7 Things You Should NEVER Do In Madrid!
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Great Prado tours
- Devour's Prado Museum Tour & VIP Botin Lunch - swiy.co/pradobotin
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Good Madrid paella places (keep in mind that paellas are like BBQs and part of the charm is being in someone's back yard etc. etc.). But, these are some of the more well-respected paella spots in Madrid
- Marina Ventura
- Socarratt is more of a quick lunch place, where they're constantly making big paellas and serve them for you
- Antigua Casa de la Paella (currently closed - may reopen after COVID)
How to tackle the Mercado San Miguel: • Mercado de San Miguel:...
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00:00 Intro
0:42 Don't eat in the Plaza Mayor
2:36 Don't get stuck in Mercado San Miguel
3:19 Don't feel bullied by the Prado
5:12 Don't take taxis
6:11 Don't eat any old paella
7:18 Don't expect to get full for free
8:21 Don't sweat the surly service
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As a madrileño myself, I couldn't agree more with this video's tips.
I wish every tourist would watch this video and enjoy Madrid at its fullest.
Great job guys, this work is much more beneficial for Spain's tourism than all the official government promotions
I was in Madrid nearly half a century ago. I wish I had never left.
Thanks for that Alejandro!
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That is true of 80% of the squares in the world..
Get out my mind. :D
I was about to write very much the same.
Oh that was hilarious clip of James crying because the topas guys don't love him...you guys are the best.
I loved the vignettes!
Also, we need to have worldwide restaurant reform where all items used must reveal the source and whether it is fresh, frozen, dried, etc. 🍽 If I want to reheat Cisco food, I’ll do it at home.
That was the BEST! I laughed so hard.
I had the same feeling when I went to certain restaurants. Now it all makes sense! the waiters are efficient, they care without needing to pamper the customers.
I know, right?? I was just going to comment the same thing. :-D
Very funny clip!! But it's the norm in the US not just in the food service....
I was in Madrid with my father and brother. Loved the city and the food was perfect! This was pre-covid, and the atmosphere was awesome. So many people out enjoying the city. Watching your videos takes me back, it really makes me want to visit again!
"Relaxing cup" 😂😂 iconic!
Thank you for continuing to produce new videos under the challenging circumstances. We were on two tours with Spain Revealed in September 2019 (Madrid and Sevilla) and have been itching to go back. Stay strong and we'll see you guys soon!
So agree on the feeling safe walking through Madrid at night. People are everywhere. Families are out late, kids are playing 3 or 4 hours later than they would be at home.
I had the same feeling when I visited Madrid 😅 I was there with my parents when I was 13 and everyone was going out 10pm in summer when we were going back to the hotel!
Btw if you’re interested I also a channel with content from London, Greece and Italy ☺️
Absolutely agree about waking everywhere. Everytime we are in Spain we always walk everywhere. This way we get to see more of the cities and eat more.
I think that’s a great tip for whole Europe actually! Btw if you’re interested I also a channel with content from London, Greece and Italy ☺️
I’m heading to Madrid in a few months and your videos and guides have been incredible. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into every single one!
Hace años que dejé Madrid y tu canal es el mejor para recordarlo. Perfecto conocimiento de la ciudad y sus gastronomía, felicidades :-)
Pretty good advice. I try to avoid restaurants near any popular tourist attraction. The best findings have been very modest looking places populated with lots of locals.
Exactly!! I think in big tourist places like Madrid, it’s always good to do a little research before! I actually just posted a video on my channel I give advice on how to avoid tourist scams in Italy if you want to check it out ☺️
These two are CZcams's best. If you care to watch half a dozen of their vids you'll enjoy the visit twice as much. & U won't get ripped off.
Greetings from Madrid
Honestly guys you ve helped to improve my Madrid experience and you continue doing so. Thanks Yoli and James
The crying scene was SO Fellini. It moved me.
This was lots of fun and I'll agree with what everyone has said about the transit in the comments too. I think a lot of Americans are shy about navigating by metro since very few cities here have good metro systems. It's unfamiliar. It's really awesome in Madrid, though, so it's definitely worth a go and it's not as hard to navigate as it may seem. Metro and walking are my preferred way to move about the city too. So much gorgeous architecture to appreciate along the journey and always something new to see.
Love your Madrid videos, tested out your bravas recipe too! Love the city of Madrid, makes my heart happy to see someone love the city and share it.
I think this was one of your best episodes! My husband is from New York, I am from Callosa de Segura near Alicante. We'll be coming to Spain when and if this COVID ever goes away, and using your tips for good out of the way tapas bars, etc. We are completely like that - finding the hidden gems just like you two! ¡Bravo!, ¡Olé! Maybe we'll run into you if the timing is right.
Thank you so much for your amazing videos. Tbf you're one of the main reasons I chose to do my Erasmus in Madrid! Can't wait for next year!!!
I just moved to Madrid and been mostly doing apartment hunting and walking around the city to get a feel of all the neighborhoods. I only walk and sometimes take the metro if I am in a hurry. Even out of the historic center, the city is very walkable, the distances are super short. Yesterday I walked from 4caminos all the way to Lavapiés and along the river promenade. What a great way to feel the pulse of the city and get the daily steps in!
Great tips by the way, very useful for a newcomer.
😁😄😆😂🤣this was a great video. We were in Madrid before leaving Europe bc of covid. Every advice you guys gave is so true. Love Spain, praying that you guys are doing well 💕
I' m a "Madrileña" and all I can say is that your tips are truly genuine and well advised. People that come to Madrid should follow these tips and you'll get a 100% of good time, good cuisine and beautiful sights. Your channel is great!👍
I really enjoy your videos. I’ve been following y’all for a while now. Keep it up! Always entertaining and informative.
You’re the one of the best resources for Spain on CZcams. Thanks for all your hard work in educating us travelers. ¡Gracias! By the way, have you ever considered doing a podcast?
@Bob el Silencioso Good point.
Great video as always! Can't wait to visit Spain one day. Very excited about your new guide.
I Love Madrid...I Miss Madrid - I've had a hell of a time in the late 80's and memories that live with me forever. I also recommend to be a discreet tourist particularly in places like Plaza del Sol where pickpockets seem to be everywhere at busy times. That said every corner of this beautiful city has a special memory to me. Thanks for sharing.
We’ve just had a fantastic week in Madrid following a lot of help and advice from your vlogs. One piece of advice we might of missed is when travelling from madrid to sagovia by train we didn’t realise we needed passports to buy train tickets and we didn’t have them with us so couldn’t do the trip maybe it’s one thing to make clear to other travellers but on a brighter note it means we will be back to do the trip again another time 😎
"Don't do all the wrong things and do all the right things"....I'm up for it!
Gracias - good to see you guys and I look forward to the trip to Madrid when we can.
Tony
This is a great channel, always interesting and you can see the professional quality content and editing. Great couple who work so well together. I think they could make a video on a empty plate and it would still be interesting.
This is a great vid 👏 One of my favourites ❤ A lot of good advice, and, as always, honest. It's a difficult time for a lot of people, but your videos allow us to travel (and escape) from our sofa's!
Cheers David!
We had to travel to Madrid for some business and we stayed at Posada del Leon de Oro on Cava Baja street and used your videos for guidance. Even with the closures, we had a fabulous meal at Casa Lucas. Because it was the middle of the week, most of the restaurants and bars were closed, but we saw a lot of the places you highlighted on your history tour. I look forward to being able to take one of your tours when we next travel to Madrid. Saludos desde Asturias.
Gracias por vuestros videos. Soy una española en California que añora su tierra y vuestro canal me recuerda tradiciones y comidas que deje hace mucho años. Os encontre hace poco y pienso seguiros. Keep up the good work!
One of the best videos about Madrid! Thank you for the great content.
I stumbled upon one of your videos in the youtube feed and just kept watching more and more videos together with my wife. You guys are amazing - I love your content.
Very entertaining and informative video. Love your channel. Had no inclination whatsoever to visit Madrid until watching your channel. Your insight has turned my viewpoint upside down. Thank you so much for sharing your insider view to a wonderful city.
Excellent vlog here! Really practical and helpful information packed into this piece! Keep up the great work!
Good video. I can’t remember how many times I’ve been to La Campaña and said “uno de calamar y una caña”
I´m an expat who´s lived on and off in Madrid for the past 16 yrs and I must say that you´re spot on with all of these recommendations and insights. Your knowledge of the city cannot be questioned. I´d STRONGLY suggest that anyone visiting Madrid who is not familiar with the city heed this video´s advice. Bravo!
Been following you for a while and love the videos! I have just recently moved to Madrid and it’d be really great if you could share some tips on travelling in and around Madrid during the pandemic! Anyway, hope I’ll bump into you two some day! :)
A couple years ago, before I knew of you, we went on an Airbnb guided tapas tour our first night in Madrid. While there were some definite hits he introduced us to, but there were some misses too with regard to the churros y chocolate and paella. I sometimes think guides may think we want the tourist trap type of food. 🤷🏻♀️ We did have a very fun night regardless.
I love that you keep is real 100%. Cant wait to go back and hopefully book something with your company.
I can’t wait to be able to travel! And your on the Top of our List! Last Spanish trip was Oct. 2019 to Seville.
I have never thought about visiting madrid in my life but thanks to your video i am at the moment in Madrid watching again your videos to visit the restaurants and the bars, i already went to the CHOCOLAT bar and i had the best churros and porras with the best chocolate ever this morning, tomorrow i'll visit a little bit of restaurants that you have mentioned in the videos to try! Thank you mate for all the advices and congrats for the princess! I'm so happy for the both of you!
You've created something amazing here. Great videos all around. Congrats and thanks a lot!
We never get tired of seeing your videos about Madrid and España. Even though we somewhat consider ourselves as our own experts, we always seem to pick up a tip or two from your videos. We hope to see you both in Madrid again some day.
Gracias de nuevo James y Yoly. ¡sed seguro y saluable!
Glad you're still finding tips Robert :)
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I wish I had watched this video before I went to Mercado San Miguel haha definitely can’t wait to come visit again, people in Madrid are definitely more welcoming than many other places in Europe!
Great video!
Absolutely agree! As a madrileña, La Campana is one of the best place in Madrid to eat "Bocadillo de calamares" I love it.
Love your channel! I was in Madrid, Toledo and Barcelona in 2017. But Madrid is special and I would love to come back. Greetings from Manila, Philippines.
never experienced “surely service”, lived here for a while and everyone is super nice. I always hear please and thank you’s from everyone even if I don’t say it first
I did eat in the plaza mayor and it was very expensive,
I will learn next time...Beautiful city..
This may be your best video. Very helpful and the little skit was absolutely hilarious! :)
I had already been warned not to bother eating at Plaza Mayor due to potentially being ripped off so I was pleasantly surprised when we had a lovely family meal experience there last month. It was a real quick stop off between arriving in Madrid for Parque Warner and Parque de Atracciones and moving on to Alicante to family and, outside of the theme parks, was the ONLY place I knew I had to visit before I left as my last name is Mayor!
You two are hysterical. Love your videos and sound advice. I feel in good company. I have never had good paella in Spain. (It wasn't my imagination). It will become my mission in 2022.
Thank you for the tips and great commentary. I also appreciate the reasoning behind why I see a lot of cold customer service in the videos from many providers. Waiters/Waitresses do seem less than friendly when serving customers. I hope they realize that in the America's we value customer service and their wages are dependant on that.So we tip accordingly if they service tourists.
Thanks for all the tips! I find all of it (your other videos as well) very useful. Hopefully I'll get to go to Madrid in Autumn and I'm already planning to join a Devour tour. 😉
Looking forward to seeing/receiving your latest update on Madrid. Many thanks.
Amazing content as always. The production values are excellent. The Lena you are using now gives great bokeh and the cut away was ace... “they don’t love me” 🤣
That black-and-white Grapes of Wrath crying scene is just completely freaking hysterically funny - so good. And the info & tips were great prep for a future visit. Make room on the shelf for your Oscar...
Was on one of your tours in Seville in 2019. It was really good - entertaining facts and great tapas. Would recommend.
Love your information. Good to know. Great video ❤️
It's so true! We went to a place with a lakeside view in Tahoe, and my meal was very average. Paella scares me a bit. It reminds me of overcooked risotto. Great video ☺️, gracias!
What a great video guys! I completely agree with all of these! I laughed a lot when it was Yoly who said that about walking everywhere: so Madrilenian to say "that's close!" and walk for 30 mins, I love it 🤣 also, I didn't know the meaning of "surly" but I agree. Honestly, I much prefer a serious and efficient Madrid waiter than those overly and fake friendly waiters that would interrupt your meal every 5 minutes asking if everything was alright 😑 (talking about England here)
I want to congrats you two for your channel, wich its wanderfull, And for giving all those nice tips and guides to the turist when they come so they have the best experience in our beautifull country thanks!
We travel a lot, watch a lot of You Tube videos before visiting. Yours is much better than most, well done! Will be in Madrid next week, sure this will help. Looking forward to that calamari sandwich
Really helpful videos guys !! I was just wondering if you had your baby already. Wishing you the best !!
También quiero agregar que sus videos me ayudaran mucho en nuestro próximo viaje a Madrid en Junio.
Cariños desde Virginia, USA 🥰
You guy’s are amazing 🤩!!! Love y’all videos and all the wonderful information about Spanish culture 🤗🤗🤗🌷
You guys are a hoot!! When (thinking positively here!) we get to Madrid would love to meet you all for a cana (?). Thanks for the links also!!
Wow, what a great video, great advice. I plan to visit Madrid next year and I will surely use your helpful tips!
Thanks for your help, Cheers from Calgary. Looking forward to a Madrid trip after Covid.
Wow your nearly at 100k 👏. With the new fast train being built, I am hoping to get their soon 🤞.
very helpful video as always! really good content! we are going with my wife for the first time to Madrid at the end of March!
9:50 - Wow, Academy Award! Wow, this episode was worth it for acting alone!
I loved the humor and editing in this vid. Also as always, great info.
Had me laughing when El Tigre was brought-up. As a poor study-abroad student in 2014 & 2015, my classmates and I frequented it on multiple occasions.
I really like the way you both explain, very detailed information.
I love your videos especially this one, keep the good work
I've only been twice in Madrid and on my second visit noticed this kind of efficient but not too friendly service. It works for me. They do like to be efficient and always do the right thing even for non Spanish speakers . The €10 menu del dia is always a life saver for any visitor. Not sure if this is still the price now though.
Hi James and Yoly:) Thanks a lot for the very useful video! And the guide is superb! An instant buy!
Thanks for grabbing it Volodymyr! I'm glad you liked the video! See you soon on the live stream
Nice!!! Thank you for the tips!! Wanting to be back and try this!!
I love Madrid , can’t wait to start traveling again ,
Cafe Varela at Hotel Preciados serves one of the best paellas I've ever had! And I've had it twice now.
Thank you so much for the video. I just miss my favorite city 😭 hope we can travel soon. Why is it, that tapas guides always wait at the statue 🤣 of the Queen? Stay safe and stay healthy. I just ordered a big tapas dinner for Valentines Day to be delivered to my house, have a friend here with a nice little tapas bar (we are from Austria)
Awesome tips as always James, Olly. Agree completely!
I actually liked "El Tigre" for what it is! I went in because it was full with locals and didn't know what to expect. I ordered a beer for 5€ and was surprised to get a plate with it that was a full meal. As I was more hungry than thirsty, I finished the plate way before the beer and they offered me a second one (I was a bit embarrassed and refused because I couldn't eat more). Yes, the food is nothing special, but still a way better option than some other fast food places, tapas chains or tourist traps at the hot spots. It's not a culinary highlight, but you get stuffed with a good amount of decent food for a very good price. I definitely didn't regret going there and I guess no one will knowing what to expect.
hi guys I am lucia y vivo en miami florida i love your videos this video is a great one👍 thankyou for the work you do i love spain specially the food
I love the coffee in Spain, and the best I ever had was on the island of Tenerife. The wine was always good as well. I never had a bad glass.
I don’t like Spanish coffee, myself. It tastes very strange! Except over ice....
@@aislingsibeallyons3416 You don't know what coffee is!
Hope we will be able see Spain again.❤️
Haha, the Paella,good tip! Reminds me of the movie " European Vacation" where Chevy Chase was telling his family about awesome French cuisine while they were in a restaurant in Paris, back in the kitchen,the "chefs" were microwaving frozen tv dinners!! Only the best for American tourists!
Great video. When normal times are back I look forward to visiting Madrid
Great content your channel makes me want to visit Spain post Covid .
Oh! I've never been advised NOT to go to the restaurant with a view, but yes, it does sound like an easy way to overspend! I really hope to try some of those great hole-in-the-wall places around Madrid someday. I'll have to check out your guidebook when the time comes to visit. :)
You guys are amazing! I am going to Madrid next month and I really like all the tips that you guys shared.
Thanks James I'm thrilled to see my wise instructions are still remembered by you. Loved the B&W crying scene. John Blick (Dad)
John Blick you are the envy of fathers everywhere-to have your child quote your advice and call it sage and well founded is amazing!
OK,..that does it! I gotta go home soon and make some Patatas Bravas! Love doing Tapas in Madrid! Madrid was my stomping grounds back when I was a young Airman stationed at Torrejon Air base from 1980 - 84.
Alejando and Yoli, You took me back to those Filomena days!! Thanks!
Besides that, 100% agree on all you said. And please don't be sad, they're not mean, is just another kind of love ;)
In León they have this concept of "corto" (half of a "caña"; aka: around 15 CL of beer), and the tapa they give you with a corto is decent.
The way you go out in León is by getting 5-6 cortos (essentially, 3 beers split into 6), and eat your 6 free tapas. So you have the full package on a budget, and because this isn't Madrid, but a smaller province, the food is good. Each bar has their own tapa, too (usually, their "single/trademark" tapa that kind of defines that bar), so the whole experience is awesome and varied. Totally recommend León!
We checked out some places from one of your videos when we were there. Bodegas Rossell and the others a bit further along. Had the fried pork belly tapas thing in one of them. Excellent tips 👍
Oh and a place that did calamari sandwiches
So true ! Very well done guys !
Great tips.👍 I´ve been a couple of times in Madrid and you are so right. 😀
Great video. Heading to Madrid in April 2024 and your information will be most helpful. Thanks.
The black and white scene is a blast! Made my day :) Thank you!
I am living in Madrid and all you said is on point.
I had an Amstel beer and a calamari sandwich there. It was fun. We were there with a group of local teachers and school kids.