BAD PARK UP in VILLAJOYOSA - motorhome trip to Spain
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- We definately make a bad choice with our park up in Villajoyosa.
Although Villajoyosa is wonderful our choice of park up had a lot to be desired, We were thrown around inside our van by turbulance from cars racing past all night.
We do try the famous chocolate from the Chocolate Capital of Spain VILLAJOYOSA
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I lived in Villa Joyosa For 5 yrs after retirement from the pub trade in England one of the reasons we chose Villa was because it was a typical Spanish town unlike many places that the Brits choose to live unfortunately life never pans out the way you want it so I’m back in Blighty watching your video brought so many happy memories take care be safe 😊
Morning Sheila ! ❤️❤️ it’s a lovely place , you must’ve had an amazing time there 🙂 so pleased to hear it brought back some memories for you xx
I totally agree if my dog can’t go no way will I go xx
Hi Gill 🐩🐩🐾🐾 absolutely xx 🥰❤️
Thank you for mentioning placed you can't go with the dogs but those of us who are dog free can, like the museum. Thank you!
Thanks Ellie ! Yes of course, xx ❤️
Out in the sea it is a floating fish farm, mainly sea bream apparently. You did have the right answer. By the way 10 out of 10 for killing 2 portions of churros. We just managed the one and were stuffed, so much respect.
Ah that’s what it is … ! And smashing the churros was no mean feat , but we are obviously proud 😂
Nice bit of FF improvisation there Redders!
❤️adapt and overcome 🚒🚒 😂😂👍
Your dogs are so well behaved. I’m not sure how my boys will cope with dogs wondering around off the lead. I guess we will find that out soon. Great report thank you.
Aww Thankyou 🐩🐩🐾🐾❤️
Well, me and Lana was salivating watching you guys eating that chocolate we are definitely visiting there next winter such a beautiful place
😂 it’s a lovely place , well worth a chocolate and a visit ❤️🥰
Beautiful place so pretty, that beach looked so inviting too all so very clean
You look great in the cap really suits you
Tina & Mark x
Hi guys ! ❤️ beaches are beautiful, such an amazing place 🙂 and Thankyou xx 🧢 🥰
Beautiful place will put that on our list to visit. You rocked the cap! Love to you all 😘
Thanks Claire xx ❤️🙂 much appreciated
That drinking chocolate looked absolutely awesome. ❤ As a big chocolate fan, I'm so jealous 😄
It was amazing ❤️ creamy smooth , topped off with 12 churros 😂😂🤭🙂
Glad you enjoyed Villajoyosa, you were right, what you saw in the sea is a fish farm. Look forward to seeing where you go next. ❤❤
Ah that’s what it is ! Thanks Josephine 🇪🇸❤️☀️
Lovely, you two really are living the dream.
Good morning Richard 🥰❤️ Thankyou x
❤❤ Beautiful, wow! Excellent food!
Hi Sally 🥰🇪🇸 it was just what we were looking for xx beautiful ❤️
Weather still looking good guys😎🏝️ love your honest reviews of places you visit your giving us loads of ideas for our Spain trip next winter 😎👍
Thanks Martin 🥰 glad you like them ❤️ much appreciated
Love it there always go there when in Spain ❤ safe travels xx
🌞🇪🇸🥰Thankyou , it’s a lovely place isn’t it ! X
We love Villajoysa it is so pretty and has a wonderful beach glad you guys enjoyed it
Hi Stewart ! ❤️ a recommended must see 🙂 we loved it , just a little tricky locating a decent park up , but we’ll worth it ❤️
ditto your sentiments this venue is a must go to when near Benidorm. Nice share of the traditional spanish colourful properties too. thankyou for sharing with us all
Hi Graham 🥰 happy to share such a beautiful place ❤️thanks for watching 🙂
Also thanks for the heads up on the door as ours has been temperamental 😘
You’re welcome 😊
😂😂 I told you to share a portion 😋 glad you found the valor cafe for them with my CO's 😉 thought you'd like both villajoysa & javea...happy to recommend. Enjoy rest of your trip 😎
Hi Elen ❤️ lovely place for sure , and valor cafe 🥰 amazing xx thanks for the recommendations ❤️
@@redsgotravels Inland is Novelda. Referred to as the mini Sagrada Familia also inspired by Gaudi, not been but has been recommended & looks good!
Ok guys In a nutshell Thank you for what you do love all your videos loads of work but the content and advise is second to Nunn love your travels. Take care safe trips always xx and everything you do is very much appreciated.
Aww thanks Graham , such kind words 🥰 really appreciated ❤️ 🐩🐩🐾🐾
It is a fish farm offshore, there are a number of them on the costa Blanca. They farm sea bass.
The houses are different colours as back in the day when a fishing village, the fishermen would know which house was theirs.
Morning Graham ! Thankyou for that info, very interesting, we also saw the long street where they would dry the nets , such a beautiful place ❤️🙂
We were there two weeks ago and loved it. Found a campsite for 3 nights at the quiet end of the resort and enjoyed every moment. Safe travels 😃👍🏻🚐 Trev n Sue
Hi Trev and Sue ! It’s a lovely place ❤️❤️ would certainly go back xx
😂😂 Success with the camera, thankyou 👏👏 You've sold Villajoyosa to us, we'll definitely be riding our bikes there during our 3 days in Benidorm AND Valor cafe will be tried for sure. Hope Redders didn't have any floppy Churros. 😂
Hi Beth ❤️ well worth a visit , and a must visit to the cafe ! Despite dunking , the churros remained crispy 😂
Stunning place. What a difference to Benidorm. Totally agree with your assessment. 👍will definitely take a look when we visit,hopefully very soon. X
Hi Dianne , yes it’s stunning, well worth a visit , safe travels x
Great vlog guys really enjoyed it we went there last year ❤ Chris/ Jan
Hi Chris / Jan , it really is lovely isn’t it xx ❤️ Thankyou 🙂
Hiya guys another lovely stopover looks a nice place, omg those churros looked amazing, you both look really well xx😊
Good morning Julie 🥰❤️ Thankyou xx , the churros were delicious ! 🍫🍫❤️
Lovely video keep safe
Thankyou so very much x 🥰🐩🐩🐾🐾
You're spot on the chocolate you get with churros is a different kettle of fish from drinking hot chocolate. We go to Spain about 10 times a year with work and for holidays. There's a famous place in Madrid where you queue for chocolate and churros , I queued and thought I'd gone to heaven when I'd tasted it. You need to visit Galicia and Asturia, you and the dogs would love it. For the warmer side Tamariu is beautiful. Cambrils ( not Salou ) is super for food. All the places in inland Spain and anywhere that doesn't have an international airport and you'll love it, the real Spain and Portugal and France and probably everywhere in the world 😊
Hi Tanya ! ❤️ it was amazing, surprised the restaurant wasn’t busier ! , we appreciate the recommendations, we’ve been to Cambrills some time ago and enjoyed it 🙂🇪🇸 , will look up the others …. Churros forever xx 😂❤️
Wow that really did look a stunning place and the chocolate looked amazing! 🥰
Hi Gilly ! Its beautiful and the chocolate was yummy , really recommend this place ❤️🇪🇸☀️
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Hi Corrin & Paul, Fabulous place, wonderful weather, The churros & chocolate looked fantastic, really mouth watering. Safe travelling , love to Dolly & Pippa . Jo & Tony.
Good morning Jo and Tony ❤️ it was amazing , got quite a bit on my tee shirt and shoes though 😂❤️🍫
Wow like you guys this place is right up my street unlike benidorm!!🙄 What a beautiful village or town + sounds like also awesome food & amazing prices!!😋👍🏻 Another wicked review of somewhere that is literally a bike ride away from concrete city!!😂 Looking forward to your next stop off guys keep up the amazing content as usual well informative & just great to watch!!👌🏻👍🏻😎
Good morning Dave ! ❤️ it was a beautiful place, so much to offer , both on the seafront and in the town , well worthy of a visit , and the churros 🥰❤️❤️ thanks for your lovely comments 🙂
@redsgotravels No worries & yes all the food looked delicious!!😋😁 No worries about all the positive comments your doing what everyone wants to see just being open and honest about everything and everywhere you go including food hehe Mmm?😋👍🏻😎
Much appreciated 🙂🙂 Thankyou
Hey guys what a beautiful town 😍 The churros looked amazing and neither of us were surprised that you didn't need a take out bag 😋 The park up was good but really noisy, but we might stop here as it's lovely ❤ we're enjoying this series and your intros are fantastic 🤩 lots of love Julia and Gary ❤️💕
Hi guys ! We’d pick a side street next time, but other than that it really was a fab place , the churros were yummy , chocolate flying everywhere 😂 glad you’re enjoying 🥰 safe travels xx ❤️❤️🐩🐩🐾🐾
We saw you had an issue with a broken spring on your main door. Last night we finally got around to joining the Dethleffs Owners Club and on the home page it said they would post you out a free door spring if your’s was broken! Membership only costs £15.00 for the year and we thought this was a cheap way of getting yourself a new spring. We’ve really enjoyed watching your travels around Spain.
Hi Wendy ! Thanks for that , I joined earlier today and have asked for a spring ! Thanks for watching and leaving us a lovely comment xx
We've cycled over today it's really pretty 😊. Had the chocolate and churros in Valladolid last year it was beautiful but really rich 💜xx
Hi guys ! A beautiful day for a cycle ride ❤️ it’s a beautiful place and the choice for food is amazing 🥰 xx
Hi, aww that’s more like it, what a lovely place . Hindsight is a wonderful thing, probably would have been better up a side road as you say. Never knew parts of Spain were known for chocolate. That looked so delicious. Safe travels❤❤
Hi Sue ! ❤️ it really was beautiful and so us 🥰 the food was amazing , and for sure , a side street would’ve been better x ❤️🇪🇸
we lived in Benicassim for a year with a pit bull.the first few weeks were funny watching people scatter,but once they got to know him he got spoilt rotten in the bars
🐾🐾🐩aww that’s nice to hear , they soon warm to our big brown bear 🐻 ❤️
nice one,they seam to be scared of anything bigger than a jack russel over there for some reason.@@redsgotravels
🐩🐩🐻 Thankyou ❤️
I eat in Leon a dessert, I don't remember the name in spanish, but it was like something like" chocolate until you are death ". You can believe it 😁 It was chocolate with chocolate and extra chocolate 😂
❤️🥰chocolate heaven ❤️
Ana Benidorm did a video on the valour chocolate factory but wasn’t overly impressed with it
We did see chocolate tours available , the dogs were keen but not allowed , that would’ve been hilarious 😂.. lovely area ❤️
You look so much happier than the last video from Benidorm. Enjoy!!
Thanks Kate xx we certainly loved this one ❤️🇪🇸🌞
I was salivating at those Churros, Redders was happy with them. 😋😋
I was like a kid in a sweet shop , the sauce was flying everywhere ! 😂❤️
Same here 🥲
I’d happily do it all again tho 🤭❤️
Glad you enjoyed your visit so you know the fishermen painted there houses same colour as their boats so when at sea they could pick out their home and their families could spot the boat! Try Oliva that is a nice town as is the beach which is very long and sandy the marina has a good restaurant by the clubhouse worth a visit dog friendly, if you want to push the boat out Kiko park camping great facilities and location as well! Conrad
Wow , thanks for the information and recommendations , really interesting on why they painted them the colours they did , beautiful town , will look up the recommendations, Thankyou ❤️
Turos freeze really well. Take out of the freezer and into an oven. They become crispy again. Yummy. Hot chocolate is similar throughout Spain. Most cafés in Spain sell Turos with thick chocolate drink. You can buy the drinking chocolate in powdered form at the supermarket. Careful though, extremely fattening!! LOL
Glad you are enjoying yourselves. Love to doggies from Bo and Blue. Xx 😘
Hi Alison , Bo and Blue ! The chocolate was lovely, we did manage to keep it to one small cup , but the churros got destroyed 😂 but I’ll bear your freezer tip in mind should we ever have any survivors 😂
@@redsgotravelsSpain has some wonderful areas, and traditions. I am glad you are enjoying yourselves. Xx Ps. Do ignore my spelling mistake! 😮🥴
🙂 it is amazing xx 🇪🇸☀️ thanks again ❤️
Wow, we were walking around the town Saturday too. It certainly is a beautiful place.
It is isn’t it ! ❤️🇪🇸 we walked for a bit, then ate, then we just waddled like penguins 😂🐧❤️
We had a lovely breakfast Saturday and walked in again today and had lunch. We walked past the chocolate cafe / shop but didn’t stop lol
❤️it was certainly a treat , but sooo filling 🍫🍫🙂 so many places to choose from for food and all so reasonable x
Wow guys this place is definitely our kind of place !!! Gorgeous houses and everyone just quaint with its own character ❤ Redders there’s nothing worse than a floppy chorizo 😂😂🤣 they looked absolutely scrummy my mouth was watering !! Great vlog guys and well done Redders for fixing the door absolute genius !! 👍😃 LY guys 🥰😘 xxx
Aww thanks guys 😂😂❤️ we loved it there , my churros we crispy and firm with a chocolate tip, not sure where my chorizo comes in 😂😂😂😂🤭🤣 really recommend visiting here xx safe travels ❤️❤️
@@redsgotravels 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🫣 !! Maybe one day we will get as far as Spain it will be on our list for sure! 👌 xxx 🥰
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Hey, you guys need to share the chocolate with us …. Not make us drawl🤣💖
😂 quite a bit ended up on my shirt and flip flops 😂😬
Love old Spain areas
Some stunning places for sure , loving the old towns xx 🙂
@@redsgotravels Brings back memories of my younger happy times over there walking the mountains etc.
That’s so nice to hear xx ❤️
Love following your journey. I would love to do this but I wouldn’t know where to start 🤔
Hi Steve, with so much to offer from the places we’ve been and yet to go , I share your thoughts… but what nice thoughts to think about ! ❤️👌🇪🇸🌞
What a beautiful place. So lovely to see the sun too as its wet n windy here in Wales!
❤️🇪🇸🌞we were super happy there, just what we wanted , a world away from rainy Wales 🏴 x
@@redsgotravels are you Welsh?
@stellam8157 we live in Bridgend 🏴
@@redsgotravels ahh! I'm in Barry ! Thought your accent sounded familiar
🏴Diolch 🙂🏴
Thank goodness Dolly is not psychologically affected by her terrible experience! 💖
🐩🐾she is amazing, such a brave little dog xx
@@redsgotravels Brave just like my Papillon Penny who was rolled to the ground on lead by two off lead rotties.
Oh that’s so sad 😥 they do recover so well though , tougher than many humans x
Evening guys, as I’m following your journey south ,villajoyosa is a small place the Spanish go on summer hols and your rd side park up is just fun to the youth on bikes and driving cars past motorhomers . The places the spainish go for their summer holes are GANDIA,XERACO,TAVERNES, AND CULLERA . The whole of Madrid empties out to these places for July and August, that’s why it’s called party hols for Madrid. I would try to stay of road side park ups if I were you 👍
❤️thanks for the info 🥰 much appreciated 🙂
Hi Villajoyosa was one of the towns used in the Netflix series called Alba. Well worth watching.
Oh wow , thanks Anne, will look it up x
My wife and I have done many roadside park ups and yes you hear cars but just every now and again we think they are fine, lovely seafront walk and the chocolate dips lol, I could eat them until they came out my ears 😂, and a good door lock fix as who cares about using the key for the garage, out of curiosity and after the dog attack, I'm sure you probably have pet insurance but do you have public liability insurance for the dogs covering the EU as we are being told by some it's a requirement for Denmark and we are finding it nearly impossible to obtain, we thought if need be just go to Denmark without it, was you ever asked at the danish border to produce it etc, anyway another enjoyable vlog keep them coming 👍 .
Good morning Stephen 🙂🐩🐾🐾 thanks for the lovely comments , we’ve only ever been asked for pet passports , Denmark does have a requirement for pet liability insurance , but only for the dogs who live in Denmark, here’s a copy and paste from one of the websites .. “In Denmark it is statutory to have a liability insurance for your dog. Therefore, if you own a dog which is living in Denmark, you are required to get a liability insurance, which will cover if your dog injures another person, animal or someone’s belongings” for visitors I have never seen or heard of it asked in Denmark or any of the countries we have visited , I think somebody has got a little muddled with resident requirements , different countries have restrictions on certain breeds, and certain breeds in Spain by law have to have insurance , so in short … ( sorry about the waffle ) never been asked, not required unless my dog is a permanent resident living there , you’ll be absolutely fine 🙂🙂 safe travels xx
Thank you for the quick response , it's not waffle it's useful information for my wife and I, we are off to Bruges on Sunday to get the pet passport after watching your vlog and asking you some questions, so once again a BIG THANK YOU
Safe travels ! And enjoy Brugge , lovely place xx ❤️
Dogs in Spain were not nearly so common as in the UK, although there are more now. Many people, especially in town and cities are just not used to them in the same way as people in the UK are. Growing up, parents always told us to fear dogs, rabies, although not common was (and still is, albiet to a lesser extent) a real thing. Many people would cross the street if a dog was approaching, or would at the least be very aware of it, I remember being 'told off' more than once for petting or approaching a dog that was not very well known to us.
❤️Thankyou for providing an invaluable insight into this, very much appreciated x
Come on mate, how old are you, 150?? :D
As a Spaniard, I completely disagree with pretty much everything you said. I´m not exactly a spring chicken (and my white beard might attest for it), and I´ve always, always, seen a zillion dogs around, both on the countryside, and in the cities.
As a matter or fact, you can easily Google in Spain there are MORE DOGS THAN KIDS. Even more so, stats say there´s roughly 1 (registered) dog for every human in the country, regardless of the people´s age.
It´s another matter if parents, who are naturally terrified about anything what might happen to their children, from "rabid" dogs to "corte de digestión": the first chance is miniscule, the second one doesn´t even exist. Heck, if I want keep rabies at bay, I´d rather be bitten by 100 dogs in Spain, than a single bat... :D
Best!
I meant to say 1 dog for every 5 humans, my bad.
Get the kettle on for reddens!
Cup of tea, splash of milk 😂
My experience of Nestle in Switzerland was at the end of the tour you feel you could never eat chocolate again! They then say you have 2 minutes to try as many as you would like 😂 Thankfully we were given paper carry bags full of a variety of sweet chocolate. I was 14 at the time on a school trip. Need a guided tour now daily to avoid wanting chocolate.🤣
The chocolate dip was lovely, and very strong , that really satisfied our craving, so walking in to pay the bill didn’t sidetrack me past the choccy shop … but today is a slightly different feeling 😂❤️🍫🍫 I bet the paper bag was useful once empty 😬
More idyllic and relaxing out of town
Hi Sally 🥰 it was perfect xx ❤️
Did you park up on the side of the road for free? If you did, you have to accept the traffic, and the noise from the road.
It was free, but as ever our vlogs share our experience and hopefully assist others , we did say in hindsight we should’ve picked a side road !
What a beautiful place so many traditional houses a piece of paradise xx
It really is beautiful, the beaches were stunning ❤️🇪🇸
Hi to you both. I am not at all jealous of your time in Spain 🤬, but just wanted to know if you are still working off a budget and if so can you publish it. Very much appreciate your blogs although I forget to give you a thumbs up 👍 sorry
Hi Peadar , thanks for the lovely comments ❤️ we will of course do a summary with expenditure at the end of the trip 🙂
Hi again glad you are enjoying your time in spain and the dogs are in good fettle,just a tip i always keep the sorings from an old pen as ive found then to be usefull keep the vids coming paul
Springs lol
@1949horseman good morning ! 🙂 and thank you , that’s a great tip 👍👍 much appreciated 🙂
If you have time with your schedule you need to go to anemone proper spain most amazing place I think I spelt it correctly
Thanks John ❤️ will take a look , much appreciated 🙂
Ayemonte sorry bloody phone
Thankyou John 🙂👍
glad you got there...If you say benidorm is Great Yarmouth then Viilajosa is Southwold...we loved that Valor choc and churros when we got there
Morning Alison ! ❤️ Benidorm is an experience 😬 but really enjoying this place , the calling of the churros is big 🥰😂😂🇪🇸
Santa pola is a lovely place if you get that far
❤️Thankyou for the recommendation, we are unfortunately beginning our return journey North , but maybe one day 🥰x
I never eat churros without chocolate 😂It's like a blasfemia 😝
Oh yes, they need dipping x
Make a spring its easy
I did consider that, luckily the owners club sent me one for free 🙂 thanks for watching 🙂
You’ll need to walk back to Wales to burn those calories off 😂😂
😂😂🏴🏴you aren’t kidding , mind you I’d be walking through France 🇫🇷, hmm 🥐🥖🥨🥯 😂
Hi how can you go back to Europe at the summer if you have already done your 90 days
We have replied to your same question on other vlogs ? 👍
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It was fab 🇪🇸🌞
Do you trim your own dogs or take them for trimming
Hi as we mentioned in the vlog , we take them to a local groomer back home , I think I would end up with baldy dogs if I did it myself 😂
My other half is feeling deprived, we have been to Villajoyoso lots but I’ve never been interested in visiting Valor!!! Don’t think I’ll get away with it again after he’s seen this….
Sorry Claire 😂 can’t apologise for that one 😂❤️
Are the majority of park ups free and is there a park for night equivalent or do you use park for night app
Good evening ! Park4nights has been superb over here for the free park ups, for paid ones search 4 sites is useful , we do vary where we stop, paid or not , usually free , but now and again we need power / service , which can sometimes be on free aires too ❤️👌👍 safe travels 🙂
@@redsgotravels Thanks for replying I’ve just started watching you as I intend to travel around Spain in the near future and you are very thorough in everything you explain well done and thank you 👏👏👏👏
@mychills123 aww Thankyou very much 🥰 and safe travels 🙂🙂
Once again a no nonsense review of a town, no flowering things up, no drama, simply the best and most honest trip reviewers on You Tube. The info that you guys provide has been such a benefit to people like me, my new Knaus van will be ready for pick up on March 2nd and it's thanks to you guys that have a far better idea of where to go and where to avoid.....priceless information.
Aww thanks Kevin, really appreciate your kind words 🙂🥰 only a few weeks until you get on the road !! Exciting times ahead ❤️❤️ so glad to have you on board 🙂🇪🇸🌞
This is why we stay in Villajoysa for our 84 days we have been coming for five years only visit Benidorm once or twice enjoy x
It’s a lovely place isn’t it ! And all those cats 🥰❤️🐈🐈⬛😻xx
OMG what a stunning place - quite a contrast to B××××××m!
Hi Hazel, it’s beautiful, so much scenery and history, just our scene ❤️🥰
Love your videos can i ask how you attach your blink cameras to your van and do you leave them on there all the time?
Thankyou ! ❤️ we have external mounts for them , they do stay on all the time x
Are you going in te sea
We’ve dunked our toes and that was enough ! It’s a bit cold for us softies 😂😂🐩🐩🥰🥰
Think we get the message that Benidorm isn’t for you. We have stayed at Villasol and had a great time. We love the old town but not the strip. I think everyone’s experience depends on the campsite they stay on. We really like Villasol, although wouldn’t be good for you as they don’t take dogs. Lots of lovely places to stay in Spain and our favourite is Calafell. Enjoy your travels.
🙂🇪🇸🌞thanks for watching and commenting 🥰 much appreciated, we’ve moved on and are finding some lovely little stops , will look up calafell 🙂
El Campello simply the best place on the costa Blanca
It really is lovely here , we will be having a good look around tomorrow 🇪🇸🌞❤️
You will love it ! And the tram is under 1.5 Euro not Alicante
Into Alicante
Thankyou for the info 👌🇪🇸
That’s a bargain 🙂