Rick Steves, gives a great depiction of the most emblematic historic and cultural aspects of Spain.

Rick Steves is the real MVP

Before I travel I always check out Rick's videos, he's awesome!

Spain rocks!

Going to have to grab the book once the new edition comes out! Your videos have been great

love your work!

Gracias! un buen montón de buena información.

Rick, love your videos and found this video really interesting. Have you been in Valencia or Merida in Spain? I think they are beautiful and interesting cities too

I love Spain, I would love to travel to Valencia, do you have videos of this beautiful city, please let me know. Thank you

Thanks sir ! Truly loving your tour historical cultural history ❤ 💙 ♥! God bless you always 🙏❤.

Nice informative chat, the coverage seems so old like 2005 and posted in 2014, lots of things has change.

Me encanta Rick, la pasión que pone en sus comentarios y que sabe distinguir entre los lugares auténticos y los masivamente turísticos. Ameno y divertido.

That man is an encyclopedia.

hello thanks Rick saludos

Parece que en España solo existan Barcelona y Madrid. Algunos de rebote viajan a otras ciudades, pero España es muy grande y tiene ciudades y pueblos increíbles, mucho menos explotados que las dos capitales que parecen parques temáticos.

A lot of Americans started visiting Europe because of his show on PBS. His contribution is huge.

Hi Rick Steve I like the kids from Spain I understand about the kids and the history

Thank you!♥

I am heading there soon!

We all like Spain

didnt expect to get a tech talk about this

Thanks for this nice talk. You said "100 Years War" at 7:10. This should be the "30 Years War" which ended in 1648. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years'_War

“ Peppers roulette “ haha!

This is a university level informative video 👍

Hi, what is your suggestion if you have to choose between Lisbon and Andalucia during Xmas?

In a few days I'm going to Mérida

That's a cold, cold crowd. But really great tips, some of which are also transferable to Latin America ( where my family is from).

Rick why would you only want to eat bull tail soup only once. Oxtail soup is delicious and is very popular in many countries. If you come to Rio de Janeiro, get in touch with me and I will show you how great this dish is in many countries around the world.

Visited Barcelona, enjoyed but because of the high number of tourist and limited time there, limited what we could see.. long queues.. for most sort after sights.. shame really but enjoyed finding our own way around nevertheless .

My fathers ancestors are part spaniard.thanks.

😊

At 27:10 he mentions a 3 hour train from Barcelona to Sevilla...does this exist, or was he underestimating the time? All I am seeing is a 5.5 hour train.

I want to hear more about the drunken brawl festivals of Europe. What festivals is he talking about?

The Alcázar is not a romantic exaggeration, the fire only destroyed the roof and some rooms inside, it was restored like it was historically.

Hi i hope you can and i think easily decribe vegan local food and culture food . many vegans and vegetarians don't venture into that because you know its hard to know names of those dishes and search them all , but i think since you know it all and your team helps you A lot , i think vegan guide book about local meals will be easy as will as vegetarians , vegans always travel to places where they can find vegan places to dine and stuff like that but they don't socialize with food locally for not having a good knowledge , i think this might keep you busy few weeks or so but at the end you are an amazing great guy who loves to help all , thank you so much Mr , and excuse me for my bad English writing if you may , Saud .

Serrano Ham!

Rick Steves: Which palace is the most impressive in Europe?

I think the language of Catalunya is Catalan.

Thank you for this video. Interesting that you mention The Moors (a lot) seems like they were impressive Africans whom the Spanish were friends with and then there was a disagreement and they got taken over. So, basically all of Spain had beautifully decorated Moorish architecture and gardens. I'm now very interested in learning about these fascinating, creative engineers who made things look royal and regal. It makes Christians look evil. whew...that's a lot to take in. I'd love to know more 1-day trips (you mentioned the ports) and 30-min train trips to 1-hour flights to get to places like the French Rivera and Rome, Italy!

00:30:58 they do not learn spanish as a second language at school but at home as a first language, everybody. Only a minority learn catalan at home as well as spanish. They are as spanish as people in the other spanish regions and learn spanish at home as a first language.

I adore Rick and I know he's trying to fit all this info into an hour, but I'd much rather him take his time and slower pace like his TV show. I feel fatigued after just 10 minutes.

He is mixing Moors with Arabs, in Spanish Moor means Muslim as well. In 711 an army (which had north-African mercenaries or moors) conquered Spain for Islam, but who took control of Spain were not north-Africans but Arabs, of Syrian and Arabic origin. It was the last Umayyad alive, Abd-ar-Rahman I, who established the caliphate of Cordoba in the middle of the 8th century. When christian armies took Toledo in the last part of the 11th century, the key to the south, Spanish Muslims called for help to North-Africa, and it was the Almoravids, radical Muslims (the ISIS of that era), who took control of Andalusia in the 12th century. Different north-African Berber tribes dominated southern Spain for about a century and a half. The Muslim Spain was unique because it was European, there are no Alhambra.s in North-Africa for god sake. Moors did not bring anything but destruction to Spain.

You say Catholics were no longer universal, the name itself means universal. You say the Catholic Church is stronger in Spain, but the majority of Spanish do not attend Mass. As I understand Gallego is a dialect rather than a language.

He's kind of a dork but I like his shows.

Worst "cruise shipper" cites in Europe Venice Barcelona Dubrovnik Copenhagen Valletta

I was very surprised to hear you talk about Bullfights and Pamplona as "fun". It's a bad culture/tradition and animal abuse. I'd expected you to advice visitors NOT to attend such events.. I used to be a fan of your travels, now I'm very disappointed. Rather show us more of ancient history, less churches, more vegetarian food and nice beaches. I'm a Scandinavian and love Spain for the climate and good vegetarian food, fruits, wine, music and hospitable people!. Catalonia hates bullfighting by the way...

Sorry? What? 100 years war? When was that? Plz stop talking about history if you dont even know it