Great Siege Tunnels, Gibraltar

Tunnels dug by hand into the Rock of Gibraltar by British soldiers during the Great Siege of 1779 to 1783, with gun positions overlooking the bay and Spain. Visitors walk through the galleries, with displays about the siege.

The tunnels are in the Upper Rock Nature Reserve, along with St Michael's Cave and the Barbary macaques. The ticket covers all sites in the reserve.

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Kind	Historic sites
Where	Upper Rock Nature Reserve, Gibraltar.
Cost	Nature reserve ticket

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Gibraltar

Capital	Gibraltar
Continent	Europe Southern Europe
Population	38,000
Currency	Gibraltar pound (GIP, £)
Calling code	+350
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)

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