Gibraltar — a surprising place. You will feel at once it when you will drive up to the southernmost tip of Spain and you will get in on anything not the similar world. To you can seem that you got to a corner of provincial Britain as shops, money, people and the atmosphere are similar to Britain. The provincial picture is supplemented by the gloomy quarters of very tall houses constructed in the 1980th. These houses fairly spoil a look.

At every turn you will come across on bad quality a statue of the soldier reminding to all visitors of excessively rich military history of this scrap of a land. In general, all rock on which there is Gibraltar, is pitted by tunnels and the bunkers used in the defensive purposes. Tourists can visit these vaults with excursion.

Gibraltar remains so far the British colony though the extremely favorable tax and weather conditions made Gibraltar a titbit for construction companies which erected here a set of magnificent apartments, country houses and the housing estates which are successfully supplementing former quite boring landscapes.

The history of Gibraltar completely is defined by its strategic situation; throughout many centuries numerous attempts to seize the peninsula were made. In ancient times it belonged to Romans who minted "nec plus ultra" phrase on the coins — "further not to pass" — as a reminder to enemies who would wish to win Gibraltar.

Later the peninsula got under Mauritian sovereignty, and in 1462 was won from them by Spaniards. Gibraltar remained Spanish before the beginning of the XVIII century when he was captured by the Anglo-Dutch armies. Opposition came to the end with signing well-known "The Utrecht world" in 1713 according to which Gibraltar departed England "forever".

In the XIX century Gibraltar turned into the real fortress that found reflection in a saying "is reliable, as the rock of Gibraltar". He played the major role during the First and Second world wars and for the merits got from the British crown permission to self-government.

According to the logic of things, Gibraltar has to belong to Spain, however keeps the strange status of the outpost of the British Empire. Spain never completely refused attempts to take control of Gibraltar, however while it didn't occur.

In recent years the real estate market here roughly develops, despite the incessant resistance of England, Spain and local Gibraltar inhabitants. The international companies attracted with a preferential tax policy, in a large number buy up here real estate objects. As the quantity available to purchase of land here is limited, the most part of new housing under construction — room type.

Pluses and minuses of purchase of real estate on Gibraltar 

Pluses: 

-  fast and cheap flights; 

-  favorable climate; 

-  it is easy to obtain the credit and to earn money; 

-  regular life; 

-  rich history. 

Minuses: 

- actually any if it is valid that you want.