Climbing The “Pillars Of Hercules!”

Whenever people ask me “where do you want to go next?”, I end up rattling off a half dozen of my “must see” places. But, reading a book recently, I now must add the “Pillars Of Hercules” to the list!

The Rock of Gibraltar, also known as “The Rock”, is a monolithic limestone promontory located in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar, near the southwestern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula, rising 1,398 ft above the Mediterranean.

I decided to do some more research to find out what makes this rock unique – and there is a lot to share!

First of all, I had no idea that most of the Rock’s upper area is a nature reserve, home to around 300 Barbary macaques.

Yes, the rock has Monkeys!

As you can see behind the Monkey, the Rock of Gibraltar technically sits in a…