Girona: The Don'ts of Girona, Spain

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What NOT to Do in Girona, Spain
The Don'ts of Girona, Spain. A great day trip from Barcelona, Girona gets a lot of day trippers that enjoy the museums, the cathedral and taking in the whole ambiance of the city. If you are a Game of Thrones fan you will notice a lot of spots in the city that show up in the TV show, so keep your eyes open. They love their sardines and wine here, though it is not on the beach, it is still close enough to the Costa Brava to enjoy.
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@changonutncrunch Ай бұрын

Last year I had taken the train to Girona and was waiting for a bus to get to my hotel about 2 hrs away in a coastal town. While waiting I met some locals who invented me to the bar to drink, and then convinced me to ditch my hotel and go to the town festival with them. I spent the night and will always be grateful for the lovely and welcoming people of Girona and neighboring Sal :)

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

That is awesome!!!!

@3amPaternal Ай бұрын

It looks like you were there during Temps de Flors, which was the busiest time of the year for visitors when I lived in Girona. If people want a quieter trip, plan around this festival. Cant wait to visit Girona again, thanks for the video Mark.

@Aqualung1981 Ай бұрын

The video was filmed while "Temps de flors" was taking place. That's why there's all the flowers and street decorations and so many people in the streets on a Sunday.

@jolovve6126 3 күн бұрын

I was in Granada in mid octobrr 2022 and I took the train from Batcelona after a night flight from Montreal anda 1 hoursleep and was all alone there around 6pm. Loved it.

@josepferrerserra 11 күн бұрын

I love Girona, a nice city in Catalonia

@PathLessPedaledTV Ай бұрын

Great vid. Bummed we missed that you were in town. Recently moved here. Big fan of your channel. As a heads up, we learned G is pronounced as more of a J sound (from Catalan..like in the word "justice") rather than typical breathier Spanish g.

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

Next time :)

@hondarider519 Ай бұрын

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@adriannaconnor6471 Ай бұрын

Your videos are so helpful!

@garyling2342 24 күн бұрын

Ive just got back from Girona, spent four nights there. Loved it, especially checking out many of the places at night when it was pretty empty, even in the flower festival week.

@Alan-sp9pd Ай бұрын

My wife and I are staying there in July. We are doing the opposite of some in that we are staying in Girona and taking a day trip to Barcelona.

@balsera04 Ай бұрын

That’s a good idea, but spending only one day in Barcelona is way too little time. You will need maybe two or three days to get a good glimpse of the city, it has a lot of things to see. But if you only have one day, you can’t miss the Barri Gótic (the old town, with Santa Maria Del Mar cathedral as the main attraction) and do a small Gaudi route, with Casa Mila, Batllo, Parc Güell and Holy Family Basilica…as I say, a day can’t be enough ;)

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

Thats a great idea

@3amPaternal Ай бұрын

This is the way. Easier day trips to Costa Brava too from Girona, as well as Pyrenees towns.

@kamilrozenkiewicz6631 Ай бұрын

Better check one day trip to Calella de Palalfrugell :-)

@GhaziAlsharabi Ай бұрын

Your content is great and useful to know the cities of the world. You are wonderful.🎉

@tobiojo6469 Ай бұрын

Hey Mark, awesome video

@judyhorstmann6332 Ай бұрын

Yum! The Spanish omlets look so good!

@maremaarten Ай бұрын

Beautiful city.

@juanotalorarodriguez4714 Ай бұрын

I love this don'ts videos! Waiting for the don'ts of Cartagena! :)

@dougkeating4335 Ай бұрын

Lots of wonderful villages near Girona. I drove all around this area and loved it.

@heleneregen Ай бұрын

Thank you !

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

You are very welcome

@MelissaPhillips-nj5sb Ай бұрын

We stayed an entire month in Girona a few years ago, instead of staying in Barcelona. Love it. The excellent train/bus connections make it a great place to day trip from and then have Girona all to yourself in the evening.

@cmm33086 Ай бұрын

I went to Girona last year for a day trip from Barcelona...it was absolutely gorgeous 😍 I think I was there on a weekday so there weren't many tourists around. Was also pretty stoked with the Game of Thrones filming locations throughout the city 🙌🏻

@ancabaias8535 Ай бұрын

I loooove Girona! Greetings from Hamburg Germany

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

Hallo!!! :)

@LearningSpanishwithDrL Ай бұрын

!Buen video!

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

Gracias!

@bwaybaby1979 Ай бұрын

Visited is April 2021 and actually found it warmer, since it was inland. Barcelona & the towns along the Costa Brava were much cooler (and more comfortable for me) since the cool breezes were coming from the water. Girona is also a good base for day trips to nearby towns from the bus station, behind the train station.

@arnaul_de_lapras5853 Күн бұрын

I miss back two years ago when there was no tourist in Girona

@MrRuediger1963 Ай бұрын

Ich warte immer darauf, mal 'ne "Wolters World" zu sehen mit "Die 10 wichtigsten Dinge in Hintertupfingen" oder: "Wie man die Kleinkleckersdorfer verärgert." ;-)

@Twogirlsabroad Ай бұрын

Yes I absolutely love this town. It’s so beautiful and the food was really great. Also the views from the wall in early March were amazing. Snow Capped Mountains and all the greenery I found just amazing. It was quiet and not overly crowded by tourists. It rained but I was ok with it. The cathedral’s was one of my favorite places to visit. The list goes on. However I did in counter a bad restaurant in a courtyard coming off the wall. The food was not at all good. It was by a library or school. Don’t go there. Yeah just don’t stop there. I did however have great wine, pastries,Gelato and food in this town. I actually experienced the best Gelato I’ve ever had here. Sorry Italy!!

@Ilar-en7lg 21 күн бұрын

In Spain we have many types of omelettes, not only the potato omelette (which by the way is not called Spanish omelette), so you can find aubergine omelette, spinach omelette, spinach and white bean omelette, courgette omelette, etc.

@ZetaFuzzMachine 4 күн бұрын

Do not listen to this man. He is completely delusional! Spot on about the name tho, nobody calls it "Spanish tortilla"

@Ilar-en7lg 4 күн бұрын

@@ZetaFuzzMachine What man?

@user-ms8kq5kv5n Ай бұрын

Wows

@davidcolin6519 18 күн бұрын

It's not pronounced "he-rona" but "Gee-rona", or even "je-rona", at least by the people who live here (I do). It's a great city to visit, especially out of season. Also worth mentioning that you can buy a train ticket for all the regional trains (these are "Rodalies" and "media distancies" not the expresses) for €20. This ticket will cover ALL trains in Catalunya (bar the expresses) for a 3 month period. So, even if you don't live here but intend to come back within that period, your ticket will still be valid, and there is no limit to the number of journeys you can make on it.

@alexloopdesign 5 күн бұрын

The pronunce of the G is not like G in GULF, it is like the J in JAM. As that is how we said it in Catalan, our language. As you were in a catalan city...

@Tramptraveller Ай бұрын

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@DrVVVinK Ай бұрын

Funny how right away that you mentioned about filming GOT there, as I know they filmed the movie The Machinest in Barcelona, to dub as Los Angeles. Lol

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

Its funny how some cities get that. Apparently Liverpool and Pittsburgh get used as tons of other cities. Its funnybwhen youbsee it in person and go... wait a minute!!!

@DrVVVinK Ай бұрын

@@woltersworld Well in The Machinist production was kinda forced to film there, because no American production company would insure the movie because of Christian Bale's extreme weight loss.

@janewright315 Ай бұрын

My son and I will be in Barcelona in July. I'm torn between doing Girona on our own or a tour that also includes Pals and palafrugel. As much as om not a fan of not having time for emptier streets, I don't want to miss the medieval village at Pals. Has anyone done a combo tour?

@balsera04 Ай бұрын

I worked at Costa Brava a while ago, Pals is really spectacular. And maybe you can go see the Roman remains in Ampuria Brava and take a coast tour, it’s just stunning.

@janewright315 Ай бұрын

@balsera04 that is awesome! Thanks for the reply. We historically do trips on our own but I was not sure if in this case an all in one tour may be good. It will bother me to not cover everything (and of course this never ends because there will always be another nook or cranny haha), but this is the end of a long trip and I thought it may be easier than planning a ton of transit. On our own we would likely not get to Pals

@balsera04 Ай бұрын

@@janewright315 I would recommend you to stay for some days at Costa Brava, and go to the beach if you want to, or do some daily excursions to Pals, or Cadaques (where Dali was born) . Barcelona needs at least a week, last time I was there I stayed for six days and missed lots of things.

@janewright315 Ай бұрын

@balsera04 oh no, to clarify the day would be to girona, not barcelona. We will be in Barcelona for about 6 days.

@balsera04 Ай бұрын

@@janewright315 ok, it was someone else who would go for a day trip to Barna (Barcelona is also called Barna here in Spain). There are some things you can’t miss: the Barri Gótic (the oldest part of the city, with the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Mar), the Ramblas and Mercado de la Boqueria (you can do that in a day, between morning and evening). The Eixample, with Modernism buildings by Gaudi, and the Palau and Liceo de la Música, there are guided tours there, and Parc Güell, you should get there by bus. Also, Montjuic has some great views and it’s an interesting place to go, and of course take a tour through the port of Barcelona in a small boat, I suggest you to go at sunset, it’s gorgeous. Hope these suggestions are useful :)

@layzes6459 Ай бұрын

Wolter I simp you 😊

@freakishuproar1168 Ай бұрын

Girona is certainly one of those destinations I'd like to visit someday, I always felt it was Spain's answer to Bath in the UK, a historical town that managed to maintain a long outmoded bath house, it's fascinating stuff! On the subject of nationality and history I did have a potentially sensitive question. If there's any Gironí in the comments how do you feel about the labels "Spanish" and "Catalonian"? If I ever found myself chatting with locals in the city is it a safer bet to ask whether you identify as one or the other, or should I stick with one over the other until corrected? I'm somewhat aware of Catalonia and it's cultural/political distinctness and I'd be a bit nervous casually bringing it up.

@Ilar-en7lg 21 күн бұрын

First of all, Girona is not at all an answer to Bath in the Uk, I don't know what you're talking about. Girona has existed for many, many centuries, so it's not a copy of anything least of all the Uk (who the heck thought about the Uk centuries ago. Besides it's not Cataloniam, it's Catalan.

@devanman7920 Ай бұрын

I go every year to visit friends. Great city and I couldn't agree more about staying the night. Tourists leave and the place changes completely.

@woltersworld Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Ilar-en7lg 21 күн бұрын

@@woltersworld There were a lot of people there that day because there was a festival called Temps de Flors (Flower Time), not because the city usually has so many tourists. That is also the reason why there were so many flowers even hanging in the streets, not because it is the usual decoration of the city. You should have informed yourself a bit better, because in the video you are recommending people to look up to see the flowers when they go to the city and that is not going to happen unless they go during that festival. Didn't you suspect that something strange was going on in the city that day with so many flowers in the street and so many people?

@woltersworld 20 күн бұрын

@@Ilar-en7lg i am aware of the festival... as i was there for it 😉

@maximeanselot3007 Ай бұрын

I recommend Girona

@Ilar-en7lg 21 күн бұрын

I don't think there are pickpockets in Girona at all, so I don't know what you are saying.

@Twogirlsabroad Ай бұрын

Definitely take the fast train!!! Make your own tour just go.

@maritesgabaldon3026 Ай бұрын

Are there uber after you get off the train? Is it walkable to the attractions?

@Twogirlsabroad Ай бұрын

I didn’t look. It’s only a ten minute walk to the old city from the train. And you will get to see more of the town. It’s a lovely walk. I just walked there. There is no need to waste money on an Uber. I didn’t see any though. Nor did I see cabs.

@Ilar-en7lg 21 күн бұрын

There were a lot of people there that day because there was a festival called Temps de Flors (Flower Time), not because the city usually has so many tourists. That is also the reason why there were so many flowers even hanging in the streets, not because it is the usual decoration of the city. You should have informed yourself a bit better, because in the video you are recommending people to look up to see the flowers when they go to the city and that is not going to happen unless they go during that festival. Didn't you suspect that something strange was going on in the city that day with so many flowers in the street and so many people?