Beachfront Sunrise Sands Retreat, Gibraltar
A 1-bedroom apartment sleeping up to 3 in Sandy Bay. Rated 8.4 from 55 reviews — bottom quarter in Gibraltar.
Our verdict
A 1-bedroom apartment in Sandy Bay that reviews worse than most of Gibraltar, on 55 reviews.
It sleeps up to 3, and is about 26 minutes' walk from Main Street, in Sandy Bay — The other east-side beach, rebuilt with imported sand.
It holds 8.4 from 55 guest reviews on Booking.com — below the Gibraltar median of 8.9 across 140 ranked places, and on a moderate sample. Booking.com is the only channel carrying it, so that is where to read the reviews in full.
Practically, the listing is sold as sea- or marina-facing. The cable car base is around 13 minutes' walk. With room for 3, it reads as a place for a couple or a small family who would rather a quieter base than a central one.
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About Sandy Bay
South of Catalan Bay along the eastern shore, sheltered by breakwaters and replenished with sand shipped in from the Sahara after decades of erosion. Quieter than Catalan Bay and backed by the vast former water catchments on the cliff face above.
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Walk times
Estimated from mapped distance, not measured on foot. Gibraltar is steep — the return leg uphill takes longer than the number suggests. The cable car base is listed as a landmark: the cable car itself is closed for rebuilding until 2027.
- Main Street
- 26min
- Cruise terminal
- 42min
- Cable car base
- 13min
- Spanish frontier
- 48min
Where this score comes from
We do not reproduce other sites' review text. We do tell you exactly where the number comes from, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
Bottom quarter in Gibraltar
Gibraltar's median is 8.9, with the middle half of the market between 8.5 and 9.3. Guest ratings bunch up near the top of the scale, so 8.4 means less on its own than it does against the local market.
7.1median 8.910
Benchmarked against 140 ranked Gibraltar properties, 2026-07-19.
Booking.com rating as read on 2026-07-19 — our final Booking snapshot, since the feed that supplied it has been discontinued. Other platforms may score this property differently; we use Booking's rating consistently rather than picking whichever number flatters a listing.
Read the originals on Google or Tripadvisor. We would rather send you to the source than quote it back at you.
The facts
- Layout
- 1 bedroom
- Sleeps
- 3
- Area
- Sandy Bay
- Aspect
- Sea or marina view
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