Gibraltar port expects 257 cruise calls in 2017 bringing over 400,000 passengers
Of these, some are inaugural calls. These numbers are an increase of the figures from 2016 when 225 calls and 350,000 passengers called at the Rock.
The Gorham’s Cave complex was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in July 2016. Shore excursions are being planned to showcase this newest attraction. The cave, named after Captain A.
Gorham of the 2nd Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers, is considered to be one of the last known habitations of the Neanderthals in Europe. They are our closest extinct human relative, with Europeans having up to 2.5% of their DNA. Symbolic rock engravings were discovered in 2012.
