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Crossing the Spain / Gibralter crossing – car or foot?
We are going on holiday to a villa in Southern Spain, but are flying into Gibralter. We have heard that crossing the border by car can be a long process, so are wondering whether to walk across and get a hire car from the Spain side. Has anyone done this before and does it save time? Our other option is to just get a taxi to our villa as we are not really plotting on leaving the villla and pool once we get there! Any tips please? (The Spanish village our villa is in is called Cesares)
I would certainly recommend walking across the border to La Linea, where you have a choice of taxi or bus. Casares is 17 miles from La Linea or about 4 and a half miles from Estepona. There is a bus, run by the Portillo bus company, to Estepona, the fare being 3.64 euros. You could then get a taxi from Estepona to Casares. The downside to bus travel, but, is that there is small or no space for cases.
A taxi would, therefore, seem to offer the better option and it would be cheaper to do the journey both ways by taxi, than to hire a car, which by your own admission you are unlikely to use. The number for the taxis in La Linea is – 956 174 800.
A further alternative exists in the form of a mini bus transfer from Gibraltar airport, with “Leisure bus”. I have provided a link to them, and it might pay to e-mail them for a quote for the return trip.
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