THIS Medieval Spanish Town is a Must Visit!

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@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoyed our little adventure. If you're heading to Madrid, check out the Madrid travel guide I wrote: 👉 swiy.io/MadridRevealed. 🎉

@mitcoes 4 ай бұрын

Cholesterol will go down for a year or more after 2 weeks without alcohol, potatoes, rice pasta and bread (carbs). If you add no meat, even better. Fish, sea food onions, fruits, artichokes, salads etc are not a great sacrifice to eat.

@lemonscentedzombie9080 4 ай бұрын

😇

@tquintana-parker8724 3 ай бұрын

The 0.0% was de barril? Better than in the bottle? Which marca? What time of day were you visiting? Enjoyed the mini tour!

@rebekahpollock8627 4 ай бұрын

Yolly would make a terrific improv actor - no matter what James says, she just rolls with it and jokes right back. They have such an entertaining rapport :)

@cosasDEguitarra 4 ай бұрын

Alcalá is really a beautiful place if you like history, as a Madrid citizen I have to say it is one of the most beautiful towns here!

@bradleyharvey4250 4 ай бұрын

What a treat! My first visit to Spain was in Alcalá de Henares 15 years ago while my daughter was attending university there. She fell in love with the country and is there to this day, raising her family.

@SongwritinginAppalachia 4 ай бұрын

You guys are too funny. I love your verbal chemistry. Clever.

@WalkingSpain 4 ай бұрын

Madrid has really beautiful towns in its province such as Chinchón, Aranjuez, San Lorenzo de El Escorial and of course also Alcalá de Henares. Great video!! Greetings

@martinmaynard141 2 ай бұрын

I wondered if this video was about Aranjuez - I have student who gre up there

@Radu.F 3 ай бұрын

This video just makes me want to come to Spain and eat :D

@gedtierney374 3 ай бұрын

Great videos. As a man of a certain age and health problems I have a small Bucket List. One of the things I’ve always wanted to see is the painting Guernica. Any tips of where to stay in Madrid that’s close to the museum, four or five star. I’ll be flying in from the UK and want to stay for four or five days. I love Spain. Still so underrated culturally by so many who just head for the beaches.

@user-de1is5es1y 4 ай бұрын

Saludos desde Miami. Me encanta el canal. Yoly pregunta para tí: ya no bebes alcohol? siempre ordenas cerveza 0.0 :)

@aarontheone7193 3 ай бұрын

This, alongside Toledo y Córdoba make me feel like i walked through a time machine. Gorgeous places

@TheMariodeblas 4 ай бұрын

Catalina 👑 no te olvidamos! 🇪🇸

@user-qs1dc7qy4e 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful town, thanks for the great tour!

@viquiben4919 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful, thank you.

@isabelvilleneuve7239 4 ай бұрын

In the list! Thanks 😊🎉❤

@TheOnlyTaps 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic watch

@SargBjornson 4 ай бұрын

I have such good memories of Alcalá, as my parents used to take me and my sister there several weekends a year.

@Ana-Maria-Sierra 4 ай бұрын

Love it! Somehow I missed this town.

@MYTravelBF 3 ай бұрын

We visited Alcalá when living in Madrid and really loved this historic day trip! It's definitely a place more people should visit when coming to Madrid, especially for the free tapas! Another wonderufl video, James and Yoly!

@spainrevealed 3 ай бұрын

Thank you guys! Glad you enjoyed the video, and glad you've been out there!

@mariadigiovanni1168 3 ай бұрын

This was so much fun! Thank you for the laughs. You made my day.

@dumabel3351 3 ай бұрын

this video is so informative and fascinating，thank you so much！

@barbara3977 4 ай бұрын

I went to Alcalá and I really like it, thanks for this video

@fredcookerly9385 4 ай бұрын

Been thinking about a weekend trip to Alcala de Henares for a while now. Thanks for another great video!

@cesarbahar786 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your tapas video. They all look delicious 😋 ❤

@randeepsingh757 4 ай бұрын

Another wonderful video! I especially like the ones with both of you in them. Love Spain as well- will never be moving there as there is too much family and responsibility keeping me in the US but somehow I find myself visiting yearly

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

@robertmeredith906 4 ай бұрын

We are fascinated by all things Cervantes and Catherine of Aragon so this day trip is definitely added to the next trip to Madrid. Thanks again for these videos on the not so well known spots in Spain.

@dcorman2350 4 ай бұрын

Oh man… good video. This looked like a long overdue date between the two of you. Looks like you had fun!

@suemahoney7330 4 ай бұрын

This was a great video! You two looked like you were having so much fun, so lighthearted! It is always important for the two of you to take time to be together.

@PortageurCa 4 ай бұрын

So convenient! I am currently sitting on the couch planning a trip there!

@HereBeBarr 4 ай бұрын

Wow never heard of this town!

@luisatrvus781 3 ай бұрын

Spain, in addition to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville and Malaga, has many more impressive historical cities. Cordoba, Avila, Segovia, Salamanca, Cuenca, Toledo, Valladolid, Girona, Tarragona, Cartagena, Cadiz, Granada, Lleida, Zaragoza, La Coruña,Lugo,Ponferrada,Aviles,Gijon,Santander,Oviedo,Comillas....and I still left dozens more

@elizabethzapac3203 3 ай бұрын

So wonderful to see you both back!! Thoroughly enjoyed this video. It was the perfect mix of history and FOOD ‼️ I enjoy your videos more than you can possibly know, and really look forward to them🫶🏽 The food, ahhhh …a buen tiempo!

@jamesrenner3988 3 ай бұрын

Thank you once again. Whenever I long for my 'happy place', your videos satisfy that need. I recall Alcala for one drunken night of which the details elude my memory, but my fondness of Spain in general is still strong. I hope that you are all well and good, and that the long string of videos continues.

@jameshaddan8538 4 ай бұрын

Great video, thank you both! I’m starving now and craving everything you two ate (well, my tripe portion might be really small).

@padders1068 3 ай бұрын

James and Yoly! Thanks for sharing! I really need to renew my passport and build up my confidence, to visit Spain once again as now a lone traveller. I have had some amazing trips there, in the past with some of my best friends. Much ❤ to you both and to your little one

@LesFrenchiesTravel 3 ай бұрын

That's definitely a place we'll check out in Spain, thank you.

@spainrevealed 3 ай бұрын

Can't wait to have you guys over!

@jenniferpray7562 4 ай бұрын

Oh! Love this video! Lived there for 16 yrs while my dad was stationed at Torrejón AFB…my mom is from Huelva. Hay un bar cerca de la universidad, se llama El Hidalgo, tiene murales de cerámica de don Quijote y son preciosos! Y las tapas, enormes! La próxima! ❤🇪🇸

@daveboracay2132 3 ай бұрын

I was stationed at Torrejon AB from '86 to '90 and lived in Alcala. I did only 4 years with the AF and it was definitely the best time of my life. I moved back to Madrid in 2021 and go to Alcala often and it's still amazing to me.

@JanG_GC 3 ай бұрын

Great to see you two back out and about. I'm keeping my fingers crossed you head to Almeria one day soon, as that's my next Spanish sojourn. (I'd appreciate any hints and tips from other channel fans too. )

@jornspirit 4 ай бұрын

...if I would hate your videos, Yoly & James, I would hate this one too, but I don't! Alcala has to be an amazing day trip from Madrid (I made a mental note), and when I see you munching on all those delicious tapas, I can only roll my eyes in delight and envy!! 🍷🫒 I just love how history oozes out of every corner of those old Spanish towns and villages (I walked twice through the whole north of Spain on the camino, so I saw quite a bit of that)... you're doing such a fantastic job with your channel - love to you both!!! 💖

@UnkeptJ 4 ай бұрын

My life has been chaos and stressful lately, but this video made me smile. Thank you both for sharing this! You make me happy.

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

I'm sorry to hear that. I'm glad the video helped a little

@MikeS29 4 ай бұрын

Looks like a great town to visit from Madrid! We just bought a place in the Malaga area, and will be moving late 2024 🙂... You always inspire us, and I really enjoy these non-fancy looks at nice little eateries/drinkeries. Thanks, Yoli and James!

@potatoeheadvibez 3 ай бұрын

the more i watch your videos, the more I itch to buy a ticket to spain!✈

@mywanderways 3 ай бұрын

I love watching your videos, always very good info about Spain 😍 especially on where to eat TAPAS 😋

@NuttyButtery846 4 ай бұрын

Alcala is a very fun city. In-fact, I used to always go to the best whiskey sour bar in the area there in Plaza de Cervantes. I agree, that if you visit Madrid, Alcala and also Segovia (you could probably toss in Avila as well) are MUST day visits. Hell, if you're gonna go that way spend a day at Sacedon in the summer. LOL

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

never been to Sacedon -- need to check it out!

@NuttyButtery846 4 ай бұрын

@@spainrevealed If you do go, make sure that on the way you stop in the small town of Tendilla. Very charming small town on the road between Guadalajara and Sacedon. I think that it was bypassed by a newer highway since I live there but it is well worth a lunch stop. Sorry, I love La Mancha.

@robert111k 3 ай бұрын

@@NuttyButtery846, Tendilla and Sacedón in La Mancha? That's La Alcarria.

@mizginavale22 4 ай бұрын

A town with historical sites and also good gastronomy is what does it for me. Alcalá de Henares might just be my next getaway. Thanks for sharing this lively and informative video. It’s good to see you walking and eating your way through Spain (something I’m doing as well).

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Gina! Glad you enjoyed it :)

@confinedbless 3 ай бұрын

¡Vale! Para mi son los mejores.

@Tech-vn1jv 3 ай бұрын

Hola, me gusto mucho recordar a Alcalá de Henares. Soy Cubano, de chaval viví en Alcalá de Henares. Un abrazo desde Texas. Adios.

@mywanderways 3 ай бұрын

I'm actually planning to go to Alcala for a walking tour video soon 😍

@billybush1963 3 ай бұрын

James you are getting "Tapa Schooled" by Yoly, or she's been going out a lot more than you have lately, Or both! Nice to see you out eating again!. I'm back in Madrid on the 5th of April and this has got me very excited.

@fwlenard 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Idea: Could you do a video on the Monasterio de Piedra in Zaragoza (province)? I can't find a good English-language video about it.

@FormaPavi 2 ай бұрын

Excelente

@caehlers 4 ай бұрын

You guys are so cute! Love this one.

@bkm2797 4 ай бұрын

Great to see you two out and about eating tapas. Guessing Lucia is at Grand ma and pa's so she can be spoiled (just a little),lol. Thanks for taking us along, always fun and educational.👍💕

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

at kindergarten haha. glad you enjoyed!

@swissfoodie3542 4 ай бұрын

Muchas Gracias for this great video James and Yolly ! I loved to see your romantic day without your beautiful daughter. I think that its important that parents can also enjoy some time without their children some times. Alcala de Henares looks really good, and I had never heard of it before, so thanks a lot for the tipp. Do you think that it would be worthwile to spend 1-2 nights there, and not only visit on a day trip from Madrid ?

@annedonnellan6876 3 ай бұрын

The night time vibe is different, so, yes!

@maryj3056 3 ай бұрын

Lovely to see you guys out and about without baby girl , nice to be a couple sometimes and not parents ! Great video as always ...is it me or is Yolli looking younger in every video ?

@janmac218 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for a wonderful tour. I would love to know how much difference in prices is alcala de henares compared to Madrid.

@ArtFreeman 4 ай бұрын

This is one of the many reasons I want to live in Spain.

@andyalam5074 3 ай бұрын

Make it happen. There will never be a better time. You just drop everything and go. So it goes! 🍻

@jonathanfinan722 4 ай бұрын

I utterly love garlic mushrooms. I do them swimming in butter with a bit of thyme too.

@jaimegarcia9408 4 ай бұрын

Al ajillo is ancestral andalusí tradition

@eugenioolazabal1867 4 ай бұрын

Loved this video, you two are a fun couple and I was laughing with all the "if you hate this" comments. Food is one of the many marvelous things about Spain. I've never been disappointed with the food in Spain. Next trip, I'll visit Alcalá de Henares for sure. ((Que lástima que no estoy en España)).

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

Hope you get back soon!

@catherinemori4496 4 ай бұрын

The parador there is dreamy. If you are flying out of Barajas, it’s an easy drive from there! As is La Granja de San Idefonso.

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

Next time :)

@nurjimenez7401 4 ай бұрын

❤ ¿Dónde está tus hija Lucía? We need to see the video bomber too 😜 thanks for this I would definitely check it out next time I’m in Madrid!

@RedPanda_00806 4 ай бұрын

Great video, Regards from " an alcalaino"

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

thank you!

@stevengilleyOU812 4 ай бұрын

This was a lot of fun! Let’s do it again soon. More things filmed where if I hate the best food ever served, well then….

@tmalloydesign 2 ай бұрын

As always, a very informative video. We've been to Alcala de Henares several times and in fact visited one of the bars you featured in the video but for some reason the tapas we were given after buying a beer didn't resemble the generous tapas you received - it was simply a plate with olives and cheese. I still can't figure out why were treated so differently.

@graziano1688 4 ай бұрын

Alcalá is a great day trip - fully agree with you! But I didn’t enjoy the food at - there was nothing different from Madrid or other cities. We tried 4 best rated places and only 1 stood out. Food-wise Toledo is still my favorite day trip.

@GreBunTristanundIsolde 4 ай бұрын

Also the birthplace of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, the younger brother of Carlos I/V. Ferdinand grew up in Spain under the watchful eyes of their grandparents - Los Reyes Catolicos. He was assigned the patrimonial lands of the Habsburgs in Central Europe, thus founding the Austrian line of the family.

@hsavietto 4 ай бұрын

Oh, I was hoping to get hints of new places to visit around Madrid, but I've been to Alcalá de Henares four times already... 😅

@NuttyButtery846 4 ай бұрын

If you want to spend time in a nice town, try the town of Rascafria just north of the mountains.

@peter_bazinet 3 ай бұрын

I always have to raid the fridge after one of your tapas tours!!!!!

@spainrevealed 3 ай бұрын

They should come with a warning!

@peter_bazinet 3 ай бұрын

@@spainrevealed Or perhaps free samples!

@MusicShortsGlobal 4 ай бұрын

Siempre he sido un fan de los paisajes naturales del país de España, pero lo que más me intriga es la historia detrás de todos los castillos que logramos ver en los videos.

@davesaunders7080 3 ай бұрын

If you hate a great video about Alcala de Henares you will hate this video! Well done Yoly and James;)

@spainrevealed 3 ай бұрын

haha

@Miguelsm255 3 ай бұрын

Mi ciudad 😍🥹

@petek5523 4 ай бұрын

You two are as giddy as a couple of school girls 🎉❤😊

@sancho6857 4 ай бұрын

yoli so charming again and James cholesterols concerns me 😊. yup your dialogues are very enjoyable

@herbertgonswa3503 4 ай бұрын

I just had breakfast, but now i`m hungry again and have the taste of garlic in my head.😅

@biiibzz001 4 ай бұрын

Great content James 👍

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@TravelonlineWalk 4 ай бұрын

Alcudia is my favorite )

@Benito-lr8mz 3 ай бұрын

Alcudia en Mallorca o Alcalá? las dos muy bonitas

@va.espanol 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@robert111k 3 ай бұрын

The expulsion of the _Moriscos_ (not exactly Moors btw) in Spain has more to do with the fact that they constantly revolted in the region of the Alpujarras, where they lived, and were in collusion with the Sultan of Turkey at a time when the danger of invasion was real and imminent. Nothing to do with Cisneros. By the way, the man died in 1517 and the expulsion took place in 1609.

@annedonnellan6876 3 ай бұрын

I was fascinated to learn the origin of "empollon" swot. Wealthy students in Alcala would pay poorer students to sit on benches to warm them up, just like a hen nests

@judithw7016 3 ай бұрын

How do you get there from Madrid? Is there a bus? Should you take a taxi? Please help!

@nick.caffrey 3 ай бұрын

Hay que aclarar que ¡también es la oficina central del Instituto Cervantes! Es el equivalente del British Institute, Alliance Française y del Goethe Institut! ¿Porfa? Esto es nuevo para mí. ¿Únicamente Madrileño?

@Boric78 4 ай бұрын

Wow must head north and visit. And I thought Toledo was the Madrid areas medieval gem.

@annedonnellan6876 3 ай бұрын

Worth seeing but commercial vibe

@simonpuravida 4 ай бұрын

I watched Bob Dylan perform in Alcalá. It was a pretty awesome event.

@emiliethomsen2805 3 ай бұрын

Har nogle tips til når man vil sove i telt og hvor?

@DavidScott-yq1lz 3 ай бұрын

How are you doing, and how is your trade experience going ? we're are you from??

@onanonainoyole 2 ай бұрын

Bueno, parece ser que, según las últimas pruebas encontradas, bastante consistentes, por cierto, Cervantes era cordobés. Esto va a doler un poco.

@apetekotoinayausadavopit5089 3 ай бұрын

History

@robert111k 3 ай бұрын

¿Vais a Alcalá y no compráis garrapiñadas? Amos...

@julian65886 4 ай бұрын

¡Yolanda tan guapa como siempre!

@noel.abascal 4 ай бұрын

❤✌🏼

@saskiapanter 3 ай бұрын

Lol, I hate tripe and chewy calamari 😂, so I'll probably really hate it lol. My favorite tapa is grilled sardines and garlic shrimp mnomnomnomnom

@sephmanatac8569 3 ай бұрын

You mean' QUEEN OF CASTILE & LEON... not of SPAIN... her grandson, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, is the first official monarch of unified spain as Charles I...

@jandamskier6510 4 ай бұрын

¿Y dónde está Lucía?

@spainrevealed 4 ай бұрын

el la guardería :)

@procurorick 3 ай бұрын

so the baptism records were well preserved

@kjm5155 3 ай бұрын

If you hate James and Yolly eating garlic mushrooms…then your gonna hate this video!😆

@spainrevealed 3 ай бұрын

🔥🔥

@steinarbrevikknudsen1546 4 ай бұрын

You don't get the ladies any more charming....

@terryhsiao1745 4 ай бұрын

in this video i saw my first very obese spanish young man lol

@martino9143 3 ай бұрын

Really love your videos. However, it would be really good if James didn't snatch the food from his fork with his teeth. More like Yoly would be great. Thank you.

@spainrevealed 3 ай бұрын

Noted!

@salozinp 4 ай бұрын

el 70% del video es de comida...

@Benito-lr8mz 4 ай бұрын

Es parte una de las principales riquezas de este país la gastronomía es cultura también ; saludos

@joebloggs4191 4 ай бұрын

I think this video proves again what I have always thought Spanish food is expensive! I mean 9,50€ for a plate of mushrooms with some garlic sauce which is not even a main course and doesn't take long to prepare. Compare this to e.g. if you go to an Indian or Chinese restuarant and get main course of Vegetable curry or vegetable chinese dish which has lot more cooking involved not to mention ingredients and you will pay the same amount of money. True even with Italian get a main course of pasta with a lot more ingredients and cooking involved and it will cost you around the same!

@graziano1688 4 ай бұрын

9.50 is actually not too bad for a starter ) if you happen to order a house salad (which normally is just chopped tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce), in most places you will pay 12-15, which is mad. But mains in Spanish restaurants are not more expensive than anywhere else in Europe. So go for mains and leave the starters for Greek, middle eastern and other cuisines.

@joebloggs4191 4 ай бұрын

@@graziano1688 I think you need your head examined if you think 9,50€ is ok for a starter especially one that consists mainly just mushrooms and not much else! Salads here are stupid expensive too. As for mains why do you only get meat or fish and potatoes where are the vegetables? The last time I asked they charged me an extra 9 ro 10€ for a side of vegetables that should have come with the mains anyway, at least it does in other parts of the world!

@graziano1688 4 ай бұрын

@@joebloggs4191 most Spanish unfortunately don’t eat raw vegetables except for some occasional tomatoes. When I ask for a side of house greens, they bring your lettuce with eggs, tuna, etc even if you ask them not to do it. They just can’t understand why someone might want to eat greens without any protein :)

@joebloggs4191 3 ай бұрын

@@graziano1688 I am not talking about raw vegetables. I mean cooked vegetables that should come with every main course dish. Vegetables are important for a balanced diet, the main dish what they serve you in spanish restaurants does not give you a balanced diet with just meat and potatoes!

@martino9143 3 ай бұрын

The cost of Spanish food depends on where and when you eat. My wife and I spends part of the winter in Spain and often eat Menu del Dias at lunchtime in ventas / mesons / restaurants and for €10 to €15 each we have 3 course.meal including bread and a drink. Excellent value and very popular judging by the large number of ordinary working Spaniards also eating in these places.