Visiting Andalusia, Spain - Mediterranean journey | DW Documentary

[@bbitaz]

I’m from Malaga, Andalusia, to much beautiful it is 🥰🌴

[@starcapture3040]

go back to Islam

[@MrKobeFuentes]

I just came back from malaga, i gotta say, you are lucky to be born and to live there. The best city i ever seen and i have seen so many

[@angelcisneros5641]

Andalucía es un sueño romántico ❤

[@marioformosa4259]

Yes lovely everywhere , beautiful squares with some old church, great cuisine with good and cheap wines, melodious language, amazing feria

[@harishtiwari4083]

This trip series are awesome please more . It feels I'm in there . Thanks to creator who thought this video . God bless you .

[@John-pk9rw]

It’s literally full of lies

[@Rechtauch]

I am from Seville and my whole family from Algeciras. Thanks for this.

[@eabdorahman]

Andalusia is on my bucket list, and I will visit it on my next trip to Spain, if God will. The weird thing about Spain is no matter how many times you visit it, there's always something you've missed or not seen.

[@kendallstark4302]

And there's so much more than flamenco music. The northwest is beautiful.

[@eabdorahman]

@@kendallstark4302 the people are also friendly and welcoming.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I felt thie same about Italy, France & Turkey, I have visited Italy 6 time's, France I lost count ☺️ Turkey 4 times and I still haven't seen everything.

[@phebe9549]

I visited Andalusia this past July BEAUTIFUL PLACE AFFORDABLE DELICIOUS FOOD la gente fueron muy amigable me gusto todo great job DW

[@oasisofpassion]

Interesting journey . I had visited Al-hambra on 2006 , long queue to get in , I love rose garden in Al-hambra , it’s very beautiful garden and so big garden , interesting history as well of Alhambra . It was amazing trip . We did the trip also from Malaga to Granada by car and stop in Andalusia. We saw flamenco dance performance in Old town Malaga . I also visited Picasso museum in Malaga . It’s unforgettable trip. Highly recommend to do this trip .

[@tadesubaru1383]

I'm from the north,, but i'd love to visit the south sometime.... I love their culture so much, it's very unique

[@Q-Mac_]

Visiting the Costa Del Sol is on my bucket list for sure!

[@mhaygutierrez1327]

Andalusia- The Alchemist ❤️

[@somaghosh2960]

Another nice Mediterranean journey : Spain🇪🇸. Malaga city nice. But as good as Barcelona city, for holiday destination. And Jaafar sir dancing very nice. Overall nice series.

[@FernRoses]

Cheers from California US 🌴

[@Qeybdiid25]

Masha Allah Beautifull country

[@Guilermo01]

de dónde eres y cuál es el Masha allah ?

[@malikahmad8170]

@@Guilermo01this is an Islamic prayer blessing, it means, be thankful to Allah for all the blessings. (a pleasantry otherwise)

[@gringo533]

Funny, I just came back from a 2 weeks trip through Andalusia and this pops up :)

[@hwf090909]

Great tour, scenic view, warm people, thanks for the delivery of this video.

[@John-pk9rw]

It’s full of lies

[@Johnyboyknowsbetter]

Nice report, thank you!

[@СветланаМунтяну-ч6м]

You are a good team, you create very good films.

[@a.l.f]

Andalucía es una de las regiones más interesantes de España. La naturaleza, la cultura, el clima, la comida y la gente de la región andaluza son particularmente atractivas entre las culturas mediterráneas.

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[@Lacteagalaxia]

Escribe en el idioma que te de la gana

[@luisalvarez9250]

@@DWDocumentary how stupid of you for saying this when the documentary is taking about a Spanish country !

[@klp222009]

I really want to go there now, thanks DW

[@ramongonzalez7458]

Beautifull...Gracias.

[@СветланаСвета-н8б]

Class! Bravo 👍👍

[@GloryDaze73]

❤this has been a wonderful series! Very heartfelt and not too touristic. It's very interesting learning about the people and culture and how they exist together with nature and each other. Real world.

[@Guilermo01]

I’m from andalucia 🇪🇸

[@romanisayev4826]

Thanks for this great job👏

[@666_N_94]

Anyone know what song the Flamenco artists are playing in the beginning? I feel it in my soul and need to know what it is lol

[@mohammedsaysrashid3587]

A wonderful tourists coverage documentary 👍🏻 in additionally of showing tourists enjoy also holds peaceful 🕊humanity massages far from religious extremist & Self-imposed upon others ....good doing...DW always a good documentary channel

[@Sofia-wx2ht]

What a treasure❤️

[@pablosousa4061]

It’s sad that you missed Sevilla or Córdoba and all the other provinces in general. Andalucía is so beautiful and rich of culture.

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I think these series of documentary is about the Mediterranean coast. I thought about it when I watched the Egypt segment,it only covered Alexandria, port Said not Cairo , Luxor etc

[@pablosousa4061]

@@___beyondhorizon4664 that's right, I didn't realize 😂

[@kaijunjiang9763]

@@___beyondhorizon4664but why Granada?

[@lizannewhitlow1085]

Thank you for this!

[@John-pk9rw]

Pls don’t believe all the lies in this video!

[@irshadahmad509]

Very interesting and informative documentary. If ur channel shown in urdu language, we can easy understand

[@marveld.c1420]

Love❤ from India🇮🇳.

[@onthebuses]

Scotland Watching 🥂

[@paulmcdonough1093]

who cares

[@John-pk9rw]

4:19 who’s gonna tell her most muslims in Andalus were not Arab and that the muslims who conquered Andalus in the first place weren’t Arab

[@ryanmckenna2047]

I hope the desicion makers in europe are listening to farmers like these. Sounds like increasing the amount of trees in water scarce regions should be high on our list.

[@محمدحسين-ذ7ذ8ع]

Why did you ignore Syria in your Mediterranean documentary !? It's the oldest country in world and influence the whole Mediterranean including Andalusia where it got it's name from

[@IntiharNamazi]

Andulusia didn't got it's name from Syria,what are you talking about?

[@behindstereotypes]

The Muslims who ruled Andalusia many centuries before are who we call today Moroccans…History is wonderful and very interesting. We find the same architectural style everywhere in Morocco…

[@enriquevisiedo2750]

Marruecos ? Te refieres al imperio omeya

[@rameshkrishnan5651]

No mention of the origins of Flamenco? It's thought to be from the dances of nomadic communities that migrated from the northwestern Indian subcontinent. (This is the most-accepted theory.)

[@mw3516405]

Romanians

[@devapala879]

@@mw3516405 do you mean Romas as in gypsies?

[@mw3516405]

@@devapala879 Romanians like the European Eastern block by Ukraine and Moldova Yes same people!

[@carniv0re332]

There's a document proving that a singing style very similar to todays flamenco already existed before the Gypsies got there. Andalusia was a culturally rich and diverse place way before the gypsies arrival. They influenced it greatly but don't confuse influence with origin. Its a mix of all of the cultures that were there for centuries and is unique to Andalusia. Internet Flamenco "experts" need to learn Spanish and do some research first

[@carniv0re332]

@@mw3516405 You are thinking of the Romani people (gypsies) and they only influenced it. Read my other comment

[@mohamedabdulwahab7661]

Great content

[@murattasova7598]

Sultan Bayezid saved one hundred fifty thousand Jews from Spain throughout 1492, and settled them in centers such as Constantinople, Amasya, Salonika and Safed. He took many measures for these Jews to live openly and prosper and decreed laws with grave punishments for those who disturbed them. Tens of thousands of Jews who had fled Portugal, Italy and Holland were forced to relive their ordeal years later in Spain, treated as third-class people in many places they went, force- fully baptized or thrown out. Many of those who first escaped to these lands later took refuge in the Ottoman Empire. The road Bayezid opened was followed by later sultans, and the period's wealthiest Jewish familiesthe Nassis and Hamons first among them-moved to the empire. They brought much to the Ottoman Empire's political and scientific worlds, many as viziers and physicians. The Nahmias brothers' printing press was the first in the Ot- toman Empire and the greater Middle East. The Alhambra Decree of 1492 was one the greatest man-made human tragedies in recorded history following the Holocaust during World War II and the decades of massacres and op- pression in Palestine. The same year as the Alhambra Decree, Columbus set foot in the New World, setting the stage for the Spanish to begin the centuries-long slave trade, carrying tens of thousands of Afri- cans to the New World while also destroying the civilizations of the Aztec and Inca. Despite the undeniable role lslamic scholarship had in aiding the exploration of the Americas, it is left out of history books the world over, and the cultural inquisition continues. The rhetoric of there being a Christian Europe is unfortu- nately the greatest success-for lack of a better word-of the inquisitions of the late Middle Ages continuing in the twen- ty-first century. The children of the crussaiders are still the same (even those who now are atheist, like in the Netherlands,France), evil just like in the days of genocide on Jews and Moslims in Andulicie and 40-45, believe me nothing nothing changed.

[@bbitaz]

You hate Christians, you hate Spain and you hate all that not is Muslim, you have a photo of someone with a gun wants to shut a baby, wtf you say man, I only see hate on your words and in your photo

[@refresherabc9724]

Spanish govt still maintains the multi religious atmosphere in there lands, which is the beauty of spain

[@AliAhmed-ku3wz]

♥ 😘 from Pakistan 🇵🇰 ♥ 😘

[@Guilermo01]

From andalucia 🇪🇸🇪🇸

[@wajidvlog3509]

I was there... Luck 💔

[@icefishing6592]

Andalucia is very beautiful and special. Does it have enough water?

[@Tunisianbeauties]

My ancestors were from Al Andalus My family name is Landolsi

[@aksil.abelgharbi6497]

Haha! Investigative journalism! they could not be any misinformed about Andalusian heritage and history! What do I know, I'm only from there! It is not even Islamic influence, it is North African influence. Not everything boils down to Arab and Islamic. North Africans are diverse both in ethnicity and religion. Majority are Amazigh, indigenous peoples of North Africa, Tarik Ibn Ziyad, was amazigh, and yet all assume the Arabs influenced it. They are also Jews and Jewish, Africans, Ghanaians, Mauritanians, etc.

[@Ogogogmomomoalalal]

It's funny how she says Granada is all about inclusivity and the fact is that the local government has for many years been PP, a right wing party with racist and xenophobic stances regarding immigration. The image sold of Granada in the video is so biased. It's a beautiful place, but far from ideal

[@TheQQdove]

and what would be your ideal?! cities have to be ideal for living and working, in that order, and not ideal!

[@Ogogogmomomoalalal]

@@TheQQdove I meant the documentary is a propagandistic and idealised version of multicultural Granada. Not a realistic portrait.

[@ibonfernandezaranda6684]

racist party? the only thing that asks is that people enter the country with papers in order

[@FDODONIRE]

¿Y los 40 años del psoe en la comunidad, donde los dejas?. ¿Y el dinero de los eres donde está?.

[@stuka1977]

Ironically, The Moors were there...

[@SonOfTheMostHighGod777]

🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪👏👏👏👏👏👏 Educative content.

[@John-pk9rw]

7:55 he thinks Moroccan mint tea is Arab WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA 😂😂😂

[@abdullahsaif2065]

Interesting. I didn't know Arabs were so influential in Andalusia.

[@ediccartman7252]

Muslims, not Arabs , as it turns out

[@YanPutrisuryo]

Beautiful places to see but I don't think that I would love the house which can be rotated.☺ it still costs a lot of electricity.

[@blazayblazay8888]

I’m glad everyone could refrain from throwing bananas while filming

[@antifazisbonifaz6964]

Are you a moron?

[@skyywalker6678]

The Moroccan architecture is really what made the whole modern Islamic world, funny that the documentary didnt give any recognition to the Moroccan artists and craftsmen who built this whole dynasty, Andalucia wouldn't be what it is right now without the Moroccan Almoravides, even when you try to give some recognition you say Arab, it is Moroccan and Moroccan only, not Arab.

[@Jetmab04]

😊 and, Morocco is lovely, like her people are!! Thanks to Spain and Germany for this. Agree with the Spanish man - no borders between people! The northern European countries could learn a lot here!

[@Miguel-vc6eq]

You say that the artists who built the Alhambra were Moroccan, but you forgot that those people had been living in Al-Andalus for more than 700 years. Those people were not Moroccan but Andalusies, even though it is true that there were cultural and religious links between the people who lived north and south the Strait of Gibraltar, and that the techniques used to build those magnificent fortresses and palaces came into the Iberian Peninsula from Asia through the north of Africa.

[@skyywalker6678]

@@Miguel-vc6eq it's just weird that we find this architecture all over Moroccan cities from the richest to the poorest neighborhoods, but yeah it came from Asia, that's why we find it everywhere in there yeah lol. Miguel, Andalucia was the extension of the Almoravides dynasty in Europe, call em andaluz or whatever they all have Moroccan origins and they all followed the Moroccan Sultan at the time, stop saying nonsense Miguel even spanish scholars say so, what are you arguing about ?!

[@Miguel-vc6eq]

@@skyywalker6678 Nonsense? The current Alhambra fortress was built by the Nasrids (Nazaríes), who ruled the Kingdom of Granada from 1238 to 1492, when the Christians took over. The Nasrids were of Arab origin, not Moroccan. And before the Nasrids, the Zirids reigned, of Algerian origin, from Kabyle. Besides, there were 20 Nasrid Sultans of Granada and all of them were independent from the Moroccan sultans. Muhammad XII (Boabdil), who lost the kingdom to the Catholic Monarchs, was the last of them. I wonder what Spanish scholars say that the Nasrids had Moroccan origin. Please, tell me who. Or, better yet, stop making things up.

[@skyywalker6678]

@@Miguel-vc6eq My dear, Alhambra itself was restored by Moroccan craftsmen cuz the Spanish can't learn a skill that is passed in Morocco from dad to son to this day, it's funny you say this knowing, AGAIN, that this architecture this style this history is all born in Fez and Marrakech in Morocco and passed through the Moroccans conquest in Andalucía, no arab county says we're the ones who conquered Iberia, you literally still call us Moros, I didn't know Moros are "Arabs" or zirinid or whatever Algeria is trying to make up, Spanish food and dessert exists thanks to Moros who introduced cane sugar for the first time to the Iberian population, olive oil, saffron, rice, lemons... Why am I even arguing with you bro history is written you like it or not.

[@ashishnehra5481]

put the names of the people on the screen please

[@fm953]

Andalusia - Alhambra is isnpired by North African culture and certainly not "Arab" like mentioned in the video. It came under Amazigh rule, don't share false information about this subject and please don't steal our Amazigh history. 08:02 obisouly, that tea house is moroccan and not "arab", again false information. Morocco is in Africa and not in the Middle East. What a shame for DW Documentary to know even know the difference between 2 continents.

[@marioformosa4259]

The Arabic influence consists of recent Moroccan immigration and their shops and tea houses

[@John-pk9rw]

Imagine thinking Moroccans are Arabs WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA 😂😂😂

[@draculameme]

100 k workers in agricuture only in almeria not in all andalucia

[@mybobalu2]

I never liked Flaminco but I probably would if I'd been exposed to it earlier.

[@John-pk9rw]

4:40 Andalusia a bridge to the Arab world? Hahahahahahahaha😂 Andalusia is not even anywhere near Arabia. It’s on the other side of the planet. Someone teach this man some geography

[@neomad895]

can you tell me the Andalusia name where it's come from ?🤔

[@John-pk9rw]

@@neomad895 The name Andalusia comes from the Latin word Wandalusia which means ‘land of the Vandals’

[@ediccartman7252]

Looks like he doesn't make a difference between Morocco and Arab world . I mean, it's weird , since he has Lebanese origins.

[@elquixotedelascanarias]

The interviewer leaves much to be desired. Eager to talk, not so to listen. Surely he's not touring to tell people his views, but instead to observe and capture.

[@elyazid]

berber muslims not arabs

[@John-pk9rw]

6:45 “Albaicin became important during Arab rule in the 11th century” Arab rule? HAHAHAHAHAHA😂😂😂 11th century Granada was ruled by the Zirids. Zirids were Amazigh, not Arab. Try again. George Washington was Arab, Nelson Mandela too. Everyone was Arab😂😂😂

[@QualeQualeson]

I recently read an article about Flamenco and here's a funny thing I bet you didn't know: Flamenco has been accepted by the Spanish culture only with great reluctance. Historically, several layers of Spanish society fought tooth and nail to supress Flamenco for various reasons. To this day there are Spaniards who feel that it's an invasive pop-cultural phenomenon that isn't really Spanish at all, and that has been cultivated primarily due to the attention of tourists, which is not entirely untrue. In fact, Flamenco was popular with foreigners long before it was a widespread phenomenon in Spain, particularly in France. Later, after Spain had been suffocating economically under Franco, Flamenco was deliberately launched by the central government as a tourist magnet with Flamenco schools being founded and so on, as part of an attempt to re-establish Spain as an attractive travel destination. So yeah, Spanish culture is a thing of great complexity, as is the Flamenco itself.

[@User1-cg5qs]

Had to stop at "accepted by Spanish culture with great reluctance". Flamenco may be seen as "Spanish" to foreigners but inside of Spain its Andalusian and only Andalusian , its so Andalusian that you must sing it with the Andalusian accent or you can forget it. Ask most Spaniards who aren't Andalusian about Flamenco and they won't know a thing about it or care at all. Still lots of misinformation out there I see

[@QualeQualeson]

@@User1-cg5qs Good of you to add your regional and present day specifications. It's not really contradictory to what I wrote though, so I'm not sure why you're so combative. Read the rest and accept that non Spaniards/Andalusians cannot possibly be as familiar and nuanced and as you are. There's no inherent, logical reason to be offended here, quite the opposite I'd say.

[@monacoco0]

Moroccan house not Arab house 🧐

[@McLarry88]

I'm already tired of how nationalistic Moroccans are, you have no idea about anything and the little they teach you is wrong. Morocco has existed for 60 years. Before the arrival of the Arabs to that area, Latin was spoken there. The area of ​​Morocco has always been nomadic tribes. If you had to tell world history, there is nothing notable to tell about Morocco, except that it has been a territory conquered by some and others.

[@monacoco0]

I talk about Algeria 😃

[@John-pk9rw]

7:25 she thinks Maghrebi culture is Arab WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA 😂😂😂

[@John-pk9rw]

9:22 He thinks Moroccan culture is Arab WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA 😂😂😂

[@McLarry88]

Claro que es árabe, igual que la española es romana y católica. De marruecos nunca ha salido nada reseñable. trubus nómadas que copian lo que ven.

[@leoblack8497]

Very stereotypical documentary

[@miriamzajfman4305]

My favourite series on this channel !👌

[@robertcalamusso1603]

Dry beautiful and passionate

[@YaoEspirito]

What a shame to mar such a fine documentary with the part where the photographer showed his great photographs, presented in that atrocious, mangled format with the out-of-focus sides. Booo👎🏾

[@lewisc6539]

Viva Espana! Viva El Rey!! Desde Alta California!! 🇪🇸