NOT BORING Madrid Walking Tour 🐴🤴🏻
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Let me take you on MY historical walking tour of Madrid! Sprawling plazas, historic restaurants, grand palaces, hidden corners, dark stories of missing bodies and shocking tales of Spanish Inquisition - the history of the Spanish capital has it all. So grab a cup of coffee or glass of vermouth and... Venga, let’s go! 🥝
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History is my second love, after food. And in fact, sometimes I think it might be my first love!
When I moved to Madrid I fell in love with the city's history. While the Spanish capital may not be the oldest city in Europe, it was much older than New Zealand! And it was full of so many wonderful stories of intrigue, had been the home of so many fascinating people, and the centre of so many dramatic events in Spanish history.
So in this walking tour - which is based on the tour I designed when I designed Devour Tours' most popular Tapas, Taverns & History Tour - I take you through the history of Madrid, starting at the beginning and right up to the civil war.
Here are the places we stop:
1. Plaza de Oriente: Location of Madrid's royal palace and the spot where the city was founded!
2. Plaza de Ramales: Where Spain's most famous painter - Diego de Velazquez - may be buried!
3. Calle del Factor: Gorgeous views of the cathedral, the Royal Palace and the Casa del Campo (the old royal hunting grounds, now an enormous public park).
4. Calle de la Almudena: The admittedly not so impressive remains of an old church. But I love the statue of the Curios Neighbour, and also knowing that this was the former location of a mosque.
5. Calle de San Nicolás: Love this little hidden corner with Madrid's oldest standing church from the 12th century (and which potentially is the site of a former mosque
6. Plaza de la Villa: Once the most important square in the city!
7. Calle del Codo: Love this tiny little hidden street - also the location of the famous cookie nuns!
8. Plaza Puerta Cerrada: Right at the top of Calle Cava Baja (tapas heaven!), and where the famous motto of Madrid can be read on the walls - "Over water my walls of fire are built."
9. Plaza Mayor: The city's main historic square - site of inquisition trials, bull fights, fires and the Christmas market.
10. Puerta del Sol: The people's square! Home of protests, uprisings and New Year's Eve celebrations!
11. Casa del Abuelo: Amazing garlic prawns, cooked right before your eyes!
12. Plaza Santa Ana: A gorgeous square surrounded by cafes and bars, and with my favourite statue in Madrid of Federico García Lorca.
13. Calle Lope de Vega: The final resting place (we think!) of Spain's most famous author - Miguel de Cervantes (author of Don Quixote)
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Hola, Spain lovers! We're James and Yoly. James is a New Zealander, and Yoly is from Spain. And we both live in Madrid. This channel is all about giving you a local insight into life in Spain, and helping you experience this country like a local when you come to visit (or live!). If that sounds like your kind of thing, bienvenido!
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I hope this was "Part 1" of many more videos like this to come.
Thank you!!
Hola Spain lovers! I loved making this video. And I realised I would love to make more history-focused videos (as well as food). Would you guys be into that? Let me know with a comment below! 👇🏽Thanks!
Do you ever get to Andalucia? Would like to see some places and history.
me encanto! Do more!
Yes, more history please (but also food). One of my favorite cities Barcelona have also an interesting history.
Definitely!!
Yes !!!!!!!!!🌹♥️🇪🇸
James this is by far one of my favorite videos, I love how you showed history with a different view. I really hope this inspires you to do more videos like this and we get to enjoy them as well. Thank you!
Thank you!! Glad you liked it!!
I’m spanish from Palma de Mallorca (you should go) and I’m living in Australia and I can say Spain is so different and much better the culture the food people omg miss it so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I am going in two months and also to your hometown 😍
You make me feel proud of my city.
Ole tu!
Madrid or Barcelona?
I really like that,, please again.. I am from France but a loveee Spain mostly Andalusia, we have 2 things in common, the food and the history,, please don't hesitate to do that again.... Thks to you and yolly...
Merci Silvia!
Wow Thank you for visit us!!! 👍❤🇪🇸
Me paree que vive ahí ... y su compañera (Yolanda) es española.
Wow! I love history too, loved the way you energized the stories, so professionally done. I think you should have a traveling history segment channel. I'm impressed with the quality, editing and energy you conveyed while telling the story. You're a natural at this, honestly, if I had seen this video for the first time not knowing it was from you. I would've though it was done by BBC or the history channel. Wow, I can't say enough, I was blown away, kudos to you! Keep up the good work. Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you and Yoli.
Thank you so much mate!
My favourite city in the world. Just amazingly gorgeous. Thank you. Feliz Novidade 🎄❄⛄🎅🎄❄⛄🎅
For me Madrid is the reeseealllll jewell in Spain. I was absolutelly surprised by this amazing, elegant, vibrant and coooool city,. Id like to live in Madrid one or two years.
This is my favourite video you have made so far!! Madrid’s history is so dynamic and intriguing...please do more!
So glad!
There are some incorrect information. For example, the Royal Palace was last inhabited in 1936 by Manuel Azaña, 2nd president of the 2nd Republic.
And also there are some quite interesting historical details that are missing. For instance, the sculpture of Felipe IV was casted by Tacca, the math was from Galileo, and the drawing, by non other than Velázquez. About the Tower of Lujanes (9:11), it was used (allegedly) as a state prison for guarding Francis I of France (who was taken prisoner in the battle of Pavía).
Thanks for the notes!
The sculpture of "Felipe IV" was casted by Tacca.
@@enekoeneko69 , juas, claro. Toda la razón. Ida de pinza. Gracias por recordármelo. Voy corrigiendo al personal y resulta que el que más lo necesita soy yo. Edito.
@@robert111k, nada, está claro que era una errata.
You succeeded where so many have failed. Great job. The fast pace which is sometimes too much for food is perfect for reviewing historic sights. Loved it.
I appreciate that!
I love love this video this is my third time watching it my trip was canceled but I still want to learn more about Spain I’m Cuban and live in Miami but my grandmother was born in La gomera and my grandfather in Galicia
Carlor II does not deserve that derision. He might have looked weird but was certainly not stupid as he put the accounts of his Empire straight, and opposed his crown to be bequeathed on the French monarchy. The Borbons could not believe their luck when the came into his heritage. Spains accounts were in the black, something completely new for the French kings who had gone from one bankrupcy into another for ages.
All that stuff about the blunders of the Habsburgs is plain propaganda. They managed to keep an empire up for centuries, while the Borbons lost it in a redord time.
Look at the facts, not at the propaganda. The empire and the golden age of Spain is an achievement of the Austria's Spain. Decadence started with the French.
Muy cierto Arantxa Pavón, hay mucha Leyenda Negra a ese respecto... date cuenta que los Borbones y los Austrias no se podían ni ver y claro cuándo los Borbones suceden en el trono a los Austrias pues tienen que decir que lo anterior era una porquería, también te digo que los franceses eran nuestros enemigos y siempre han querido hundirnos.. envidia de que ellos nunca fueron imperio y nosotros sí.
Los borbones fueron y son agentes franceses destinados a dinamitar España y que nunca vuelva a superar a Francia a través de la centralización forzosa. La reacción al 1-O es la última prueba de ello.
@@brunon.8962 la respuesta francesa al secesionismo catalan es poner a Valls en Cataluña y refrenar y minar a Ciudadanos q representa la izquierda moderada constitucionalista.
Si la masoneria es inevitable España deberia fundar ahora mismo la suya propia y desvincularse de la francesa.
Francia nunca va a tener nada mas q imperios basura como el q explotan ahora mismo en Africa y que nos manda el producto humano de esa explotación a Europa en forma de emigración económica. Es sangrante como se aprovechan de esas pseudocolonias, y es evidente q sus economia es una cochambre que no resistiria prescindir de esa rapiña q se les permite en el continente africano.
No sé como nadie se atreve a hablar del imperio español con la mugre que tienen escondida debajo de sus moquetas. Las moquetas reluciran, pero la sala huele a muerto.
Vamos a ver. Ni Austrias ni Borbones ni leches. Todos son herederos de la dinastía histórica. No es que haya venido nunca nadie de Austria. Simplemente para nosotros es más fácil decir Austria (o sea, nombrar el lugar de procedencia) que decir Habsburg, que es el apellido. Y a Carlos I Habsburg no le tocaron los reinos peninsulares en una tómbola. Los heredó de su madre, Juana de Trastámara. Ah, y Felipe V no fue rey por llamarse Bourbon, sino por que lo designó en su testamente su tío-abuelo Carlos II por ser nieto de su hermana María Teresa, casualmente casada con Luis XIV de Francia, hijo de su tía Ana.
@@robert111k lo nombró Carlos II bajo mucha presión y poco antes de morir tras la desaparición "casual" del heredero que él habia nombrado previamente de la casa de Habsburgo.
No podemos decir q no fuese legal, pero sí que fue muy marrullero, y que la consecuencia fue la instauración cultural de la leyenda negra del imperio español como si hubiese sido cierta.
Eso trajo la dinastia Borbon para imponerse. Destruir la autoestima de los españoles denigrando y disminuyendo sus logros historicos. Los borbones han sido una peste para España. Los borbones y sus pelotilleros españoles.
The best channel to see what Spain is like without being there is yours.
Thanks for your videos!
Un video precioso y muy interesante! Siempre hablas de Madrid (y de españa en general) con mucho cariño, es un gusto que una persona de otro país hable de esta manera de el tuyo. Un beso grande a ti y a Yoli ❤️🇪🇦
Gracias!!
My two favorite things are good food and history. This was an awesome video. Gracias!
Hola James !
Me encanta tu pasión por España y
Dominas el castellano muy bien .
Somos 500 millones hispanoparlantes en iberoamerica
Les recomiendo hacer videos en español .
Now in lockdown time it was so nice to get this experience of spain at own sofa. So happy of that! Spain is my favourite travel destination.
This may just be my favourite channel on CZcams ever 👏🏽 found channel the other day and I’m
Now binge watching 👍🏽 🇪🇸
Hola James, me gustan mucho tus vídeos, pero te has quedado corto con la descripción de lo que fue para España y para Europa este gran almirante y estratega. Este hombre comandó 30 galeras de (Nápoles), se había convertido en hombre de confianza de Don Juan. En esta batalla de Lepanto se unió a parte de España, el Papado, la República de Venecia, Toscana, Génova y Saboya. Don Juan de Austria era el jefe de los nuestros. La flota reunida por la llamada Santa Liga estaba compuesta por más de doscientas galeras. En Lepanto, la actuación de Bazán fue decisiva. La batalla de Lepanto (1571) fue una batalla muy importante para toda Europa fue una batalla contra los turcos que era el imperio más fuerte de oriente y querían invadir Europa a través del sur de Italia. En esta batalla también luchó Miguel de Cervantes.. fue capturado por los turcos y llevado a la cárcel en Argel.. estuvo en prisión durante 5 años después regresó a España y más tarde empezó a escribir su gran obra "Don Quijote".
Veo que en el video sólo Mencionas a Álvaro de Bazán para decir que murío antes de la Batalla de la Armada Invencible contra Inglaterra y no sobre su trayectoria como militar nada menos te has olvidado de una de las batallas más importantes (Lepanto). Tengo que decirte que hubo otra batalla contra los ingleses (y esta nunca se cuenta) después de la invencible, inglaterra crecidita fue a nuestras costas y ahí le vapuleamos.. jeje es curioso que solo se hace referencia a la batalla de la invencible por cierto fue una de las tantas batallas que hubo entre ingleses y españoles y además no hubo una gran batalla, si no combates asilados. Los ingleses se limitaron a vigilar y a cañonear desde lejos. La mayor parte de las bajas y los hundimientos no se produjeron en el canal de la Mancha por fuego enemigo, sino en el retorno y debido a las tormentas, apenas se dieron combates, aunque sí un éxito propagandistico jejeje los ingleses tienen buen marketing y sin embargo no se recuerda la batalla (la contra-armada) un año después contra los ingleses en las costas cantábricas, esa sí que fue una gran batalla y un gran fracaso para los ingleses.
La Inquisición hay un libro muy bueno sobre este tema "Juicio a la Inquisición española" de Jean Dumont.. hay mucho mito y falsedad sobre la Española. La española fue mucho más garantista con los reos que otras como la de Inglaterra, Suiza o Alemania.
Saludos!
La leyenda negra nos sigue denigrando. Ganaron la guerra propagandista. La ganaron. Lo peor es que los " libertadores" hispanos la aprovecharon para sus intereses y se la inculcaron desde todos los ángulos a sus " libertados" Y no sólo eso,sino que acá cierta intelectualidad ,siempre muy crítica ( lo.cual puede ser eficaz y lógico) ,la asumió en una constante flagelación pública . Esa identificación con la leyenda negra por una parte de la izquierda española le ha hecho bastante mal a las izquierdas y ,a nuestra autoestima como.españoles,y por lo tanto malo para España.
Muy bien dicho. Faltan muchos detalles importantes de la historia. Por cierto, añado, Federico García Lorca no era de izquierdas. Craso error.
No sabes lo feliz que me haces con estos vídeos,yo nací en Madrid pero vine a este país con 12 años con mis padres y hermanos como buena Madrileña siempre digo De Madrid al cielo que por muchos años que lleve fuera de mi querido Madrid siempre lo llevo en mi corazón y lo añoro cada día más.Saludos
James, great video, thank you! Could you please share a secret on where do you take your energy, enthusiasm and passion?! Absolutely fantastic!
Not sure where I get it from - but thanks for watching :)
Food and history are so connected, definitely please
Feliz Navidad James y Yolanda 👏👏🥂💋💋
Wonderful video! Thank you so much. One of these days I hope to visit Spain.
Would absolutely love more history videos!!!!!
Prado is one of the best Museums I ever visited. I'm with you on Goya's amazing talent.
Excellent and riveting video! To answer your question, YES, we need more history videos. Similar videos about Sevilla and Barcelona would be a good next step. After that, more in depth videos about Madrid's history could include: Hapsburg Madrid, Bourbon Madrid, Napoleonic Madrid, Revolutionary Madrid, etc.
Roger that Charlie! There is one of the Gothic Quarter in Barcelona, but obviously so much still to explore :)
What a great video Kiwi! Food, culture & history are all connected! I read the ones that tried to correct you but, who cares? You did it with a lot of passion & honesty; I felt that you were talking to me!!! Next time, I won’t be taking the Madrid Bus Tour! 🍷🧀🍷🧀🍷🧀🍷🧀🍷🧀🍷🧀🍷🧀
Thank you!!
What an ace video! Great work, James!
Absolutely loved this video! I love when you do photos around the history of Spain! So interesting xxx
Thank you James for a wonderful presentation of the fascinating history of Madrid.
Thanks, James, for another excellent video. Don't stop the good work.
So much information, thanks for the video!
Me encanta ver Madrid así! 😍 Gracias gracias por este canal y vuestra energía tan buena!
Brilliant! I love this video. I was mesmerised from the minute I started watching. Thank you for putting this together!
I enjoyed this video so much. You're an amazing narrator when explaining history!
This inspires me to go back to Madrid!
I loved this city so much and didn't realize how much history I missed out on learning! Maybe you'll be doing these kind of tours when I'm there again!
This was such an interesting walking tour, thanks so much for sharing! So not boring!😁 We love your energy in sharing the stories too!
It's amazing! Finally history sounds fascinating😊
Great video guys. The info was a great follow up to our time with you in Madrid. Yoly your camerawork was exceptional. Very smooth and well composed.
Thanks Dad!
This is great! I have gone hungry many times searching for history.
Fantastic job! Your delivery was flawless and and informative. Thank you for the info on Madrid.
I had missed this one, which is crazy because I'm so passionate about history. In fact, listening to you enthuse about Madrid reminded me of how my friends mock me for going on about a subject they think is boring. This was another great vid. Thanks again guys
its very informational and you seem so excited about everything you say. keep making more videos!!
An extraordinary walk through history. Fascinating, thanks a million.
Marvelous video about Madrid James, great shooting and music behind, you are gifted tour guide, telling history with this enthusiasm by story is something special, I love Madrid because of you ,after 4 visit to Madrid in two years, I feel that I need to revisit again after this video, may be I can move in one day,thanks goes to you always, wish your red famous bag will be a trend in 2020, Merry Christmas and happy new year, well done 👏
Thank you so much!
Excellent video. Your right , it was not boring. Looking forward to visiting beautiful Madrid soon.
This is a wonderful video! I can tell you put a lot of work into it. I will be traveling to Spain in April on a school trip and am very excited to experience this wonderful country!
Great job James!!
Super video with so much of histories and fast narratives. Been to these places recently. Now I really enjoy this. Great job and thank you.
Madrid hermosa
such a beautiful and lively city! OMG, I love Madrid. I hope we can soon come back to its streets. Thanks for this video. It makes me very nostalgic from 3 weeks ago...
You guys really are the best. I've seen a lot of vlogs of different countries/cities and I wish they were all like yours. BTW, my trip to Spain in September was so wonderful. I enjoyed every moment in large part thanks to you and Yoli sharing your beautiful city with me. It's a great testament when someone wants to return to a place they loved visiting. I loved Madrid ❤️🇪🇸
Thanks James , you surely made Spain history Enchantting as well as entertaining 🇪🇸🇪🇸❤️❤️
James - you're awesome! I've just discovered you and Yoly's videos as I am heading to Spain in November ('21) just over a month from now. I love your style - history, food, books and can't wait to watch more videos and there's so many! Muchas gracias!!
You’re brilliant, you bring it all to life!
Phew James you leave me breathless but so informative. I too think Madrid is a fascinating city thanks so much for your insight.
Wonderful tour in such a short period of time, and did I hear Yoli in the background. James, your enthusiasm is contagious, and your knowledge of Spain is amazing. This must be reincarnation at its best! Thank you for sharing, see you soon.
Hi James & Yoly!!! My husband and I are planning a trip to Spain in April and we have been watching all your videos in preparation! My husband has never been before so he was nervous about the food there, but after watching your videos he gets a sense of what to expect and now he can’t wait to try it all!! Every food & tour video (like this one) I make notes so we can make sure to visit!! Thank you so much for all the great tips! We are huge fans!!
-Amalin
What a great video. I love 💕 Madrid! I visited almost every place shown in this vide, so it brings back sweet memories of my 2 weeks in Madrid.
Spent a week in Madrid, ending the day before Thanksgiving. Caught myself looking for me in the background of Plaza del Sol and a few other places. Enjoyed the crowds watching the street performers there. Now I have a few new, old places to see on my next visit. Merry Christmas.
My friends and I took your devour tour while in Madrid. The history, scenery, and group was awesome! We all became friends by the end and end up hanging out all night and even stumbled upon a Féria! I’ll never forget that day, thanks for the memories!
Wow! What a great video - you really made each story come alive and made me want to learn more! I am visiting Barcelona and Madrid in a couple of weeks and have been binging all of your travel guides. I am excited to visit each of these places and seek out the little gems you described in each video.
Wow, this is probably the most interesting video I’ve seen about Madrid on here. Thanks for sharing!
This was great!!! So much good info! Looking forward to my visit this year.
Thank You Mr and Mrs Blick. Great videos!
Love the history on it. Thank you so much.
Magnífico vídeo!!!!! Enhorabuena!!! Mira que soy de Madrid y aun así me habéis descubierto unos cuantos detalles que no conocía... Cuando tenga visitas ya tengo curiosidades nuevas que contar... jejeje Feliz Navidad!!
Thank you. This is one of your most interesting videos. I do so much miss Madrid. Perhaps soon, I shall return when this aweful time ends.
Been going to Madrid for 50 years and I learned a lot with this video. Loved it.
I loved this video so much!! Please make more like this. ❤️ Thanks!
I found your videos so helpful when I went to Barcelona, and now my son and I from the US are going to Madrid, thank you are so dynamic and give the best information on restaurants and sites to see. You and your wife are the cutest!
What a great video, really enjoy the way you explain everything. Hope many more videos like this to come. I went to Madrid and love it, want to go back soon.
Equally fascinating and entertaining, thanks for a great video and please do make more like this.
BRILLIANT! Going to watch this video again and again! You had me hooked on the amazing sights and the wonderful history interwoven into the stories of those places. As for the food - OMG! Looking to book a flight!
Extraordinaria explicacion, increible lo bien que has resumido aspectos importantes de Madrid y su historia en un video tan solo 20 minutos. Gracias por querer tanto nuestro pais. Mas que muchos espanioles la verdad. Muchas gracias.
This is such a great video thanks for doing this!
¡That was a very entertaining and historically interesting walking tour of Spain, keep them coming!
Excellent video! The information is top notch and super interesting, I'm visiting Madrid at the beginning of December and your videos are helping me decide what places I'm going to be exploring during my stay. Thank you so much!
James, this vídeo shows your love for Madrid and for Yoly, it’s the Best have seen in english and I enjoy it a lot. From Barcelona, Miguel.
Good job mate! Thank you.
And that's how you make history interesting.💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥
Great job, James! Thank you
Thank you for the informative, beautiful video! One thing I noticed is that this time, you used much more laid back and "on point" background music, and I'm definitely digging that.
Lots of interesting facts about Madrid that I have never heard before. Great!
Great video guys! I find this channel super entertaining :) I have watched most of the videos during quarantine with my spanish husband and we love it. Keep going!!!
Gran vídeo James. Enhorabuena.
Amazing Madrid tour, it made me want to go back for more!
Amazing video, enjoyed very much, very well done !
What a very interesting video! For a Kiwi your Spanish accent is spot-on awesome! Now I want to go back to Spain and visit Madrid and Granada. I want tapas!!
Gracias!!
This was a good tour. I walked and vlogged there as well but on the other side of Madrid. Keep up the great work James!
Wow James! That was one hell of a ride through the history of Madrid. Would love to see more of your in depth dives into the history and cultural identities of other cities in Spain. I can see that you are passionate about the subject, that carries over to me as the consumer. Brilliant.
Great work. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Kind regards Dave
PS. We need more Yoli and Flamenco!
PPS: We do not need more cow bell!
this was an absolutely beautiful video. Thanks so much for the effort. Def Subscribed. I will be going to Spain in two weeks!
What a great video! Beautifully photographed, well organized and captioned with highly articulate, animated historical, literary and foodie insights and tips to help you enjoy your trip. Thank you!
OMG ive been livng here for 2 years and this was so insightful! Going to check out those places soon! Thanks guys!!!!!
I love this video so much and hope you'll do more like it!