Cáceres vlog - A true Spain experience

In this vlog I travel to Cáceres in Extremadura to see if I can get a true Spain experience and I am not let down. This is one of my favourite places in Spain and well worth checking out should you be planning to live in Spain or visit Spain. Walking around its medieval streets is like taking a step back in time. No wonder Game of Thrones chose it as a place to film some of the series.
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[@rjgm2004]

Extremadura es como esa región la cual ningún turista presta atención, pero los pocos que se aventuran se llevan una experiencia inolvidable! Una muestra más que España es grande, es mucho mas que solo Madrid y Barcelona.

[@canalmusica9397]

Asì es.

[@martintowse6812]

We’re it not for your walks I would never have known about this wonderful place thanks Stewart..

[@nelamartin8713]

I love Spain. Thanks for sharing. History Spain

[@Grant5272]

Great video and beautiful city. Thanks for showing us this.

[@jorgefernandez184]

Beautiful city, it's a shame Extremadura is such a neglected region. It's the poorest region in Spain and prospects aren't very optimistic.

[@marcos6139]

Socialism

[@Osutip]

@@marcos6139 The PP has also ruled the autonomous community, this is the second time. Nothing improved.

[@Karl_with_a_K]

This is great Stuart, thanks for your insight and intro to all these off the beaten track places. Looks great 👍

[@aj.c.4213]

Talking that in Cáceres only ham and cheese is good is not true. There are many more dishes that exist and that if you do not like it, it is not a question of saying that they are bad. Each region and each city have specialties. Now, if you prefer to eat paella or gazpacho because foreigners like it more, don't comment that only ham and cheese are good in Cáceres.

[@sebastiangonzalez6852]

Glad to find your videos! Planning my next travel to Spain! Saludos!

[@NickyDunn]

Hi Stuart, always enjoy your video's always great content and chat thank you for sharing have a lovely weekend take care

[@19ram72]

Stunning place to visit...truly beautiful

[@harry87627]

Great shots of the views of the old town! I loved them.

[@jambroqc]

I've been to Caceres and I was blown away by the medieval old section of the city. A perfect period film set.

[@internetapocalypse4885]

It is one of the best preserved and there are no electric wires on the outside of the buildings- nice!

[@internetapocalypse4885]

@@manomenon1 Yeah, it reminds me of the shithole that is the middle east and the sub-continent.

[@manomenon1]

Marisa Aguilera my morocco is located in the west not in middle east, and yes morocco has a shitty infrastructure

[@TravelingisFREEDOM]

This seems to be a very nice place, I hope I can visit sometime in the future. Seeing and sharing places like this is why I love traveling and make videos so much! And please keep up the great job! Subscribed!!

[@josepmariaaguascaribot9239]

I agree with your feelings visiting Extremadura.

[@garymccarroll5819]

Hi Stuart. Great video, as always. I always really enjoy watching them. It would be great if you could do a video of Salamanca, my favourite city in Spain, where I lived for 2 years.

[@peteymax]

Hola Stuart, you really get around. I really enjoy your vídeos. Gracias y saludos

[@acspeter7]

Dear Stuart, I love your videos. I learn English watching your videos about my favourite country. ❤️🇪🇦I am from Hungary. I like that you speak so clearly and I like listening to your aussi accent. What a huge gift that you are a native English speaker because you can live in Spain. I hope one day you are going to visit Córdoba and going to show the town street walking. Best wishes 👍❤️

[@yoyoyo7656]

what a beauty place!

[@TheRepublicofLetters]

I was surprised to hear the food is not so good. As far as I know, Cáceres was declared the gastronomy capital of Spain in 2015. Anyways, I can’t judge since I haven’t been there. Looks like a good place to visit, especially if you like Spanish history. Thanks for the video 🙏🏻

[@krbulldog]

Gastronomy capital of Spain is San Sebastian

[@alejandrapm762]

@@krbulldog Cáceres was the Gastronomy Capital of Spain in 2015, this title rotates every year (since 2012). I believe Murcia is the Gastronomy Capital 2020.

[@krbulldog]

Alejandra PM a magazine picked San Sebastián as the gastronomy capital of the world a few years ago

[@jb894]

The food is great there

[@socrichirla5107]

The food in extremadura is one of the best in spain. Incredible jam and wines also. No digas tonterías

[@dubwavy6386]

My grandma is from Cáceres I plan to take her there soon

[@jotasal]

Cáceres es una ciudad preciosa con encanto no conozco a nadie que no se quede enamorada/o , es mi ciudad y en el vídeo lo siento mucho no exprimes lo que de verdad es ....solo sacas la cara que todo el mundo sabe ...siento mucho que no hayas sabido sacarle lo que de verdad es está ciudad,.no me malinterpretes el vídeo está bien pero no has conocido Cáceres de verdad ....y te lo dice una Cácereña ...qué pena me da que solo se hable de los trenes, funcionarios y de la poca industria ( que no obvio que sea parte del problema que tiene Extremadura) pero si de verdad quien quiera conocerla tiene que observarla, nutrirse de la historia que es mucha, hablar con la gente, pasar de los bares turísticos,.pasear y sentarse a vivir nuestra parte antigua y si es en el atardecer mejor. En definitiva DESCUBRIRLA!!!

[@galigiri]

deberías de estar agradecida de que fue este guiri a gastarse su dinero ahí, en vez de echarle en cara que no supo mostrártela como un pueblerino. Este tío hace mucha publicidad a toda españa, y aunque sus vídeos podrían ser “más bonitos,” se le ve humilde y haciendo el bien. Si se le pasaron cosas, pues le dices “muchas gracias por mostrar mi ciudad. Te quedó mucho por ver aún, así que pa la próxima me avisas y te enseño” y quedas mejor

[@user-df2um3nl6f]

Hello. Greetings from Algiers, Algeria ( Argelia)

[@chrisantony3623]

I don't know if you'll read this Stuart but thanks for these videos, thanks for your level headed and respectful commentary, and thanks for not taking me down the rabbit hole... Finally, my apologies for not subscribing sooner! Greetings from Barcelona!

[@hijosdefrutatv855]

If you did not enjoy their gastronomy, you probbably didn't visit the right restaurants, as gastronomy from that region is much appreciated nationwide. There is a town even more magic next to Caceres, located about 50km away, is called Trujillo, it was home to conqueror Francisco Pizarro. It also has a castle from the moors. Recomended for their local gastronomy, arquitecture and history

[@Anubiseto]

Que conquistaron Suramerica? también centroamerica y la mitad de norteamerica

[@muchisanchez2202]

Anubiseto decepcionante la gastronomía extremeña ‘pero que dices si tienen una gastronomía fantástica y una materia prima de primera calidad

[@takoreamexicangrill]

Great to see this video Stuart, been looking at this area for a long time... What would you prefer Badajoz or Caceres?

[@rayvogensen2983]

I liked the video. As a fanatic for everything connected to history, geography, and language I appreciate the information on these aspects. I have seen so many videos (not yours) in which one learns very little about the place visited but you seem to be concerned with a bit of education too. About the urine I imagine that that is due to the young people doing their "botellón" at night and having no place to get rid of their excess liquid. Food seems to consist of a lot of pork but they do have good beef steaks since Extremadura has a lot of beef cattle. Extremadura is one of my favorite areas in Spain (perhaps only the Galician coast calls me back more often). Yes, it is the poorest region of Spain and also the most underpopulated. Having lived in the center of Brazil I can identify with those vast plains with cattle grazing.

[@wolfthequarrelsome504]

Agreed. I visited Caceres Spain in 2016 where they hold the Spanish "Fleadh Ceoil" every year. It's an Irish music festival, the biggest in Spain. Interesting also is that in the Spanish civil war Caceres was a center for the nationalists and has an hotel to commemerate the king of Spain at the time, hotel Alphonso II to which the loyalists has pledged their loyalty. Irish nationalist supporter Gen.Eoin Duffy used the hotel as an office and HQ for his Irish brigade during that time.

[@daviddoyle5291]

Was not aware of the Irish connection with Caceres thank you for the info. We have visited this City many many times and love the Extremadura region. hope not too many ppl discover this region and spoil it.

[@pedrofmc0000]

Please there is not any relationship between the civil war and the name of that hotel with the name of a really antique king from the century VIII and IX. He wasn't even a king of Spain but king of Asturias. The last name of a king of Spain before the civil war was Alfonso XIII.

[@daviddoyle5291]

Love caceres and extremadura would live there in a heartbeat.

[@MonsieurPhoton]

A good video... honesty is the best policy. They are so clean in Holland... Thank you! for making the video :) Spain is where my heart is out side the US. And things are annoying right now.

[@JeronimoJGC]

Great Video, thanks for sharing! Please turn the camera around, we love your face but would like to see the city too!! :)

[@reccotop]

Soy brasileño .. Pero mi abuelo nació en esta ciudad de Cáceres en 1901 y vino a Brasil en 1915

[@AlbertHernandezTorne]

You could do a video about my home city, Toledo, a historical city in center of Spain, I think you have done it before in the channel, at least I haven't seen it

[@barano9729]

Speaking of urine, while in Valencia ,we observed cleaning crews pressure washing street corners or where dogs might frequently urinate. Didn't see the pressure washesr too often but at least they were doing something about it. We were in Valencia in August of 2019 and it was stifling hot...Enjoyed it immensely. Fun times.

[@welshtoro3256]

I recently witnessed a man, in Cordoba, rinsing the wall with a bottle of water after his dog pissed on it. I was gobsmacked. It seemed like a genuine act from a responsible dog owner. However, I also recently read that a number of cities have passed a law to fine people that don't do this. The civic street cleaning in Spain has to be the best in the world.

[@thomasross3055]

Yep ab fab place .. I stop there on way to and from the ferry at Bilbao. The food was ok .... just need to watch where the locals are eating especially in the square.

[@VicTags1]

Well done.

[@robinknight8896]

Hey Stu, how long have you lived in Spain. Where in Aus are you from?

[@darkatchatag1346]

I lived there for a month in 1978.

[@lifeinuk435]

Nice music I liked it

[@AdamSahr-cj4kf]

Who cares whether you did ...

[@lifeinuk435]

@@AdamSahr-cj4kf do you have problem with these?

[@francescobonfiglio9142]

Spain is unique.

[@mangoryder7139]

Have you go; to Monfrague National Park?

[@welshtoro3256]

Great to see you in Caceres Stuart. Extremadura is well worth visiting but it is best done with a car. Driving in this part of Spain is pure pleasure. Some say, myself included, that the entire region could be a National Park such is the quality of the landscape and wildlife. The historic part of Caceres and Trujillo are great places to visit with plenty of Conquistador history and renaissance architecture but also fine, as you correctly point out, Moorish remains too. Once you get south of Madrid everything becomes very Spanish - lots of Spanish flags and love of country. Work is a problem of course but I would highly recommend visiting Caceres and Extremadura. Many major sights but a lot of hidden gems too. WT

[@takoreamexicangrill]

Caceres or Badajoz to move?

[@MilagrosASaenz]

Amigo, in the north of the country you may see fewer flags, but we are also equally patriotic and Spaniards.

[@welshtoro3256]

@@MilagrosASaenz Hi my friend. I quite agree and I'm very fond of the north. My wife's Spanish family are Castilians.

[@goodaimshield1115]

I think the North is jsut as Spanish as the South. Actually, Asturias es España y el resto tierra conquistada. Plus, the most Spaniards are the Basques, double Spaniards, they say, with blood nobility due to their Spanishness. Nah, but seriously, Southern Spain is not any more Spanish than the North, not at all. It's just a bit different.

[@welshtoro3256]

@@goodaimshield1115 I hear what you say. Actually, I'm very familiar with the north of Spain. My wife and I have family in Castile, Asturias, Cantabria and Pais Vasco. We were married in Bilbao and know the region extremely well. I also have a home in Andalusia. When I wrote the original comment it was with a general audience in mind. The issue of 'Spanishness' is a complicated affair, too much so to go into it now. Indeed, Spain, as a concept, is becoming more and more problematic to me these days. Certainly the popular international imagery of 'Spain' is far more visible in the South. All across Andalusia you see the national flag hanging from homes which you will never see in Pais Vasco. I don't think this north/south schism is unique to Spain. I see it in Italy as well. Every time I visit places like Getxo I'm aware that the clothing, housing and cultural atmosphere feel closer to northern Italy and Austria than the south of Spain. More mainstream European. In most of the south, especially Andalusia, the world view is encompassingly Spanish. My young adult aged niece and nephew come from Cantabria and are completely regional. A visit to a town or village in Andalusia would be like a foreign holiday for them. Nothing in common. The only thing they share is the language and Spaniards from the north laugh at the Andalusian accent.

[@joelmuniz9161]

🤗

[@nestornavajas4295]

Where are u from mate? Maybe Australia? Welcome to Spain! 🤘🏽

[@mangoryder7139]

Caceres was one of my favorite cities I’ve cycled thru along with Trujillo

[@shaguftamughal2289]

👍🏼❤️

[@user-tb1jv9jb9r]

Good country

[@marcelosanchez8761]

Is nice you made an effort to show an amazing but very unknown city. But is good to know better about what you are speaking about.

[@frankalvjim6605]

Visita Segovia and their acueducto and the Alcázar.

[@johnnienewt]

a lovely place and would like to visit, maybe be an experience trying to find transport? not sure about urinating in the street, not doubting you stewart but ive never seen it in any part of spain and would think its a thing of the past, unless you mean animals?

[@Ulysses1707]

I took the bus from Madrid to Cáceres. Reasonably priced, the journey took around four hours. But I was in no hurry.

[@eashanacaceres6904]

My name is eashana Caceres but I'm Filipino but my greatgrandfather is Espanol

[@eashanacaceres6904]

And my father is haft Espanol so I'm haft Espanol too

[@im_feeling_pongpingy]

the city was used for wet dry world's bg

[@user-tb1jv9jb9r]

We are the world

[@Yvell]

The food is good in the old city. I ate a rabbit stew.

[@aureliogj7966]

I think I saw Jesus Jogging up and Dow steps at 8;23.

[@apsaps3651]

Creo que el señor que hace de anfitrion en este video ha metido la pata a base de bien decir que en Caceres no se come tambirn como en otras partes es mucho atrevimiento y claramente un desconocimiento absoluto por lo que le recomiendo encarecidamente que se informe mejor

[@TheGaztela]

Hay buena cocina en toda España, por supuesto en Cáceres también . Yo como español prefiero ir de turismo a Extremadura que a Cataluña o País Vasco, donde todo es más caro y te maltratan si eres español .

[@betv3599]

In your pros and cons Portugal, you never mention families. Are there siestas in Portugal like there are in Spain.

[@jorgepablomarinolorenzana8274]

Caceres es una ciudad preciosa y espectacular, que diga que no se come muy bien es que tiene un gran desconocimiento, ya que incluso fue la ciudad declarada capital de la gastronomía española y se sabe que las conexiones ferroviarias son malas y que no hay mucha industria, pero es que en el video no para de decirlo y no valora la ciudad nada, una pena.

[@devgames5591]

Info is great. But we dont see the city. We see the narrator

[@georgfriedrichhandel4390]

How much can you make teaching English in Spain? Is it a viable option?

[@jtj9609]

the main reasons for not building a high speed rail network are: 1- In the whole of extremadura there are roughly 1 million people. Just the city of Madrid has 3.2 million (6.6 the whole region of madrid), seville 700 thousand, barcelona 1.6 million. so this would make this part of the train system the most expensive. 2- and maybe more important, a HS rail network in Extremadura would only make sense (talking inpassengers) if it connected Madrid with Lisbon, but none of governements want it. This reasons were given to me by a proffesor in university. he's a specialist in rail systems

[@lamisuegra]

Why doesn't anyone want a high speed train between Madrid and Lisbon? I've always wondered that. Strategic reasons?

[@jtj9609]

@@lamisuegra yeah idk, paris doesn't want one beteeenparis and barcelona. I guess spain fears lisbon's harbour could get more importsnt or sonething. Idk

[@pedrofmc0000]

@@lamisuegra There were plains to build a High-Speed train line but finally, the Portuguese government didn't wat because of the strong crisis they had. Obviously, the Spanish government didn't want to spend so much billion Euros to keep empty trains.

[@m5roberts]

Portugal pulled out of the Lisbon-Madrid high speed train when the crisis hit. Originally costs would have been shared by Portugal, Spain, and the EU, but without Portugal, it's no longer an EU project either. Spain couldn't afford it on their own. They're still working on connecting Badajoz to Madrid, but it won't be an AVE. Also, keep in mind there's still no AVE connecting Barcelona and Valencia. If it's coming from Spain's pockets, the latter should likely take precedence.

[@onedirection3510]

Have you done a video in Toledo? For your consideration, I might suggest a significantly more interactive style. I’m thinking Anthony Bourdain. It would be far more exciting to get a sense of the locals and their cuisine. You are doing great but watching a talking head speedily bouncing around these locations is distracting. Cheers!

[@anacasanova7350]

Cáceres es celta, romana , medieval musulmana y cristiana, renacentista.

[@lkrnpk]

''they honor their conquistadores'' ... and now the monuments are gone :D

[@alessandrocaceres9129]

god damn, didnt know i was royalty

[@kevinscott5839]

So i get a all from telephonica asking me to pay a phone bill From a number i have never had and an address i have never been near. I told them that an they said (cant make this up) pay the bill and we’ll sort it out Later. This conversation went on for over 2 tears, I got on first name basis with the lawyer in Madrid. Eventually he rings me and says hes lost the file on this and could i send him A photocopy of mine, I put the phone down. That was over 10 years ago No wonder they cant run their country. I love it!!

[@TheGaztela]

Extremadura es un lugar fundamental de España, pero no es “the heart of Spain”, quizá el bazo? El corazón de España es Castilla y León

[@carlosgaspar8447]

"by the hoth" translates to badajoz. what about by the goth.

[@hjon9119]

why were you pronouncing it as ca-the-rez

[@donsachse]

That's the Spanish pronunciation in Spain.

[@IdeviL0]

i live in Caceres (i Speak Spanish)

[@ChristiaanHartNibbrig]

Why do you show yourself 95% of the time; instead of showing us the sights of Caceres? This could have been really good, but it was really lame.

[@matthewjackson9615]

I don't know if you noticed it or not but these old cities when they were constructed didn't possess the plumbing and water capacities that are now part of most modern cities. Resultantly, there are few toilet facilities, if any, thus folks have no choice but to let it rip in the streets.

[@tximeleta35]

Whaaaattt??? No!!!

[@exploreeverything963]

Could you do a video about racism in Spain? Obviously in Madrid and Barcelona they are used to seeing black people but what about in the smaller, more 'Spanish' cities/towns. As I am looking to move to Spain as a black male. Thanks!

[@alvarocarrazon4800]

We are not racist, we mixed with everybody...but, inmigration is still something relatively new and society is still quite homogeneous. Expect a lot of staring and curiosity if you go to rural áreas.

[@emg2127]

biutiful mulata american, no le gustan las españolas ?

[@internetapocalypse4885]

Exremadura = Hard Extreme

[@PalomaAlv]

@Marisa Aguilera, no, was named by romans: "Extrema Dorii" and means another side of Duero river

[@internetapocalypse4885]

@@PalomaAlv Yes, you're right- but today the name is more relevant to what I wrote- includes weather, terrain and economy.

[@AdamSahr-cj4kf]

Entonces Merece su nombre ...

[@barano9729]

Marisa Aguilera half the population headed down south to Mexico for a reason. It’s had to have been tough in Spain back in the day.

[@goodaimshield1115]

@@barano9729 When "half the populationheaded " to Mexico it was actually one of the richest regions in Spain. It started it decay in the late 17th early 18th century.

[@anairenemartinez165]

Not very attractive walk to get to Plaza Mayor.

[@petercartledge5088]

Rather see the city, too much video of the presenter. Very boring.

[@highmountains6033]

I am a Brit and have lived on cáceres for many years. Its a poor city, poor working conditions and poor pay. The people aren't that friendly either in public. The old town is nice but a limited city on the whole

[@takoreamexicangrill]

Ive got interest in this part of Spain. Would you rather live in Badajoz?

[@goodaimshield1115]

Why you lived in there for so many years if it was poor?

[@Yvell]

People walk their pets and let them pee anywhere that’s why smell like London Streets.

[@andersnrregren9087]

Stop Think talk Lol so you realy Think old buildings are harder to upkeep then new buildings? Extremadura is a farming land and make ham so if you go there to eat you better eat ham. And no you are not a historian of any kind. The level of nonsence in this is so High my IQ just droped