Best Spain Road Trip Ever: Madrid to the Mediterranean

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  • Опубликовано: 12 окт 2024
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  • @andrewmeasures2312
    @andrewmeasures2312 День назад +7

    Really enjoying this one Stuart. I've done that journey many, many times and I've always found a degree of excitement when I get closer to the final destination. The hotel looks great and what good value for such a nice room with that spectacular view of the port. All that topped off with a super cheap tercio de Aguila. Paradise! Can't wait for the next episode. 😀👍

  • @arcticfox50
    @arcticfox50 День назад +4

    Bargain!! Love driving around Spain and exploring little towns

  • @123seanaway
    @123seanaway День назад +2

    Another great video Stu.. keep them coming..really brightens up my days watching these.

  • @christinecleavest9099
    @christinecleavest9099 20 часов назад

    Thanks Stu for taking us along...a nice cold beer is a perfect way to settle in once you arrive from travelling. Enjoy!

  • @bradyreed3457
    @bradyreed3457 8 часов назад

    Loved this! Please do more!

  • @andrescasado5975
    @andrescasado5975 День назад +2

    Cada vez me interesan más tus vídeos

  • @kennielsen3896
    @kennielsen3896 День назад +2

    Castellon is a nice city. They do have a hi-speed rail station there, so that's convenient. The plaza by the church is a hot spot for bars and restaurants. I didn't find a whole lot of things to do, but it's a short ride to Valencia.

  • @dancheney2510
    @dancheney2510 День назад +3

    I'd call that a bargain, Stu !

  • @mikeflory66
    @mikeflory66 День назад +1

    Nice that you could visit Stu and hope you enjoy your stay...I moved to live in the heart of the Valencian countryside near Sagunto (not far from Castellón) and love living here.

  • @janethaver3375
    @janethaver3375 День назад +1

    Great video and brilliant prices! Enjoy it!

  • @leonorlopez7932
    @leonorlopez7932 День назад

    The stomach is full ☕️🙏😊
    Thank you, Sr. for your nice video from Spain 🇪🇸

  • @philipTOMPSETT
    @philipTOMPSETT День назад

    Great to follow, especially on a rainy day here. Look forward to the next one Cheers

  • @paulinebutler5186
    @paulinebutler5186 День назад

    Enjoyed the road trip so much, thank you. Take care.

  • @123seanaway
    @123seanaway День назад +3

    Utiel Requena good area for wine..monastrel grape if you can find it instead of tempranillo. You won't believe it but I started watching at the same time as I opened a bottle from there!

  • @rogerrichards8694
    @rogerrichards8694 День назад

    Enjoyed this video Stuart.

  • @scottamartin2518
    @scottamartin2518 День назад

    Loved the road trip, Stu! Since you're (no doubt) AUTÓNOMO, I hope you're calculating your mileage and saving your meal receipts.
    I too worked as such for many years in travel & tourism here in Madrid. I expect to return to it after retirement. It can be tiring, but lots of adventures every day which will keep us young.
    Yours truly, Scott in Madrid

  • @diegodejuan4825
    @diegodejuan4825 День назад +2

    Madrid has more of an inland continental weather*, so summer clings longer in Valencia. Sea water temperature there is still 25 C (just checked), perfect for a swim. Low season is great, with less people. You even managed to park just at the entrance of the hotel.
    *Scorching summers and cold winters; even day and night temperatures vary greatly.

  • @debbiegarza1287
    @debbiegarza1287 День назад

    Very nice blog! Enjoyed it a lot!!

  • @ishbOutu1
    @ishbOutu1 День назад +5

    You discount a restaurant because it's 2 euros more than your usual budget?

  • @smuczc
    @smuczc День назад

    I’m enjoying the recent videos of urs, so that I can understand the local side of spain

  • @mickybcn7453
    @mickybcn7453 День назад +5

    Sometimes is better pay a couple of euros more and have better food, less than 12 euros is difficult they give you food of quality.

  • @janethaver3375
    @janethaver3375 День назад

    Great sky! Fluffy, bubbly clouds

  • @suzannaatkinson485
    @suzannaatkinson485 День назад

    Superb to see the Roadtrip with an interesting ‘as it is commentary’. Looking forward to the linked Vlogs on the region. ⚓️🍊🍕🍶🍷🌅

  • @ellobo4211
    @ellobo4211 День назад +1

    Have you thought about doing the famous camino walk through the Basque region vlog..that would be an adventure

  • @cyrildennis2545
    @cyrildennis2545 День назад +1

    Nice video, thank you. :)

  • @erikugartezarraga4471
    @erikugartezarraga4471 День назад +2

    The third largest town in the Valencian Community is Elche not Castellón de la Plana.

  • @joeterra.t
    @joeterra.t День назад

    Stu getting 'hangry' (hungry + angry) is one of my favorite parts of this video. 😂🤣
    At a certain point I thought he'd just go full bogan, give up and go hunting but fortune favors the bold and patient, lol.
    And those prices are a STEAL. As you said, that beer alone would be around 3 EUR in Madrid. Looking forward to the next video!

  • @anji3537
    @anji3537 Час назад

    Thanks Stu love these vloggs ...are you still in Valencia? Have you been to Pilar de la Horadada?

  • @Penros0
    @Penros0 День назад

    I thought Stu was going to end up in McDonalds!.

  • @JoanUnterwegs
    @JoanUnterwegs 13 часов назад

    Third city is Elche in Valencia if I'm not mistaken. Nice video, as always

  • @minnesotamiki
    @minnesotamiki День назад +1

    Okay, have to ask what you have against Estrella Damm beer?😅Cheers and safe travels!🍻

  • @goldgeologist5320
    @goldgeologist5320 День назад

    Excellent road trip Stu. I will be driving around Spain in a little over three weeks to explore the non tourist locations and actually see the country. So this was great.
    Wish you had shown the lunch. But the hotel and beer is a good price compared to tourist locations.

  • @marcusjenkins
    @marcusjenkins День назад +2

    €1.80 for a tercio of Águila in sight of a marina, that's pretty good!

  • @Simon-jj2pu
    @Simon-jj2pu День назад

    It is quite common for bars to have Estrella Damm umbrellas and not serve it. Three of the four bars in our village have them and nobody serves it, it’s all Estrella Levante from Murcia (the green one)

  • @erikawallace3404
    @erikawallace3404 День назад +1

    I was right!!! Haven't been to Castellón for a long time... dyng to see see your vlog¡ By the way here in Terrassa, the temperature at lunchtime was 22°C!

  • @DuncYo
    @DuncYo 20 часов назад

    Hey Stuart! when on the road I thought you’d promote how good service stations are in Spain …fantastic food & menus …compared to the uk etc

  • @janetlombardi2314
    @janetlombardi2314 День назад

    A nice road trip, Stuart. I'm so glad you found somewhere to eat. If it's just for the room, it's a fair price. However, I would have expected a little cheaper. Enjoy 😊

    • @Sean-h4l
      @Sean-h4l День назад +2

      Actually I thought the price of the hotel room was quite reasonable considering it was in a good state, and overlooking the lovely harbour!

  • @sineadkellyartist
    @sineadkellyartist 19 часов назад

    Great video Stu 👌 as a matter of interest how much was your lunch please? - the chips looked good!

  • @phil7710
    @phil7710 День назад

    The anxiety Spain gives me. You’d think a place would serve you a beer at any time.

  • @KINGTIGER1981
    @KINGTIGER1981 День назад

    Ive been to Castion and the surrounding areas quite a few times. Lovely area. My parents live in Moncofa. Awesome place. Was nice to recognise Porcelanosa buildings.

  • @JoanUnterwegs
    @JoanUnterwegs 12 часов назад

    I was in Castellon. Just this weekend. I enjoyed the big playa (15 min. drive). I think it's a fairly standard city,. There are some nicce places, but nothing to exceptional

  • @az_spain
    @az_spain День назад

    Hey! I rekon you hit 130 + on those straights, love them... good move not get the speed gauge on camera! 😂 jokes aside, loved the road shots👍

  • @simonconquest
    @simonconquest День назад

    Down in Mazarron, Murcia we pay anywhere between €12 and €16 (down the Puerto) for a MDD.

  • @MONICAANICA
    @MONICAANICA 17 часов назад

    Which day ofthe week is this with only so few people around.... Tourists gone????. Thank you 🏖😍

  • @maxfella
    @maxfella 5 часов назад

    I have a question for you Stu;
    Being an Australian living in Spain, do you think driving on the right side with the wheel on left is better or driving on the left with the stirring wheel on the right is preferred ? 😂

  • @Carol_in_Spain
    @Carol_in_Spain День назад

    Not that far from us. We live not far from where you joined the AP7.
    Enjoy Castellón. I am looking forward to your videos.

  • @CL-man
    @CL-man День назад +1

    If you use Google maps or any other maps app on your cellphone, , when you find a town or city you have the option of using the nearby option for restaurants and it will show you where, in the town or city, you can find a place to eat. The same applies for hotels, etc.

    • @jaymuller1369
      @jaymuller1369 День назад +2

      Are you actually explaining how Google maps work!!!!! FFS

    • @CL-man
      @CL-man День назад

      @@jaymuller1369 No. I am just mentioning that using a mapping app tool, helps to find the services that are in the vicinity of the destination that we are searching for.

    • @frgv4060
      @frgv4060 13 часов назад

      @@jaymuller1369To be fair while watching the video I was wondering why he didn’t check on google instead of driving around “old style”.

  • @guayames
    @guayames День назад

    Looks like in Spain you still cannot see advertisement for eating places advertised at the exits of autopistas like in the USA. Something to catch up to!

    • @culocabra
      @culocabra День назад

      You are wrong, the US is the one who has to catch up. Who were those ads banned because they distracted drivers

  • @BobbyB3rd
    @BobbyB3rd День назад

    I'm not positive, did the place you found lunch at ... the man sounded like he greeted you in English..?? Sounded like .. "Hey How are you" to me. Not sure?

  • @bsmith6646
    @bsmith6646 День назад

    Elche!
    UPDATE: Ahh you said the coast so probably not Elche. Im off to Santa Pola in 2 weeks

    • @Sean-h4l
      @Sean-h4l День назад +1

      We really liked Santa Pola; and indeed many years ago stayed at the hotel which was right on the beach, and was surprisingly good value for a more up market hotel!

  • @greger589
    @greger589 День назад

    Starting to long to return now that the cold has returned to Sweden. ❤

    • @tooththrhr
      @tooththrhr День назад

      Switzerland and Sweden are not the same country

    • @Sean-h4l
      @Sean-h4l День назад

      ​@@tooththrhr????!!!

  • @therealkakitron
    @therealkakitron 16 часов назад +1

    6:35 Dude, you drove for that long looking for "something, anything" to eat just because you didn't want to fork out the €2 to €3 more that you were hoping to spend on a meal 2:30? You probably spent more than that on fuel looking for a place to eat.

  • @phil7710
    @phil7710 День назад

    Get some fresh manchago cheese in La Mancha if you can.

  • @243380
    @243380 17 часов назад

    porque no has parado en honrubia ,en el marino que es un restaurant de camioneros?

  • @az_spain
    @az_spain День назад

    Laborious industry in the Valencia and specially Castellón area isn't there? ceramics is their speciality there indeed. It's funny how different areas specialised in different products, like shoes in Alicante, .. perhaps there's a theme to cover there?! 🖖

    • @jaymuller1369
      @jaymuller1369 День назад

      Ceramics very famous in the Villarreal area

    • @janethaver3375
      @janethaver3375 23 часа назад

      @@jaymuller1369Not to mention Seviila

    • @jaymuller1369
      @jaymuller1369 21 час назад

      @@janethaver3375
      Yes but we are talking about the Valencian area

    • @QB2ERS
      @QB2ERS 15 часов назад

      Spanish bathroom ceramics common in UK

  • @seanflewin9803
    @seanflewin9803 16 часов назад

    Deal of the century why stay anywhere else, but there's nothing renewable about plastic windmills and solar panels made of coal and quartz especially there longevity

  • @gorsmy
    @gorsmy 21 час назад

    Don't do it on a Friday afternoon absolute chaos outside lane jam packed I used to do it regularly on a Friday when I tipped Madrid as a truck driver

    • @QB2ERS
      @QB2ERS 15 часов назад

      Tipped, yes ok but 99% of folk don't understand what it means. Glad to be put of the int trucking biz myself.

  • @edl7454
    @edl7454 День назад

    Done it to Barcelona and Malaga and the roads were nowhere the condition of the roads you are driving on.

  • @erikawallace3404
    @erikawallace3404 День назад

    Castellón de la Plana?

  • @jeremycanard5420
    @jeremycanard5420 23 часа назад

    Estrella is okay gotta german influence but no argument Mau used to get a'Madrid is great

  • @albertteitsson9359
    @albertteitsson9359 День назад

    Murcia

  • @anacasanova7350
    @anacasanova7350 День назад

    Seguramente Stuart, el menu de Utiel es mucho más bueno que el de Madrid. En la Mancha La comida es muy buena sobre todo potajes y carnes.😊

  • @jonniesantos
    @jonniesantos День назад

    ...are public toilets freely available?

    • @welshtoro3256
      @welshtoro3256 День назад +2

      I'm afraid not. Your best bet is to pop into a café or bar, order a drink or snack and use the facilities.

    • @QB2ERS
      @QB2ERS 15 часов назад

      ​@@welshtoro3256yes 😮but you pass 400ml and take on 200mm plus perspire a little. Kinda standing still and
      wasting time and it cost money, but options? Get a campervan,!

    • @welshtoro3256
      @welshtoro3256 11 часов назад

      @@QB2ERS I kind of get what you're saying but it's cheaper than a camper van. Take a whizz in a local place.

    • @QB2ERS
      @QB2ERS 11 часов назад

      @@welshtoro3256 different kind of holidays i guess. Being retired we are not time constrained, could'nt afford to pay hotel bills for the 600+ nights we've had in our present campervan, 99.9% freeparking some call freecamping. It's free, we get our own grub, tea coffee cake breaks etc most of the time so it"s just the fuel. Van has paid for itself at least twice over. Suits us anyway.