Walks up the Rock, past siege tunnels cut by hand and the only wild monkeys in Europe, with Africa in sight most of the way.
Free with your reserve ticket. Nothing to install, and it keeps working where there is no signal.
30 min · 1.53 km · Easy · 3 stops
Off the ship and into Casemates, along the moles the Navy built the harbour out of.
45 min · 1.44 km · Easy · 5 stops
From the Spanish border into Casemates, across a working runway on the way.
3 h 30 m · 5.79 km · Hard · 11 stops
Casemates to the Top Station on your own legs: 5.8 km and 400 metres of climbing.
2 h · 2.9 km · Moderate · 8 stops
The high south end: Africa in front of you, both seas at once, and the 426 m top.
4 h · 5.51 km · Moderate · 10 stops
The northern fork: two tunnel systems, the castle, and back down into town.
2 h 15 m · 3.6 km · Easy · 4 stops
Jews' Gate to Europa Point: outside the reserve, no closing time, the only sunset walk.
O'Hara's Battery, at the top of the ridge
A governor built a tower on the summit to watch a fleet at Cadiz that he could not possibly see. Lightning brought it down, and in 1888 HMS Wasp needed six shots to hit what was left of it.
The Skywalk, on the ridge
Hold your phone up at any lookout and it names what you are looking at: the Strait, the ships, Africa.
What am I looking at?
One tap on the upper rock, at St Michael's Cabin, two hours in. Two litres each in summer.
Keep food out of sight and bags closed in front of you. Feeding them is illegal.
Gates shut 19:00 in summer and 18:00 in winter, and no path is lit.
