Best hotels in Gibraltar 2023 for a luxury or budget holiday

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Best hotel for views: The Rock Neighbourhood: Upper town open image in gallery Set high on a hill opposite the Alameda Botanic Garden, The Rock has a stunning location Built by order of John Crichton-Stuart in 1932, The Rock derives its air of enchantment, in part, from an imperious location, set high on a hill above The Strait and opposite the Alameda Botanic Gardens, with a swimming pool and restaurant amid the bougainvillaea blooms of the hotel’s own adjoining hidden garden. Best hotel for romance: The Eliott Neighbourhood: City centre open image in gallery If you’re getting home sick, the hotel has its own pub-like bar The only luxury boutique hotel in the city centre makes the best fit for a weekending couple, set as it is amid Old Town streetscapes of archways, Genovese shutters, and Regency-style ironwork balcones, with the bars and cafes of the quays a very short walk away. Best beach hotel: Boat Haus Neighbourhood: Puerto Alcaidesa Marina open image in gallery Bicycles are provided for the duration of your stay Not a hotel, per se, this dockside “village” of brightly painted wooden houseboats offers buckets more colour and character than generic bricks and mortar, as well as being a very short walk or bike ride from the beaches – Western Beach and Playa de Poniente – that flank the marina on both sides. Best budget hotel: Ohtels Campo de Gibraltar Neighbourhood: City centre open image in gallery The spacious rooms are simple, but the real appeal is this hotel’s location This hotel may be housed in a bluntly functional building, but it’s unbeatably handy location-wise – a short walk from the Spanish frontier, the airport, the marina, beaches and all the central attractions.