Albergue Juvenil Algeciras
The Youth Hostel is located between Algeciras and Tarifa, in the southern access of the Natural Park "Los Alcornocales" and overlooking Gibraltar - The Rock - and Algeciras' Bay. Reception Open 24 hours, Public Telephone, Car-park, Self-service dining-room, TV Room, Recreation room ...
Algeciras is a port city in the south of Spain, near the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. It is situated on the Río de la Miel slightly to the north of Tarifa, which is the southernmost town of peninsular Spain (36°7′39″N, 5°27′14″W). It is the largest urban area on the Bay of Gibraltar (in Spanish, the Bahía de Algeciras), with a population in 1999 of 103,106 people. Algeciras is principally a transport hub and industrial city. Its principal activities are connected with the port, which serves as the main embarkation point between Spain and Tangier and other ports in Morocco as well as the Canary Islands and the Spanish-Moroccan enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla. It is ranked as the 16th busiest port in the world. The city also has a substantial fishing industry and exports a range of agricultural products from the surrounding area, including cereals, tobacco and farm animals.
In recent years it has become a significant tourist destination, with popular day trips to Tarifa to see bird migrations; to Gibraltar, to see the territory's unusual sights and culture; and to the Bay of Algeciras on whale watching excursions. Algeciras is the southern terminus of two principal north-south Euroroutes, the E05 and E15. Both routes, moreover, run to Scotland (the E05 terminates at Greenock and the E15 at Inverness) via France and England.
