I'm Spanish, and when I travel in the summer I try to do all my sightseeing before lunch. My advice would be: have a good breakfast and try to have lunch late (2 to 3 pm). After lunch, go to your hotel, rest, hit the pool if you have one, have a shower and go out again in the late afternoon. In the North the weather tends to be cooler, but from Madrid down the summers are rough.

I hate leaving Spain... Every time...❤

The meeting people and not knowing each others’ language reminds me of my friend who met a guy from Germany many years ago - he didn’t speak English and she didn’t speak German. They learned a few words at first and they’ve been married for 42 years!

Spain is amazing. It's so diverse and beautiful. Food is not just paella and sangría. Hit the less populated town, the villages and you'll try such a wide variety of food, wine, beer, pastries... everything varies so much from one region to the other. Not to mention nature, culture, history, day-life, night-life. What a gorgeous country!

My wife and i just got back from our honeymoon in Spain! One think i hated about Spain is how many awesome things and places there are to see and do... we only had time to see cordoba, Granada, and malaga

Love Spanish culture and lifestyle, later dinners, chilling in the afternoon, it suits me 😎

Spain is awesome

I love the ancient city of Toledo!

Great points all around. Well done! We visited Spain last year for the first time and we loved it. We were well prepared and avoided the negative stuff completely. The people everywhere were amazing from the smallest shops to the fanciest restaurants and hotels. Just lovely. We're planning a longer trip for next year so we can explore more of this amazing country.

Been following your channel for nearly 10 years-by far my favorite travel channel-so this is purely constructive criticism from a fan: I prefer your content without background music. I do appreciate the thinking outside the box and trying new things though 🤙. Au revoir from Paris.

I loved the cathedral in Cordoba. The photos drew me to Spain. And yes, I just love the creativity of tapas.

As a Spaniard that likes to travel abroad we find that, indeed, in general it is very hard to find elsewhere the quality to price ratio we are used to in Spain.

🏆 Another super video, Mark...and loving the transitions, well-planned! Diverse tour & subjects, valuable info, beautiful places...thanks a bunch! 🙌

We are coming to Spain this week. Thanks for the great info

I spent ast new years in Seville and i have to say it was the best new years party ive ever seen! They know how to party in Seville! Everyone was very friendly. Only concern was being worried about one of the kids blowing off their hands with all the firework/bombs they were lighting. ...all good, no missing limbs this time. but the whole experience was incredible!

Galicia is the way to go during those extremely hot summer months. It's a bit of a hidden gem and will probably overtake the more popular destinations if the temperatures keep rising.

I see most of these as trade offs… travel is like that. Be flexible, be aware. Broaden your horizons and enjoy! 😎

Hey Mark, awesome video

Just today thinking about going to spain this summer. I take this video as a sign, so we are going to book the flightsbright away. Thanks

Found you some years ago because of some video about Finland and I have to enjoy your videos are great. Always so positive and even while mentioning the negatives you have a great attitude to it, through understanding and making sense and reason to it. Also very good, solid and useful information about different locations. A true feel good videos. I tip my hat to you sir. 😊

OMG I love Spain, been there TWICE - but then I have Spanish roots, so I'm.. totally biased!

Alicante is another gem. So many Spa hotels to choose from with first class service and easy walk to the promenade. Seafood heaven. And don't miss the late night walk on the strip and the Gelato and crepes every few steps. Can get chilly at night from the sea breeze so pack a light jacket.

Excellent 👏🏻👏🏻

I'm currently in Spain! Sadly, i'm feeling a little ill (sore throat/fatigue) so i'm in the hostel. One thing that surprised me about Madrid is how busy it is! It's bustling! I just came from London and I didn't find it to be as busy as Madrid. It can feel a bit overwhelming but it's fine.

I don't love the humidity in Barcelona in the fall, but other than that Spain is amazing.

I’m so excited I’m going to be in Spain and nine days my first time Barcelona, Madrid,cordoba , Granada, and Seville

Another tip: Visit the 'hidden gems'! You don't have to spend your full 10 days in Barcelona, maybe base yourself in Girona or Tarragona or Zaragoza and do day trips from there! It'll make for a much more authentic vacation.

One thing is that if you stay in old traditional houses, beds will be too short. So, I was sleeping and my legs were hanging outside like towel racks. Hotels will have normal size beds for tourists. But in general people are short in Spain.

Hay miles de cosas en España aparte de la sagrada familia y la Mezquita y las tapas malas para turistas. 😮

I’ve been Bilbao for Study Abroad since January and to visit Basque Relatives this is interesting.

Sobre La Alhambra. Hay un truco para conseguir boletos para entrar. Está obligados a reservar un 10% de los boletos para venta directa en ventanilla y siempre se consiguen, aunque en el web aparezcan como "agotados", sold out. Las taquillas están a la entrada de El Generalife y los precios son los mismos que en la página web.

We definitely experienced the cold in Spain last december. In Granada and Cordoba temperatures would fall below freezing at night. No good heating either. It was absolutely freezing in our airbnb's too!

For those who rent cars rather than use public transport to get around: you will LURRRRVE Spanish highways, they are a pure joy to drive on (wide, clean and not a pothole in sight). Beware mountain roads, however, those are not for the faint of heart...

17 is great beach weather

Seville is terrific in the winter. Spent a month there in January. Not too crowded except during the parades where small children on floats throw candy at you (awesome but a little scary NGL). Also, in Seville, croquettes are fried gravy. Delicious, but they're fried gravy. Also, go to a football match. Get food from the food trucks and go to a match. Don't have to be a fan, just go.

We loved madrid

good video

Less tourists Zaragoza and Teruel 🍷🍷

Hello Mark. I recommended your channel to Lucy from Benidorm Stuff channel and next news you are in Spain. I always wanted to see real Spain, having only been to Portbou as a teenager. My girlfriend's parents had a house near Benidorm, but at least I realised you could soon get away from the bits just designed for package tours. I found I could enjoy those too, once I had worked that out. As a typical British person, I ignored the idea of siesta and dug holes for an orange and a lemon tree for my girlfriend's parents, straight through the midday heat. Tired I climbed out of the second hole and stepped back to admire my work, only to fall straight into the first six foot deep hole. One pitfall not on your list.

I explain dimsum as the contest version of Spanish tapas except a lot of it is steamed 😊

Great Video. Just to let you know that the letter H is silent in spanish so Alhambra is pronunced Alambra. Just as the word, Hola is ola, hospital is ospital Harto is arto, Albahaca ( basil) is albaca 😉

Nice lid...

Two ways of avoiding your “hates” #1 book everything ahead of time. #2 don’t keep valuables in your back pockets 😅. You’re welcome ☺️

There are places in the US that also feature Tapas. One winery I worked at and another place in Philadelphia that the majority of the menu is small plates/tapas. However, it’s pricer than traditional restaurants.

Woah, this is so timely, I'm traveling around Andalusia and Extremadura now. I'm going to Jaen today for a few days before Cordoba. Have you been to Jaen? About the summer heat, it also lasts well into September. It can be around 100F in Andalusia, Madrid, or even Aragon. Love your explanations as always 🇪🇸

Spain also has a monument raised to the Devil, unique in the world. It is located in the Retiro Park, in Madrid, at a height of 666 meters above sea level. Ask for the Angel Caído (Fallen Angel) square.

Going solo in September, isn't more stressful meeting locals!

From 2 to 4pm 🤣 👉🏼 from 1’30pm to 6pm at least (Lived in Spain for 37 years) I refer to Summer esp in Andalucia and the interior

I went to Spain last fall and loved it. The only things I didn’t love were the really late dinners (I tend to eat late at home by American standards, but it still felt weird to have restaurants that didn’t open until 8 or 9!). I also didn’t love having to show ID with my tickets at all the major sites. I get why they do it, but it’s annoying!

We’re going to Italy for the first time this Fall, but we’re already thinking of an international trip next year, too; what are a couple cities you’d suggest in Spain for a first trip?

I really like bears ❤

How long in advanced should you book Sagarda Familia?

oh... Calamari hoagie at El Brillianté in Madrid...

I have yet to get to Spain, pero hablo Espanol tal como nacido Mexicano. I would definitely try shoulder season. The great events happened in 1492; last of the Moors were run out of Spain, which led to the Pope naming Spain the Second Jewel of the Holy Roman Empire, which caused Columbus to ask Isabela to finance his venture. History is everywhere.

Home from home!

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What do you think about Zaragoza?

How strange, you have to speak Spanish in Spain!

8:58 17 in January? That'd be summer in the UK!

how hard is it to eat in Spain for people who can't have gluten? thanks

Dining out is challenging.

My toxic trait is watching this with like 0.07¢ to my name 😂😭 one day !!

No one must come on summer my friend (just in the north, at the Cantabric coast, is possible to survive on july and august). The Spaniards leaves the cities to the beach or stay at home till the night. 😀

Hay que recordar que el español es el 2° idioma materno después del chino mandarin. Nos esforzamos en hablar otros idiomas, pero no viene mal que los que vengan sepan decir "por favor" y "gracias " Un cordial saludo❤

Por favor, sigue haciendo ese gran trabajo. Necesitamos mucha gente advirtiendo de las malas cosas que tiene España para los turistas. Tengo una discrepancia, sin embargo: no animes a hablar con los locales salvo que sea en la lengua local, no exigir que te entretengan en inglés a voluntad. Gracias por tu comprensión

Τhe "spanish concept of time" is, I guess, similar to the greek concept of "siga-siga..."

@woltersworld Advice you should mention in your videos: Ensure you have internet access on your mobile device (local prepaid SIM card) and Google Translate App (or similar App) installed. Write or speak to the App in your language and communication problems will disappear.

What’s your opinion on Benidorm? (The town not the show)

Certain tourists you won't like 😂. Drunk British at Benidorm 😂

I have been solo traveling in Spain, so far have seen Girona and Seville and am visiting Cadiz and Barcelona too. The people have not fit the stereotype at all for me, they seem generally just very quickly frustrated. Maybe its a tourist thing or just bad luck. I've met 2 or 3 awesome people but I've had quite a few more rude interactions than pleasant ones here.

Peñíscola ( Castellón)

I am a huge fan and you have been a major positive in my life, but just for constructive feedback I would not do this more highly produced way; it feels less authentic. I prefer your old style although I understand why you need to do more visuals or want to use a financial budget for more visuals,;but the intro stuff and the music and intro of graphic stuff does not feel like the Wolters World we love. The Straight Honest Travel Talk is better supported by just straight talk.

1:19 1:31 people dont like this visiting anywhere I wonder why this is prevalent everywhere except the in us yes it happens in the us also but only in like nyc with the monks passing out flowers or a bracelet but it aint all over the country like the rest of the countries in the world

Spain has affordable prices????? Maybe for a rich American. But for a person from Czech Republic, it's ridiculously overpriced. 9 euros for an appetizer? I get a whole meal for 6 - 8 euros in Czech Republic. I once wanted a regular tomato salad. They wanted 13 euros for that and didn't even want to let me sit in the air-conditioned interior of the restaurant, even though the restaurant was half-empty.

Carry 2 credit cards and some cash and Apple Pay, but please also watch your phone. I have family in Italy and Spain and stealing iPhone is big business in Europe and the Middle East

As someone who can speak perfect Mexican Spanish and has never been to Europe. Spain will be my first destination there! Love meeting locals wherever I go so know this trip would be awesome Only thing I'm worried about is the food not being too spicy (I have a high tolerance/need)

The temperature of the Canary Islands in winter varies between 20 and 22º maximum during the day and between 16 and 17º at night as minimum.

Now I already know what I'll like and don't like. No surprises thus no need to go.

Rigth, too much pickpokets and scams (which are usually foreign) but you won't be shot in a corner or at a supermarket.

That’s interesting I hated the modern architecture, being vandalised with graffiti etc, third world public transport I loved the old architecture, food, music and their crazy traditions

Had a great time in Spain... Zaragoza, Barcelona & Madrid... along with Collioure France.. all better than Paris.. sorry

Love Spain ... hate the pickpockets and thieves.

Wolters, I like your videos, you put heart and soul on them and make them from the kind perspective of someone who loves the European countries he is visiting. Yet when someone makes videos specifically addressed to potential American tourists, I have to say that you show a country that maybe doesn’t wants to be shown and walked through as if it was merchandise on a Sunday’s market. Today the hordes of tourists invading the main European cities for a few days, sometimes hours, makes it very hard for the locals to live in peace and harmony, no matter how much money these tourists are (theoretically) bringing. I have witnessed myself the wake of cultural and social destruction that this kind of tourism leaves, wiping our all of authenticity and flooding the streets with unbearable crowds that act like the local inhabitants were part of a movie stage set for them. Yes, all what you say is genuinely well meant and true, but the kind of people coming here ready to consume us as if we all were tapas is sometimes a bit too much.

a lot of coastal Mediterranean spain. is way over developed with ugly construction.

Los rusos cuando vienen a España pasan mucho frio😂 las casas estan hechas para el calor y si tienes frio te aguantas o te calientas con una botella de agua caliente en los pies. Somos asi de primitivos los españoles😂

I like when I go to Barcelona which is twice a year. All the americans in large lines at McDonald's and Starbucks 😂😂

1:22 You are showing the usual suspects!

Don’t switch between Celsius and Fahrenheit without even saying. 34 degrees and that’s hot so your talking Celsius but a 20 degree drop in Celsius is a 38 degree change in Fahrenheit so I’m assuming you mean 20°F drop. I’m confused, you’re confused let’s just use Fahrenheit.

Don't go to Spain in the summer. 99.9% of Spain is NOT a tourist area. I try to spend most of my time there.

For the people that hate siesta: if you like to have dinner at 5 pm and go to bed at 9 please stay in your countries. We are not going to miss you

dude i love.your channel but you need to take care of your health (exercise, cut down on sugar, fried food, alcohol). stay healthy so u can do this for many yrs

Sorry dude but CATALONIA is NOT SPAIN. SYOR

Spain is of and for the Spanish, and we love to share with everyone who comes to enjoy our customs, forms, festivals, gastronomy, schedules, manners.... the tourist who comes to Spain will have to adapt to them, no. Spaniards to tourists, it is too arrogant and haughty on the part of anyone who thinks otherwise.

Agree with most of what you have to say about Spain. The last time I was there was on the second half of September a couple of years ago and it was too hot for me, but I was flying from California and we're a little spoiled about the weather. The temperature in Seville (and Madrid) was 98℉ (37℃) when I did the tour of La Catedral de Sevilla, and there was a line. Not fun, but 100% worth it. Going up to the Giralda is great for pictures. Most of the people who work in the tourism industry are properly trained, are very professional, and go out of their way to help. In my experience the only thing I had to watch for were female servers at restaurants. I went to eat a couple of times by myself and the waitress in one restaurant tried to charge me double the price of the tapas and drink. Granted, it wasn't a lot, but I was annoyed by her nerve. I am multilingual, I knew the prices of the tapas bc they were written down on a blackboard outside the restaurant, and still she wanted to charge more. So that was that. In another restaurant I asked for an Octopus salad and she brought me a potato salad and charged me for it. I complained, but It was not worth it to keep going about it, so I let it go. I will never go back to that restaurant in Sevilla, for sure. If you like museums, many of them of are discounted after 6pm one day a week or the entire week depending on the city. Check out your tourist guide or walk by early in the day if you are around and ask or check out their websites. The best part of going late to a museum is that there are hardly any tourists, so it becomes a very pleasant experience. And lastly, go eat at the not well-known indoor markets or neighborhood markets. The food is very good, the service is very good, and the prices are excellent. That's the way many Spaniards eat as well, not just going to tapas bars. Enjoy your trip. Greetings.