Gibraltar

Rough Guides Travel, February, 2003

Accommodation

Shortage of space on the rock means that places to stay are at a premium, and you're much better off visiting on day-trips from Algeciras (buses on the hour and half-hour; 30min) or La Línea. The only remotely budget beds are at the friendly Toc H Hostel on Line Wall Rd (tel 73431; about £6 a person) – and these are none too comfortable and almost always occupied by long-term residents – or the tiny, eccentric Seruya's Guest House at 92 Irish Town (tel 73220; about £15 a double), which is also invariably full. There are also dorm beds at the basic Emile Youth Hostel at the Montagu Bastion, Line Wall Rd (tel 51106; about £12 for a dorm bed including breakfast). Otherwise, you're going to have to pay normal British hotel prices: the next step up includes the Queen's Hotel on Boyd St (tel 74000, fax 40030), the ...