What do you really think of Gib
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What do you really think of Gib
HI All,
Just returned from a week on the CDS, had a great time except in Gib.
it was the first day of the strike. no queues getting in, very long queues for petrol at Morrisons and no queues getting out.
I think the whole place is really slummy, you can never park there, there are constant road works (really is like being in the UK)
just wondered what others thought of this "jewel in the crown"
i say give it back to Spain
Just returned from a week on the CDS, had a great time except in Gib.
it was the first day of the strike. no queues getting in, very long queues for petrol at Morrisons and no queues getting out.
I think the whole place is really slummy, you can never park there, there are constant road works (really is like being in the UK)
just wondered what others thought of this "jewel in the crown"
i say give it back to Spain
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Toxteth has always been like St. Tropez - all the girls are very willing to get their t1ts out for nothing!Campo Kenny wrote:Give it back to Spain.....it makes Toxteth look like St Tropez
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The first time I went was years ago and I was really disappointed in how dirty and scruffy it was. The last time I went (last Oct) it was just the same and the traffic was awful. It reminded me of England years ago before they started tidying up and prettifying some of the towns. At 5pm everything shut and it felt very dead. It's only a tiny place so you would think that the powers-that-be should make some effort to improve the place and make it more attractive. The Main Street and large plaza at one end has been improved a bit, but it's not exactly a place I would rush back to or take visitors to.
The Pub grub was horrible and pricey too. Our friends 'treated' us to a very expensive afternoon tea at probably the most famous hotel there, and that was dreadful. The waiters were so rude and off-hand towards us and the tea itself was disappointing (tiny plastic pots of pink jelly calling itself jam - they should have used the little jars of Elsenham or Wilkins that you can get, or at least a good quality jam served in a dish) and the scones were dry and stale tasting. Amazingly there was no choice of teas or infusions either. I was told quite rudely that it they only had a "very good black tea" so it was that or nothing basically. I'm not usually a tea-drinker and a mint tea would have been a nice alternative. It was a very unpleasant experience.
The Pub grub was horrible and pricey too. Our friends 'treated' us to a very expensive afternoon tea at probably the most famous hotel there, and that was dreadful. The waiters were so rude and off-hand towards us and the tea itself was disappointing (tiny plastic pots of pink jelly calling itself jam - they should have used the little jars of Elsenham or Wilkins that you can get, or at least a good quality jam served in a dish) and the scones were dry and stale tasting. Amazingly there was no choice of teas or infusions either. I was told quite rudely that it they only had a "very good black tea" so it was that or nothing basically. I'm not usually a tea-drinker and a mint tea would have been a nice alternative. It was a very unpleasant experience.
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I have to agree with you Alison that the trip up the rock on my last visit was the best thing we'd done on our numerous trips there (we've only gone so often because we have been meeting the in-law's cruise ship when it has docked there - sounds like I'm some kind of masochist keep going there when I don't really like it )
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I think there are some real geniuses on here - one visit of a couple of hours and they have an accurate assessment of the place and its people.......
I must try that next visit we make: stop a passer-by and get his/her views on race, cleanliness, politics in Spain and Gib, then base all my views on that snap-shot!
As for prices, any resident of Porto Banus would thrill to pay so little for food and drink!
I must try that next visit we make: stop a passer-by and get his/her views on race, cleanliness, politics in Spain and Gib, then base all my views on that snap-shot!
As for prices, any resident of Porto Banus would thrill to pay so little for food and drink!
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i would say in defence of the place that i love the "two fingers up to the Spainish" attitude of GB.
its the most hypocritical attitude i ve ever seen, the Spanish "own " Cuerta, and thats on a different continent!!!
how dare they ask us for Gib back (but for my money they could have it )
its the most hypocritical attitude i ve ever seen, the Spanish "own " Cuerta, and thats on a different continent!!!
how dare they ask us for Gib back (but for my money they could have it )
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