Make your way up the trails of this monolithic rock promontory to the Skywalk, an 8,000-square-foot glass platform that soars more than 1,100 feet above sea level. On a clear day, you can see three countries and two continents from here. These epic views draw tourists, as does the Rock’s legendary history. A British Overseas Territory since 1713, Gibraltar has long been a strategically important military outpost located near the southern tip of Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Far below the Skywalk, visitors can take in military relics that date back to the first years of British rule here.
A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
A polar bear near Churchill, Manitoba, Canada
-
Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
-
Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
-
Feeling crabby?
-
Portland celebrates its bounty
-
Go with the rainbow flow
-
Manarola, Cinque Terre National Park, Liguria, Italy
-
National Library Week
-
A special day for a special cat
-
And the skies filled with bats…
-
Staring down winter
-
A tale of almonds and bees
-
Denali National Park
-
Indian Independence Day
-
Earth seen from the International Space Station
-
Jazzed for Mardi Gras
-
Chinese New Year
-
Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
-
Kelp buddies
-
Llama Day
-
International Museum Day
-
Weaverbird nests at Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve
-
International Cheetah Day
-
Groundhog Day
-
Astronomy Day and National Public Lands Day
-
Christmas Bird Count
-
And to think that I saw it in Cappadocia
-
For the love of bikes
-
World Theatre Day
-
Guilin and Lijiang River National Park, China
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

