AMAA - Spain - Top 20 Places to Visit! - Reaction by Average Middle Aged American - España

[@juanignaciolanda8871]

Spain is wonderfull. Have it all....in a medium sized country

[@mariar.6741]

Spain is always one of the 3 most visited countries in the world, in fact in 2023 it was the most visited, with the arrival of more than 85 million tourists, almost double that of the Spanish population, which has 48 million of inhabitants. Taking into account that the majority of tourists visit the same places, the overcrowding, the destruction of cultural heritage or nature is enormous, as well as the brutal increase in the cost of housing for the Spaniards who reside in those places causes problems to arise.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@mariar.6741 - I hope the issues can be resolved so everyone can enjoy.

[@markus129]

The problem is not the Turism industry that is an example for many other countries industries and provides many job. Is funny how this kind of people do not complain about how thousands and thousands of illegal immigrant traspass our borders when there is not houses enough and they get free accommodation , and make average salaries decrease, not even mention social resources when the f4ck1ng debt of the country is huge or crime rates. Just a little fun fact, 70% OF FOREING PEOPLE IN CATALUNA DEPENDS OF SOCIAL SALARIES HELPS AND DO NOT CONTRIBUTE WITH TAXES TO THE COUNTRY

[@jorgemorenoramon4974]

@@Average_Middle_Aged_American En este video solo ves un 0,00001 de lo que tiene España, te aconsejo que veas algún video de gastronomía, o de castillos, kzbin.info/www/bejne/hF6oq5t8hK5ojrc este video como regalo, espero que te guste. saludos ^^

[@gregoriogomez5685]

@@Average_Middle_Aged_American There is no problems in spain. Just it´s the socialist tryiing to blame tourism for the problems of the country that are a consecuence of they own policies

[@gregoriogomez5685]

destruction of cultural heritage? destruction of nature? what are you talking about?. The increase of cost of housing is because the policies of the goverment prevent to create create new houses and goverment haven`t created new urban areas. Tourism is no te cause of increase o cost of housing. Why you dont talk about massive inmigrations. Inmigrants are part of the increase of cost of housing, but you dont want to talk about that right?

[@crisc1049]

The royal palace does have guards. The image the video showed was from inside the palace, there are people walking cause you can buy a ticket and visit it. Also, the royal family doesn't live there anymore. Now they use it for formal meetings with presidents or other royal families. So when there's no one in the palace, tourist can go inside and visit it.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@crisc1049 - Thanks for the information and for checking out my channel!

[@conigliostressato]

10:37 the Sagrada Familia is not very old, its construction started in 1882, and it’s still ongoing. The facade looks that way because it’a covered in a lot, a lot of sculpted details. Look out for pictures of the Nativity facade (the only one actually built when Anton Gaudì was still alive), it’s really amazing.

[@mariar.6741]

And the texture is also because Gaudi was inspired by the textures that nature creates instead of copying the style of other cathedrals. That is why it is so difficult to build and so unique in the world.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@conigliostressato - Thank you!

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@conigliostressato - great information. Thanks!

[@suegreene1]

Segovia Acueduct is still there and the Roman walls surrounding the city of Lugo

[@user-nc2qj2jc5q]

Ex- Míchigan in Spain since 2000🇪🇸🇪🇺🍷👍

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

I assume you love it there?

[@JavierLorenzomartinez-y3s]

La primera foto es la plaza del obradoiro y la catedral de santiago, en santiago de compostela, final del camino

[@mariaalvarez-folgado8661]

Sagrada Familia was made like that on purpose, in modernist style

[@BlackHoleSpain]

Of course there were cranes in the XVIII century!!! It's not the first time I hear an American guy saying such a mistake. Romans and Greeks already had huge cranes 2000 years ago!!!!

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@BlackHoleSpain - pretty sure I said powered cranes or hydraulic cranes. If I did not, that is what I meant. Thanks for checking out my channel!

[@TheBown1]

Another smashing reaction! I have another suggestion for you from the channel Rick Steves' Europe the video is called Swiss Alps. It gives an overview of some of the areas in the Swiss Alps. Rick Steves is also just a great content creator.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

I need to make sure RS is ok with reactions. Thanks for the kind words. New videos coming soon... 😀

[@TheBown1]

@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Good point. Looking forward to them :)

[@namarien31416]

The first building of Madrid that you liked so much is Palacio de Cibeles (Cibeles Palace), Madrid City Hall. You can see it lit at night in minute 15:28

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Beautiful

[@peakyatreides]

The best country of Europe...Sagrada familia Gaudi is diferent

[@LOSMEJORESPETARDEROS]

Un buen repaso de la belleza de España. Muchas gracias por tu vídeo. A good review of the beauty of Spain. Thank you very much for your video.

[@celtibero9742]

The Alhambra is Hispanic architecture, in Morocco they copied the architecture of Spain

[@gms03sbd3]

As a Sapniard, there are many places I’ve not visit but we are one of the highest country in Europe and at the same time one of the longest coasts in Europe also but with wonderful climate vs. the rest of Europe. Salaries are sh*t tho.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Thanks for sharing!

[@user-nc2qj2jc5q]

Why he driving to Zaragoza from Barcelona,you can take high speed rail😂

[@Joseph13163]

There has been a surprising number of western movies shot in spain,not just westerns its been used for other parts of the world like india because it has many desertlike and indeed an actual desert that look like the american southwest and northwest india.

[@zagalico4133]

Incluso conan el barbaro

[@anasala8571]

You are hilarious! Spain is amazing, you should come take a look!!

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@anasala8571 - we plan to!

[@mercedesgarcia5585]

La familia real no vive ahí, vive en el Palacio de la Zarzuela. El Palacio Real se utiliza solo para eventos oficiales.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Thanks for clarifying and checking out my channel!

[@franciscolozano7318]

Debes ver el acueducto de Segovia. Yo lo he tocado con mis manos y aún no me puedo creer que las piedras no tienen ningún material que las unan, es increíble y creo que falta en el.video, el.resto de cosas la he visto todas,.vivo en Barcelona.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

No mortar or anything? Just fit together with pressure?

[@terrat3048]

@@Average_Middle_Aged_American They rubbed them together until they made a perfect fit.

[@Joseph13163]

There is actually a huge connection between northern spain and ireland so its kind a funny you thought looked like ireland.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Interesting!

[@Joseph13163]

@@Average_Middle_Aged_American Old legends tell of a people called the milesians who travelled up from spain about 2500 years ago.

[@ene5227]

@@Joseph13163 They are not old legends, Irish folklore, ancient Irish writings, DNA tests and just as the Irish themselves have been telling Iberia for more than 500 years that they are descendants of the Celtiberians, they prove that it is true.

[@Joseph13163]

@@ene5227Yes we do have more evidence that they are more than legends but thats only recently

[@Trikipum]

Sagrada familia been taking so long to build because the guy who designed it was genius. He created a cathedral that was imposible to build fully in his time. He basically designed it to be built as technology advanced. Right now, technogy is about to reach the point where his idea is posible to be built. He left very detailed schematics of every part of the construction, tips for the architects who would come after him. Also explained what kind technology was required for each part of the cathedral. The higher you get in the building, the more advanced is the technology required to build that "part".

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@Trikipum - That is really cool!

[@Roque-Cachamuiña-gs1wd]

Don't worry about people who are just looking for mistakes, if they were to comment on a video about the United States they would also make mistakes. It really annoys me when I hear a European say that Americans only know about their country, that they don't know how to place the countries of Europe on a map, but they don't realize that Texas is larger than any country in Western Europe.

[@abrilvelez4681]

El Palacio Real, solo se utiliza ya para grandes recepciones. No creo que seamos una excepción en cuanto a recibir turistas. A todos nos gusta que la gente que viene a nuestra sea respetuosa, con buen comportamiento y con un mínimo de conocimiento de dónde está. Me gustaría que viniesen menos turistas y más viajeros. La calidad por encima de la cantidad, siempre.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Sounds good to me!

[@artxxx7832]

the place where you called cadiz in this video is actually Valencia

[@mariadelcarmencolladoscort4326]

Estas invitado hay muchísimos más lugares bellisimos que no salen en el video 😊

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Awwww Thanks!

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Hello 👋 I like Spain 🇪🇸 but i love Portugal 🇵🇹

[@conchilopez4202]

Yo soy de Granada de Andalucía es fantástica amo España

[@suegreene1]

By the ways he moves he did a profesional gimnastics

[@celtibero9742]

Tienes buen gusto en cuestiones arquitectonicas

[@wietholdtbuhl6168]

Morocco is maybe 13 miles away from Spain! You needs a nice Globe 🌎 in your room 😉 buy one!looks important.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

LMAO!

[@IronMetal]

And yet you have other 20 and then another 20 places to visit, it's endless

[@barrylyndon5084]

The Alhambra reminds you of Morocco because it is an Arab fortress. The Arabs dominated Spain for 700 years (from 711 to 1492) you can see a lot of Arab (Moorish) architecture, mixed with Christian, throughout Spain (except in the North, where they did not reach) The Christians who remained in the North conquered all of Spain, taking it from the Moors, for centuries.

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@barrylyndon5084 - Makes sense. Thank you for commenting and checking out my channel.

[@j.d.5626]

not so long Barry, more like 450 years. There is the wrong idea that the whole of Spain was islamic till 1492, that is not true- Seville was taken in 1248 and check how far south Seville is.

[@JavierLorenzomartinez-y3s]

Si aún te diría más, 1212 navas de Tolosa la carga de los 3 reyes, hay se ganó y siguió con Sevilla claro

[@mitcoes]

Barcelona is invaded by tourism, rent prices went so high, that people had to go outside the city to live, and all the cool places to eat, are full of tourists. It is not that they hate foreigners or tourism in general, but it needs some regulation, or quotas, in order to keep the city not to become an amusement park. And that is just in Barcelona, the rest of Spain, with a lot of tourism, has not that problem of too much tourism, at least, not yet. PS: You were right, Morocco and Spain shared the same Muslim culture, and art, for 7 centuries, and Christians, will achieve 6 centuries in 2042 if you take the conquest of Granada as the date Castilians won those last territories inside Spain.

[@markus129]

LIE, we do not share any culture with Marroco AT ALL, we have few historical benchmarks and some influence in gastronomy on the south, THAT ALL, our culture is Christian and a wester culture values.. We do not have nothing to do with Muslims

[@mar_casabuena7503]

No los musulmanes estuvieron 300 años, solo resistió Granada con acuerdos con los reinos cristianos 700 años y la población no era árabe eran peninsulares convertidos al Islam.

[@suegreene1]

It was built by Gaudì modernista

[@lornasneddon9945]

Spectacular videos but i think sometimes he gets feet and metres mixed up

[@a.aguilar]

No, the royal family does not live there.

[@antoniogarciagarcia216]

Cuando dices american, no se si eres cubano, chileno, argentino, etc. ¿Me lo explicas?

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

Not familar with my flag?

[@joaquindiaz7818]

The ronda Bridge was built by romans 2 milenium ago

[@Average_Middle_Aged_American]

@@joaquindiaz7818 - Amazing!

[@arturo95658]

no, fue construido en 1700 .mas o menos ,,, el anterior se derrumbo.. por eso se llama puente nuevo.. lo hizo un ingeniero .arquitecto militar.. y lo sobredimensiono . para que no volviera a caerse,, y tiene una celdas de prision debajo

[@suertedeti6404]

Puentes romanos casi no queda ninguno en el mundo en pie desgraciadamente! Ni acueductos. El de Segovia aun conserva una parte romana importante en la zona mas famosa, pero incluso ahi, la zona alta es una reconstrucción posterior.❤

[@taranvainas]

@@suertedeti6404 ¿Y el de Córdoba, y el de Cangas de Onix? Seguro que hay más. Yo vivo en un pueblo (El Escorial) y tenemos un puente romano intacto.

[@suertedeti6404]

@@taranvainasya te digo. Son reconstrucciones. El de Cordoba y el de Cangas son reconstrucciones mas modernas. Del siglo xv la mayoria.