Betanzos, Spain, is an absolute gem - Small town Spain 07 🇪🇸
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- If you're looking for a peaceful and charming small town in Spain, then you need to check out Betanzos! This little town is perfect for anyone looking for a relaxing escape from the city.
In this tour video, we'll take you on a tour of Betanzos and show you around the amazing town. We'll talk about the history of Betanzos and the beautiful architecture, and of course, we'll also show you some of the favorite places to eat in Betanzos. Whether you're a tourist or a local, Betanzos is an absolute gem that you don't want to miss!
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Love Betanzos!!! First time I went to Betanzos I was 10 years old. It was in 1968 and it was market day. First time I tried the Teta Gallega cheese. At that time I fell in love with the Galician accent and was proud to understand Galego. Been back another 3 times back to Betanzos as the old town is so interesting. Happy to see that they have respected the old part of Betanzos, but surprised to see the outskirts with blocks of flats.... normal but not very nice. Thanks to take me back on a memory trip. Can still the Gallega farmer dressed in her traditional.costume wearing albarcas (clogs). Also remember that all the food producewouldbe difficult to sell forso-called sanitary reasons.
Very nice video of a very nice town and I might add, many residents of this town found their way to central Florida, EEUU. in the late 1800's and early 1900's to work in tobacco factories. Many of their decendents became well known such as acclaimed New York Writer, Jose Yglesias (THE GOODBYE LAND). In that period many of these folks from small aldeas were suffering from shortage of food and farming was exgremely difficult, hence migration to USA, Argentina, Cuba and Mexico.
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I have been to galicia , it is beautiful, we went to o,grove a small Pueblo. Very friendly and really clean . Very reasonable prices to . Loved it , we sailed to Santander and drove down through cantabria , fantastic scenery! Would definitely go back .
Love how architecturcreates sunny places and shady places and attributes equal value to both.
Fantastic video Stuart.What a lovely place this is.. So much to see and so clean. As much as would love to experience this in person, I think I would end up being carted off on a stetcher.😂 Far too many steep hills for me to manage. Shame the fish market was closed. I would have loved to have seen all the wonderful fish and mariscos that Galicia has to offer. Thanks very much for sharing this experience with us and I very much look forward to your next adventure. Un saludo.
Breathtaking. That's just gone on my list of places to visit in Spain. Thank you so much for this.
Love all the "walk about" videos. Thank you.
No shortage of nice small towns in Spain. Thankfully I live in one south of Granada, a real treat.
What a treat going on this walk! Thank you for taking us with you!
I was in Betanzos the week before, walking the Camino Inglés (Ferrol to Santiago). I love Betanzos it's such a pretty town. Thank you for the video.
Betanzos es Galicia. Nada que ver con Andalucía.
Hello Stuart ,I'm enjoying these videos as l cannot visit even though l live in Spain, most interesting so much history in those buildings ,l had noticed how grand the road surface looks very old tiles l guess,
good they have kept traditional materials to maintain the look and history .
Thank you for the chance to see these places .keep up the good work l for one am very grateful .Thank you .
Stu, Betanzos is a prosperous overnight-stay town on the Camino Ingles from Ferrol to Santiago, one of the oldest but shortest Caminos....I stayed there en-route in June 2021. Lovely place, also famous for authentic tortillas, indeed, I think there is some sort of competition every year.
Great video Stuart, thanks. I’ll be in Galicia next week visiting relatives that live in an aldea near Santiago. If you were still there, I’d take you around to see the 4 houses, one is the house my father grew up in in early 1900’s, the church, the fields and of course, the cows.
Beautiful clean town. Love the architecture!!
Wow, loved your walk today Stuart - what an interesting town & one would certainly get fit if living there🤣. Great that there are information boards in 3 languages - very forward thinking!
You simply can't beat Spanish architecture.
Great job Stuart. Really enjoyed the tour of that town.
Liked. As many of the other comments here, I have made a visit around 20 years ago to Galicia, and it made a great impression. Went to A Coruna, Santiago, and up to Cedeira and to the top at Cabo Ortegal. Would go back in a flash. I am sure Galicia, and indeed Spain, has many such hidden spectacles, so I would encourage you to keep these wonderful videos coming, Stuart. Best wishes.
My friends live in Betanzos. It’s a lovely small town.
Another fantastic video - a slightly bigger/taller town than of late, but so much to see and great architecture. A gem indeed
An absolutely fantastic video. Well done.
What a pity Stuart that you passed by, just to the right of that supermarket that you see at this moment 05:43 is the Rabizas bakery, perhaps the oldest still open in Spain, dating back to the 17th century. Maybe next time.
Stuart, Thank you for this lovely walk about. Betanos is a clean and historic small city. It is good to see the Council’s investment into the infrastructure. The architecture of some of the older edifices is really interesting. Did there look to be an array of active businesses in those storefronts? Thanks again for another great Spanish town installment.
what a beautiful town. Lovely buildings Thank you Stuart very enjoyable
Lovely town Stuart. Enjoyed the video a lot
Hola Stuart, que tal? Another great video, really like the walk around series!
Nice one Stu, reminds me of doing the camino , love that part of Spain too
The buildings are amazing.
Another great video, I really enjoy these visits to different locations of interest, hoping to visit Galicia next year.
Gracias por compartir sus Noticias desde MADRID 🇪🇸 ESPAÑA ✅️ 👍
@leonorlopez: ¿todavía no te has enterado que Betanzos está en Galicia? Que manía con eso de identificar España solo con Madrid.
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Gracias por compartir 👍🤍
A wonderful walk.
Thanks for this insightful presentation. This town seems a little hidden gem. The church ⛪ Santa Maria de Azougue, you mentioned a piece of art above the door 🚪, it is called a " tympanum" depicting the last judgment. Nice romanesque style is that church.
Really enjoyable Stu, I have never traveled to this area, but that’s my loss 😊
That uphill climb was no joke! 🥵
outstanding history .what clean outstanding town
I really enjoyed this.
Thank you for the tour. I would love to hear the church bells and go to a service in one of those churches. I'm sure it would be beautiful. Buen dia mate.
Hi from Arizona. 100 degrees today. 10 AM
Farenheit degrees,i guess😨
It's said that the best tortilla de patatas is the one from Betanzos
This year a restaurant in Santander won the best tortilla 2023.
While the renovation of infrastructure in the cascos historicos is necessary, I think it is a pity that the old setts are often replaced with slab paving. I get that there are budgetary restraints, but it does rather change the ambience.
My father is a shoemaker and every time the council changed and old stone paviment for a new one he was happy because more money arrived home. Women broke their heels in the new ones. Those stones for pavements were shaped with an angle since ancient Rome and architecturally a pavement was like an arch to support weight, like the stones making up the arch in the door that appears in the video. New pavings are not like those and have to be changed every 10 years or so because they can't withstand weight. And they are heel-brakers. Sorry for the digression
Don’t know if you’d call it a small town but Aranjuez is gorgeous mate.
¿Que tiene que ver el hermoso pueblo de Aranjuez con Betanzos? No confundamos. Betanzos es Galicia.
Hola Stuart. Would you be so kind as to provide the mode of transportation that you are using to get to these places like Galicia? Recently I flew from BOA
Flew BIO - MAD and it was a bit over 1 hr. So I imagine it's a 5hr drive or is it a rapid train you took. Gracias por esta información.
@pascal2955, por tierra, mar y aire. Y si no con la imaginación: verás una tierra muy hermosa. Un saludo desde Santiago de Compostela, capital de Galicia y ciudad patrimonio de la humanidad.
You are Welcome in Galicia. If you have a chance visit Santiago de Compostela and catch up.
You shpuld have visited the Parque de Pasatiempos. Also the fiestas there are excellent.
Great town nice video, not a fan of the speed ups tho.
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Very nice town, bit too much graffiti, but that's Iberia. Architecture very similar to the Minho area of northern Portugal which borders Galicia.
Why do you seem to always pass comment about Graffiti on this channel? This particular video published did not show any on statues, churches or council buildings. Noted some on signs of obras/works notice and where the Rio was. What's your solution for eradicating it, or do you think it's a society problem? Regards.
Ferrol is Francisco Franco's home town. Are there any reminders of him? I wonder. Perhaps he was kinder to Galicia than other regions.
Not really. My uncle was put in a concentration camp after the Spanish Civil War, for being the equivalent of a shop steward in the merchant marine. He often said he had a first rate education from intellectuals incarcerated with him. It was not unusual for someone picked out and executed without cause. Also .... other notables ..... Fidel Castro's family origins are from Galicia.
Lorca copped it because he was openly gay. The Shakespeare of Spain, tragic.
Que tiene que ver Lorca (andaluz) con Galicia? Nada. Galicia es un país de España diferente a los tópicos españoles.
Galicia is better than paco town of Madroit (Madrid).