Included Port Stanley Highlights
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Port
Stanley/Falkland Is/Islas Malvinas
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Activity Level
Moderate Activity
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Excursion Type
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Wheelchair Accessible
No
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Starting At (prices in USD)
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Minimum Age
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Duration
Approximately 2 Hours
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Meals Included
Meals not included
One of the world's smaller capital cities, Stanley boasts a long history whose diverse components have made this port town a rather interesting destination. Driving east along Ross Road, you will see the Cross of Sacrifice -- a memorial to the war with Argentina in 1982 -- and the 1982 Memorial Wood.
Your guide will explain why Britain and Argentina went to war in the 20th century to settle, once-and-for-all, a decades-long dispute about ownership of the remote Malvinas/Falkland Islands.
At Whalebone Cove, see the hull of the Lady Elizabeth -- a three-masted iron barque from the turn of the 20th century -- and drive by the local airport and Surf Bay to see the former minefields. View the Totem Pole en route to Government House, where construction began in 1845, but it was 1859 before the first Governor took up residence here. You'll have a chance to take some photos.
Learn about the history of Stanley and the Falkland Islands at the Falkland Islands Museum at Britannia House, where you will browse among whaling paraphernalia and other items relating to Stanley's fascinating past. You'll then head back to the town center, passing the 1982 Liberation Memorial, built to commemorate the British Forces personnel who lost their lives during the 1982 Malvinas/Falklands War. Watch for St Mary's Catholic Church, Victory Green, Christ Church Cathedral and the Jubilee Villas along the way.