Algeciras Spain
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Oceania Cruises (3 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
Inside the large port complex, one of the busiest in Europe. The modern, well-equipped maritime station puts the town centre about fifteen minutes away on foot.
Plaza Alta, the town's drawing room, a quarter of an hour from the quay: palms, orange trees, a fountain clad in Andalusian ceramics and benches painted with scenes from Don Quixote, framed by two 18th-century churches. Parque de las Acacias offers shade nearby.
A bold hall roofed with a thin concrete shell designed in the 1930s, sheltering a festival of fish from the strait, bluefin tuna first among them, plus fruit, cheese and ham. Neighbouring counters fry the fish to order.
Yes, it is the classic excursion: forty-five minutes by road and a passport in hand to cross the border. Barbary macaques, red telephone boxes and 180-degree views over the strait from the heights.
A good part of the day, with a comfortable margin before sailing. Border queues can lengthen without warning: leave early, that is the only advice that really counts.
A trading post that became a Roman colony in 171 BC, a short taxi ride away, where a temple, baths and a theatre survive. The site is little known and is often walked in complete solitude, between refineries and shoreline.
The Rock of Gibraltar on one side, the mountains of the Moroccan Rif on the other, and between them a strait crossed daily by hundreds of freighters, ferries and dolphins.
Ferries leave daily for Tangier and Ceuta, but a same-day return is risky for a cruise passenger. Check schedules and formalities with your travel advisor before committing.
No, and it makes no pretence otherwise. It is a working call, a port of dockers and travellers in transit. Yet it offers those who linger an Andalusia with no staging.
The euro, cards accepted everywhere. Spanish is spoken; English is common at the maritime station, less so in neighbourhood shops. Neighbouring Gibraltar uses the Gibraltar pound, though euros are often taken.
