Gibraltar
Southern Europe · English · Gibraltar Pound
It's Britain with an Andalusian accent — queue properly, pay in pounds, and never feed the macaques unless you fancy a £4,000 fine.
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5 phrases you need in Gibraltar
- HelloHello / ¿Qué pasa?heh-LOH / keh PAH-sah
- GoodbyeCheeriocheer-ee-OH
- PleasePlease / por favorpleez / por fah-VOR
- Thank youCheerscheerz
- Excuse meSorry, mateSOH-ree mayt
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Know before you go
money
Gibraltar pounds and UK pounds both circulate at par, but Gibraltar notes are hard to spend back in Britain and impossible in Spain — change or spend them before you leave.
transport
Walk everywhere — the whole territory is tiny, and the airport runway road closes for landings. Check the land border queue back into Spain before evening; it can stretch past an hour.
safety
The Barbary macaques on the Rock will snatch plastic bags, sunglasses, and anything that crinkles. Feeding them is illegal with fines up to £4,000.
etiquette
Culturally it runs British: orderly queues, pub manners, and short Sunday hours. Locals flip between English and Spanish mid-sentence — both work everywhere.
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