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Caves of Hercules

This cave complex at the far tip of Africa is surrounded by legends linking it to Hercules and GibraltarтАЩs monkeys.

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Winding under AfricaтАЩs most northwestern point, the Caves of Hercules is steeped in legend. According to one myth, Hercules rested here during his 11th labor - stealing three golden apples from Garden of the Hesperides. Local lore also says that the cave complex is actually the mouth of a 15-mile-long tunnel connecting Morocco and Spain - which is how the rock of GibraltarтАЩs famed macaque monkeys got there from Africa. While the cave doesnтАЩt show evidence for either, its local uses are equally fascinating - local Berbers cut their own entrance and used the site as a quarry up until the 1920s when it became a tourist attraction and occasional brothel.

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