Algeciras Attractions

The port of Algeciras lies near the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula on the west side of Algeciras Bay, opposite Gibraltar. It is an important ferry port, with services to Ceuta and Tangier in North Africa. The Roman Portus Albo was re-founded by the Moors in 713 under the name of al-Gezira al-Khadra (''green island''). It was captured by Alfonso XI of Castile in 1344 and destroyed by Mohammed V of Granada in 1368, so that it has preserved only scanty remains from that period. After 1704, when Gibraltar became a British possession, Algeciras was resettled by Spaniards from Gibraltar.