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Gibraltar Museum

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Gibraltar's swashbuckling history unfolds in this fine museum, which comprises a labyrinth of rooms and exhibits ranging from prehistoric and Phoenician Gibraltar to the infamous Great Siege (1779鈥83). Don鈥檛 miss the well-preserved 14th-century Islamic baths, and a 7th-century-BC Egyptian mummy found in the bay in the 1800s.

The museum also has displays on local bird life (past and present), along with Carthaginian artefacts recovered from the Rock's east-coast, Unesco-listed Gorham's Cave Complex, which it also runs trips to from July to October.


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Nearby Gibraltar attractions

1. Cathedral of the Holy Trinity

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Completed in the 1830s, with neo-Islamic touches including striped horseshoe arches inside and out, this cathedral was originally used as a hospital to鈥

2. Cathedral of St Mary the Crowned

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With its origins in the 15th century, on the site of an earlier mosque, Gibraltar's Roman Catholic cathedral lies behind a dusty-pink facade. The tile鈥

3. Trafalgar Cemetery

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Gibraltar鈥檚 cemetery gives a poignant history lesson, with its graves of British sailors who perished in the town after the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar, and鈥

4. Moorish Castle

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On Willis鈥 Rd, the way down to town from the northern end of the Rock, you鈥檒l find the remains of Gibraltar's Moorish fortress, rebuilt in 1333 after鈥

5. WWII Tunnels

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The tunnels where the Allied invasion of North Africa was planned can be visited on 40-minute tours with advance booking only; they aren't included in鈥

6. Apes' Den

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The Rock's most famous inhabitants are its 160 tailless Barbary macaques. Many hang around the Apes' Den near the middle cable-car station, as well as at鈥

7. Alameda Botanic Gardens

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Take a break from Gibraltar鈥檚 manic traffic amid these lush gardens of bougainvillea, drago trees and more, scene of Molly Bloom鈥檚 famous sexual exploits鈥

8. Military Heritage Centre

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A 1.5km (30-minute) walk north (downhill) from the top cable-car station is the 1732 Princess Caroline鈥檚 Battery, housing the Military Heritage Centre.