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MANTAR Global
Добавлен 26 янв 2012
Welcome to MANTAR! On this channel, you'll find travel reviews of destinations, vacation spots, and modes of transportation. It's my goal to give you my authentic perspective of different places I go and ways that I travel and share my honest feedback. I am passionate about vacation, and want YOU to be armed with knowledge as you plan yours. Come join me! And please remember to like, subscribe, comment, and ring the bell!
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I also have podcast-style political videos on here from time to time, feel free to check those out under podcasts!
For business inquiries, please email mantarpodcast@gmail.com
MANTAR Global Instagram: @mantarglobal
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The Hidden Gem of the Jersey Shore (MANTAR)
MANTAR Global is back stateside for a very special trip to the beautiful Jersey Shore! A part of the shore I cheekily refer to as the (real) Jersey Shore due to my having grown up having summers in these parts, and also not being the traditionally featured loud party beaches you may have seen on other programs.
Join me (and some special guests) as we take you to our home away from home and show you how we like to vacation.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:03 Welcome to Bradley Beach!
4:42 Dinner - D'Arcy's Tavern, Dessert - Del Pontes
6:15 Mini Golf!
8:47 Dinner - Elbow Room
10:42 Freehold Mall
11:57 Dinner - Bistro by Clementine's
13:11 Night Walk on the Boardwalk
14:04 Sh...
Join me (and some special guests) as we take you to our home away from home and show you how we like to vacation.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
3:03 Welcome to Bradley Beach!
4:42 Dinner - D'Arcy's Tavern, Dessert - Del Pontes
6:15 Mini Golf!
8:47 Dinner - Elbow Room
10:42 Freehold Mall
11:57 Dinner - Bistro by Clementine's
13:11 Night Walk on the Boardwalk
14:04 Sh...
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Видео
Spain's Fantastic Rail System! Spain 4 of 4 (MANTAR)
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The final installment of the Spain series! I share my experience traveling from city to city in Spain on their high-speed rail network. I took three different trains the Ave (in economy and first class) and the economy-only Avant train. Come and see what it's like! Thank you all to everyone who has come on this Spain journey with me! More adventures to come! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:29 Madrid Ato...
Does Barcelona live up to the Hype? Spain 3 of 4 (MANTAR)
Просмотров 940Месяц назад
The third of a four-part series in Spain and the final "Destination Video" of the trip! I spent three days in the most visited city in Spain. I share where I stayed, the sites I went to, and what I ate. How did Barcelona fair against the rest of Spain? Find out with me! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:29 Arriving in Barcelona - Hotel 3:38 Fork Breakfast - Gelida 7:57 The Beach! 12:00 Dinner - Vinitus 14...
Southern Spain: A Beauty Like No Other. Spain 2 of 4 (MANTAR)
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The second of a four-part series in Spain! I spent two days each in Sevilla and Granada and was completely blown away by the beauty of southern Spain. In the video I share the sites I visited, where I ate, where I stayed and more! Come along with me! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:13 Arriving in Sevilla - First Impressions & Hotel 4:50 Pool with a View! 6:06 Exploring Sevilla 7:33 Teatro Flamenco 9:08 ...
Magical Madrid: A First Visit. Spain 1 of 4 (MANTAR)
Просмотров 6 тыс.2 месяца назад
The first of a four-part series in Spain! Madrid had a certain magic to it! I spent 3 days exploring Spain's capital city and share with you my favorite spots, my less favorite spots, where I ate, and much more! Chapters: 0:00 Intro 2:13 Arriving and First Impressions 4:45 Royal Palace of Madrid 7:58 Mercado San Miguel 9:40 Dinner - Taberna el Sur 11:36 Prado Museum 14:00 Retiro Park 17:16 Sala...
Unforgettable Day Trip to Captivating Mystic, CT! (MANTAR)
Просмотров 9394 месяца назад
MANTAR Global takes us to the charming New England town of Mystic CT! Featuring returning guest Kathleen Grace Fiori, we spent a day exploring everything from Olde Mistick Village, to the Mystic Seaport Museum, to Downtown Mystic, and some great food along the way, Mystic didn't disappoint! Come join us! Follow Kathleen Grace! Instagram: @kathleengracefiori Chapters: 0:00 Intro 1:57 Old Mistick...
Central Europe’s Gem! A week in Budapest! (MANTAR)
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The latest MANTAR Global truly goes global with a trip to the beautiful city of Budapest! Come join me for 5 magical days, and a 6th day when I took a trip to a town in the Hungarian countryside! This video gives a comprehensive view of the city, the tourist destinations, the public transit, and the restaurants - featuring Hungarian staples. Come along with me for the journey! Chapters: 0:00 In...
Amtrak Northeast Corridor - Trying Every Class of Service! (MANTAR)
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Amtrak Northeast Corridor - Trying Every Class of Service! (MANTAR)
5-Hour Savannah, Georgia Adventure! (MANTAR)
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5-Hour Savannah, Georgia Adventure! (MANTAR)
A First Class Experience?? Delta One Review (MANTAR)
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A First Class Experience?? Delta One Review (MANTAR)
From Urban to Quaint - Montreal & Quebec have it all! (MANTAR)
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From Urban to Quaint - Montreal & Quebec have it all! (MANTAR)
Love seeing you and the whole fam enjoying your side of the shore ☺
Love it
We definitely felt that in Barcelona there were way too many tourists for that size city and it felt like the natives or the locals would get 20 points for every tourist. They ran down if you dare got in their way, they were ready to kill you and that’s the vibe I felt throughout the entire trip in Barcelona, like the people that live there wanted us dead Because they were just way too many tourists it was suffocating. I did not get a decent meal in any restaurant in Barcelona. The only place I ate well was in the hotel but the noise level inside the hotel was so terrible. I couldn’t sleep and I would never recommend that hotel even though the breakfast was fabulous. I did enjoy the aquarium. That was very interesting. I did not care for the sagrada Familia Cathedral. It was like being inside a jewelry box not a church not a Basilica. I take Madrid over Barcelona any day.
You might want to check out Sanlúcar de Barrameda es fantástico!🥰
I don’t know how you got video footage but every time I went, to the Royal Palace in Madrid , they kept saying no photos no videos, no flash. No, the Egyptian temple is not worth it. It’s just a waste of time. You didn’t miss anything. I would recommend staying centrally in the Modena hotel. It’s close to everything and you get breakfast included and it’s fantastic and across the street is a wonderful church if you want to go to mass in the morning before you go get your shopping done at corte Ingles right behind the Moderno hotel, and you can buy your fruit, sandwiches, Tinto de verano , you can also visit some wonderful flamenco shows.🥰
I don't know who told you that the Egyptian temple was closed at 20h, maybe it's true, but nobody enters the temple because it's really tiny. The whole attraction are the surroundings, it's an *OPEN* public park which has one of the best views of the sunset in Madrid.
What a nice city, the one I live
I really enjoyed your video! I live in Madrid and love living here. I'll have to go to some of the restaurants you went to. Thank you!!
@@lizcoleman5229 Thank you!
You missed the main and most beautiful part of Gran Via. You took right in Callao and took Calle Preciados. You should have stayed in Gran Via from Callao to the end in Cibeles. That is where the best buildings and stores are.
@@estebanrayo3190 oops! Lol next time!
Regular trains in Spain don't have luggage scanning, though. That's a feature of high-speed trains. ;)
@@miguimau interesting!
@@MattAntar Your AMTRAK trains seem to be more similar to older long-distance or current regional trains in Spain. I'm old enough to remember the long-distance trains before high-speed ones were introduced here. You may try a regional or commuter train to some touristic city near someday. ;) Sorry for your shorts! That sudden stop is not usual. Interesting video. Appreciate it!
😂 Gracias al ministro de transporte. Todos ellos funcionan fantásticamente bien mal desde que él está al mando. Dentro de poco, no veremos estos vídeos alabando a estos transportes u otros. Pero, gracias por sus comentarios 😂., me alegro de que no haya tenido ningún problema.
Otro fachita por estos lares.
Menudo capullo dando la matraca política Tirado.
As someone living in Barcelona - the anti-tourist sentiment is mainly about housing prices. We don't hate tourists per se, it's that the insane level of rent is mainly attributed to tourism. Short term rentals are more profitable for landlords.
@@BoredSquirell That’s why I nicely suggested people to say in hotels at the end of the video 😅.
@@MattAntar I do tend to skip conclusion sections in videos 😬
Los pinchos que te tomaste en el ultimo día realmente era un restaurante Vasco. Te recomiendo que visites la próxima vez que vengas a España el Pais Vasco que esta en el norte. Vas a flipar respecto a la gastronomía.
@@elenasancho3424 Si! Mi próxima vez en España quiero visitar el país Vasco!
Increíble que se estropee el aire acondicionado en un tren de Alta Velocidad, realmente esa flota de trenes ya empieza a estar vieja. Seguro que hubo muchas reclamaciones de los viajeros afectados. Que mala suerte lo del zumo derramado. Tienes un estilo de narrar muy mesurado. Ha sido interesante ver el punto de vista de alguien no español, un saludo desde Valencia.
@@JoseLopez-vt8kd Gracias! Saludos!
😍😍👍👍😍😍👍👍The best way to travel is by train,, and Spain is for me the best way!!
It’s the only main city I didn’t get to, you’ll have to show me around next time 😜
I’m pretty sure there are plugs in every AVE, Avant and AVLO trains. Sometimes you may find them on one side of your seat or under your seat or they may be under a lid on the table, but I’ve always been able to top up my gadgets any time I wanted to whilst traveling by high speed train in Spain. I might be wrong, though.
@@davidrm110 I might have just not found them 😬
@@MattAntarestán entre los dos asientos, bajo el brazo separador, junto a las posaderas
Yo creo que Vd. viajaría más cómodo en una diligencia como en el Oeste en 1860 alli no se servia Cola , ni ñoquis, ni habia aire acondicionado. Hubiera sido perfecto y tendría el espectaculo de los indios o cuatreros, mucho mas divertido.😂
In Spain, it is normal to have checks at train stations, since in Spain we suffered a jihadist attack on March 11, 2004, in which several trains were blown up, with many dead and wounded.
Wow that’s terrible. Thanks for adding this context.
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by your comment on sagrada familia and its not so "traditional" appearence.. well, the building is still under construction. Also, its architectonical style is called "modernism".. so.. yea, it should seem more modern than a gothic church 600 years old. I may be wrong, and maybe wouldn't have worked for a youtube video, only for your pleasure, but in barcelona there is a museum. well, in fact there are literally hundreds of them, but there is one in particular, in Montjuïc, called MNAC. if you are into "more traditional" religious art, there you have the frescoes (wall paintings) from several churches from the romanesque period that were moved there in order to be better preserved around 100 years ago. The romanesque style precedes the gothic style and belongs to the IX th to XII th centuries. Also, since the museum is on a hill, the view is quite good, and is surrounded by parks. Not a very known museum by tourists in general, but check it out if you can. I think that worths it. Thats not something that you can easily see in many places.
@@jordilt3449 thanks for the recommendation! I will definitely check it out on my next trip!
I just got back from Barcelona and it was amazing I can't wait to go back
One of my favorite places in the world! You do have to be careful and watch for pickpockets on the Metro, Puerta del Sol, Gran Via and other touristy places in Madrid. Some people just aren't museum people. My husband is an artist and I'm a Spanish teacher, so we can't bet enough of the Prado, Reina Sofía, and The Thyssen museums. Your video makes me want to go back to the Royal Palace--haven't been there in over 30 years. You got some good food too!
Lamentable tu ignorancia.
Gran Vía is more Cinema and Musical Theatre area than shopping. I guess that when you took the wrong turn you ended up in Preciados or el Carmen 😅
@@namarien31416 🤣😅 probably!
Salmorejo is very different from gazpacho. Gazpacho is a mixture of quite a number of different vegetables, whereas salmorejo is basically just bread, garlic, tomato, salt, and olive oil and vinegar. Traditionally served with boiled egg and iberico ham chips. It contains no cream, the silky texture is due to the stale bread you blend with the tomatoes. The brava sauce is just made of olive oil, and smoky, spicy paprika, hence the red colour. Some people add tomato to it. Hope you enjoyed Spain to the max.
Not a woman dancing what you bought at that store at Plaza Mayor, but a Menina, a figurine of an Infanta, a member of the Spanish Royal Family, and Velazquez's most famous painting.
The word "menina" (which is originally a Portuguese word meaning "girl") does not refer to an Infanta, but to a young member of the Royal Palace staff responsible for taking care of the royal children. The painting "Las Meninas" (in fact, its "official" title is "The Family of Philip IV") is called that way not because of the Infanta Margarita, but because of Isabel de Velasco and Agustina Sarmiento.
Parts of downtown are closed for cars and cabs so the letting you off was not a scam based on our visit :) your vids are really accurate
@@henrymoraveciii9445 thank you very much!
I am a new watcher of your vids but they are really good. You have a great flow. We are thinking of retiring to spain and have been three times - your vids are super accurate - for anyone watching this is a really good review.
Your waiter in La Gelida may be having a bad day, or she might have been nicer if you had spoken to her in English instead of in Spanish (there are some Catalans who are really belligerent and won’t tolerate the Spanish language). Luckily, most people are not that rude and stupid.
@@davidrm110 i thought that too but then the cashier was also not so friendly haha. Oh well. The food was good at least!
I don´t know where you´re from, but I´m from Spain and I can assure you the situation with the Catalan in Barcelona is simply unacceptable. I went to Barcelona for a weekend a few years ago, and I was replied to in Catalan more times in 48h there than in SEVEN YEARS living in Valencia, where they do speak Catalan/Valencian as well, but the people is actually respectful, so it´s basically imposible they reply to you in Catalan if you address them in Spanish, which is what any civilized human being would do, when they share a COMMON LANGUAGE. But their lobotomies are so capable, there´s people treating like that a guy who´s obviously a foreigner, and who unlike 99.99% of tourists, actually speaks Spanish. Still a no go. Same thing I´ve seen in other channels, including Argentinians who speak Spanish. WHO does that, except for a politically lobotomized person? Anyway, Barcelona is a pretty nice city, but I´ll never go back to a place who treats me like second class Spaniard, if not the enemy. And apologies to my fellow Spanish Catalans who are as equally horrified about those attitudes as I am, but it is what it is. Cheers!
@@1650millionno vengas , si te molesta que te hablen en su idioma no vengas. Parece ser que si te hablan en inglés no te molesta, hipócrita mentiroso.
Te perdiste lo mejor de la Alambra. El patio de los leones y El Jeneralife y la puesta del sol.
@@anamariatienda8735 la próxima vez! 😢
to compare the light of the windows inside of the Sagrada Familia to Neon Lights says a lot of your no taste!!!!
@@Miguel-q3g5c that’s the thing about taste isn’t it. It’s subjective. Your taste is different than mine. Thanks for stopping by!
As an Andalusian I tell you I don't like salmorejo but I do like gazpacho with a mild spicy flavor although you already know that we Spaniards don't like things that are too spicy it is bad for the stomach you could get a stomach problem greetings from Huelva (As for the heat, don't come in August, it is the worst month of summer.).
@@pepegotera8598 I loved it! Haha
La Boqueria was my favourite market. Loved seeing it again in your video. And I found Raval to be safe - similar warnings, but Placa Raval with the Botero sculpture and parrot colony was a joy. I liked Raval for being an ordinary neighbourhood, not geared to tourism.
Tienes que ir a Córdoba, posiblemente la ciudad más bonita de España
@@narcisorodriguez6789 quiero regresar a España y visitar a Córdoba!
All the beaches in Spain are free and yes topless is common in every Spanish beach not only in Barcelona.
@@erikugartezarraga4471 I figured as much. Thanks for clarifying!
@@MattAntar My pleasure.
It was a cultural shock for me to have to pay, to go to the beach in the US. It is like paying to walk in the street.
@@lilianamendive6222 keep an eye out for my next video. We’ll talk about paid beaches in the US 😎
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❤❤❤ a takje vi mojete podpisatsya na moy RUclips kanal
I was working in Alhambra for a year as art restorer. I was behind the upper windows of the alberca yard, With many tourists below and many bats hanging just upstairs
Madrid tan bella como infravalorada.buen video
I like that ceramic bowl. My trip to Spain is round the corner. A package tour though.
Calle Preciados
You could've still gone to the Temple of Devod since what is really interesting about it is its sourrandings, with amazing views to the royal palace and look outs to the city it self. But you did what is most recomended for a three day visit! Loved your comments to your experiences
Tourists go home! No more tourists in Madrid.
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... If not, you're pure hypocrisy, man!
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... If not, you're pure hy po cri sy, man!
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... If not, you're pure hypocrisy, man!
Tourists from all over the world, WELCOME TO MADRID! I guess you've never been a tourist, you've never flown on a plane, you've never contributed to mass tourism... right?
... If not, you're just hypocrisy, man!
i think you would have loved the archeologican museum in Madrid (MAN), i get like visiting the Prado museum is like a really big thing, but i find history far more interesting specially as the MAN has the Dama de Elche and Dama de Baza statues (iberian statues)
@@lauraolap9921 I will definitely go next time! Thanks for the recommendation!
The South os Spain is a must-visit, undoubtedly, but I’m more in love with the small towns than the big cities (I even felt a bit disappointed with Seville to be honest… I was so hyped beforehand). Free tapas in Granada are unparalleled in the rest of Spain, and you should know that, if you’d stayed for a second drink, the second tapa would’ve been even better (once I knew this, I decided I would not take a seat for lunch or dinner😅). As for the thick accent, it can be difficult to understand even for other Spaniards.
Excellent!!! what camera did you use, film quality and editing is outstanding!
What a trip you enjoyed! Haven't been to either Seville or Granada and I appreciate the tour you've given us. Looking forward to the next video.
In Spain we don’t speak with a lisp. It’s not Plaza de Ezpaña, as you pronounced it, but Plaza de España (we pronounce differently the “z” and the “s”, unlike in South America) It would be a lisp if we pronounced the “s” as a “z”, and that’s not the case.
@@davidrm110 yes I had to keep it in my head that the s was different than the c and z cause it’s all the same in Latin America
It's really a misunderstanding. We don't have lisp (a speech impediment), that's simply how we pronounce the /θ/ phoneme, like you do in "thick" or "thought". It's a greek heritage.
Absolutely gorgeous. Brought back memories for me. Well done!
looooveeeed this city when we was there, greetings from miami
@@davidcrespo8026 me too!