Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - Gibraltar

Gibraltar today! We were still cruising this morning when we woke up. We had breakfast at Windows, then walked up to the Living Room to look out. I was pulled into a half hour Zumba class while there, which was fun.

At 9:30 am we went to the Cabaret Lounge to listen to the Professor (Martin) do a presentation on Malaga and Cartagena. Very helpful and informative… his 45 minute talks hit the highlights of what to see and do.

Gibraltar was the one place that I’d booked a shore excursion through Azamara, and we had to meet our group at 12:15. We had some coffee/tea and small bites at Mosaic Cafe before we left.

The tour was called “City Under Siege” and was excellent. 19 of us and a British tour guide (Mark) on a small bus. We first stopped at the small Gibraltar Museum, then traveled to the Hundred Ton Gun. From there it was off to ride the cable car to the top of the rock. We were so lucky that we could bypass the 2 hour line since we already had tix. Spectacular views in every direction from on high, and even a photogenic monkey!

We eventually returned halfway down via cable car. We boarded our bus from there and traveled to tour the Siege Tunnels. Pretty amazing place; tunnels hand dug in the late 1700’s to fight when the city was under siege by the Spanish. There are 35 miles of tunnels throughout the Rock, and we saw the oldest and highest one.

The tour ended at 4:30 and we were dropped off in town. Our guide had recommended eating fish and chips at Roy’s, so that was our first stop. Great fish and chips served by Spanish speaking waitstaff!

From there we wandered the streets a bit before making our way back to the ship. We arrived at 6 or so and got ready for the White Nights party. Windows was packed by the time we made it up to the dining room, but we scored 2 seats next to Bob and Sharman, a lovely couple from FL (retired United pilot and American Airlines flight attendant).

Following dinner we made our way to the Cabaret Theater, sitting with Jerry and Marty from Madison, WI. All of the entertainers sang, band played, and lots of dancing. Fun night!