Travel 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 forThe 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. Another James Bond, Roger Moore and his new wife honeymooned in Gibraltar. In 1969, John Lennon and Yoko Ono signed their marriage papers at the Registry Office. Charles and Diana boarded the royal yacht Britannia in Gibraltar for their 11-day Mediterranean cruise honeymoon. Much of the town centre is protected by the Gibraltar Heritage Trust. At the Southport Wall and Gates, a sign explained that a wall has existed here since the Moorish occupation. Gibraltar’s ancient ramparts were started by the Moors, extended by the Spanish and finished by the British. The Moors were in Gibraltar for more than 600 years. A 14th-century Moorish castle and its battle-scarred Tower of Homage cling to the rock above the town. In 711 A.D., Tarikibn-Zeyad and his Moorish armies landed near the Rock. His name for the Rock, Gebelal-Tarik – which means Tarik’s mountain – was eventually corrupted to Gibraltar. Whether their heritage is British, Spanish or Moroccan, Gibraltarians speak English, Spanish and (surprise!) Llanito. This local dialect is an eclectic mix of British English, Andalusian Spanish, Hebrew and other Sean Connery and Diane Cilento stayed at The Rock Hotel after their wedding. Completely different is the Sunborn Gibraltar, a floating hotel inside a 142-metre yacht. It’s located in Ocean Village Marina, fromwhere dolphin-watching cruises depart. Until we travelled here, we didn’t know that Gibraltar is an excellent place for viewing dolphins year-round. Our Dolphin Adventure ticket pictured the most common species that frolic in the Bay of Gibraltar – bottlenose, common and striped. Mediterranean languages. Local restaurants reflect this heritage, serving fish and chips, Spanish tapas and Moroccan couscous. How Gibraltar got its name Gibraltar Harbour where Sean Connery starred in You Only Live Twice Pedestrians walk through one of the arched gates by the Southport Wall Battle-scarred 14th-century Tower of Homage above the Moorish castle Bond was here CSANews | SUMMER 2017 | 19
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