How do you combine Gibraltar and Tangier?
Yes. Gibraltar and Tangier combine well on one trip. As a rough guide, allow a full day in Gibraltar and 2 days in Tangier, around 3 days in total.
How the two connect
Gibraltar and Tangier are only about 58 km apart, close enough to combine on the same trip without long transfers, and easy to do as a day trip in either direction. The nearest airport to Gibraltar is Gibraltar Airport (GIB), about 1 km away; for Tangier it is Tangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG), about 12 km away, so you can fly into one and out of the other.
Suggested days
- Gibraltar
- a full day
- Tangier
- 2 days
- Together
- 3 days · about 58 km apart
These are starting points, not fixed rules. Add a day to whichever place matches your interests, and build in the travel time between them.
Explore both places
Tours and day trips from Tangier
- Private Luxury 4-Hour Tangier tour
- Cape Spartel & Hercules Caves 5-Hour Tour with Camel Ride
- Tangier: Hercules Caves, Cap Spartel & Camel Ride Experience
- Luxury Private Tour of Tangier from Gibraltar All Inclusive
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Day suggestions are a planning guide based on each place's size and profile, not fixed itineraries. Distances are great-circle figures derived from place coordinates; airport data from OurAirports. How Head Your Way compiles its data.