challenging for us with a lot of climbing (and going down again!) often with narrow or slippery paths; the views however were worth the effort (and we even located an ammonite fossil that Google Maps pointed us to!):
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