Travel Bond was here From the Rock, we also had great views of many yachts moored in the marinas. Gibraltar Harbour may look familiar to 007 aficionados. In You Only Live Twice, Sean Connery was supposedly buried at sea in Hong Kong Harbour, but the ruse burial was actually filmed from the HMS Tenby in Gibraltar Harbour. The Upper Rock was the 1987 film location for The Living Daylights. The opening NATO exercise scene starred Timothy Dalton, with some mischievous macaques as extras. Sean Connery liked Gibraltar so much that he married his first and second wives here. Gibraltar Harbour where Sean Connery starred in You Only Live Twice Another James Bond, Roger Moore and his new wife honeymooned in Gibraltar. Sean Connery and Diane Cilento stayed Until we travelled here, we didn’t know that at The Rock Hotel after their wedding. Gibraltar is an excellent place for viewing In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono signed Completely different is the Sunborn Gibraltar, dolphins year-round. Our Dolphin Adventure their marriage papers at the Registry Office. a floating hotel inside a 142-metre yacht. It’s ticket pictured the most common species that Charles and Diana boarded the royal yacht located in Ocean Village Marina, from where frolic in the Bay of Gibraltar – bottlenose, Britannia in Gibraltar for their 11-day dolphin-watching cruises depart. common and striped. Mediterranean cruise honeymoon. Pedestrians walk through one of the arched gates by the Southport Wall How Gibraltar got its name Much of the town centre is protected by the the rock above the town. In 711 A.D., Tarik- Gibraltar Heritage Trust. At the Southport ibn-Zeyad and his Moorish armies landed Wall and Gates, a sign explained that a wall near the Rock. His name for the Rock, Gebel- has existed here since the Moorish occupa- al-Tarik – which means Tarik’s mountain – th tion. Gibraltar’s ancient ramparts were started was eventually corrupted to Gibraltar. Battle-scarred 14 -century Tower of Homage above the Moorish castle by the Moors, extended by the Spanish and finished by the British. Whether their heritage is British, Spanish or Moroccan, Gibraltarians speak English, The Moors were in Gibraltar for more than Spanish and (surprise!) Llanito. This local Mediterranean languages. Local restaurants 600 years. A 14th-century Moorish castle and dialect is an eclectic mix of British English, reflect this heritage, serving fish and chips, its battle-scarred Tower of Homage cling to Andalusian Spanish, Hebrew and other Spanish tapas and Moroccan couscous. CSANews | SUMMER 2017 | 19.