The Costa Blanca of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea
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- A day of exploring the beautiful Costa Blanca (White Coast) of Spain on the Mediterranean Sea, visiting Denia, Benidorm and Altea.
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"Fuego" by Hugo Correia
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"En El Auto" by Bassio
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"Amor Chiquito" by Quincas Moreira
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"Pink Flamenco" by Doug Maxwell
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"Fear the Bull" by Jose Barrios
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"La Rambla" by Louis Nichols
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Gabriel is a world traveler and travel writer who has been adventuring around the world off and on since his first trip to Europe in the summer of 1990 when he was 18 years old. He is author of "Gabe's Guide to Budget Travel", "Following My Thumb" and several other books available on Amazon.com and elsewhere.
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Shame you never went to Javea,Gandia(Venician harbours) or Alicante itself with its funicular up to the famous castle
Gabriel did you go to sicily (volcano Mt Etna) or the grotto's at tdaormina,the village of Corleone(Godfather)and the wonderfully candles and street food!Godbless Gabriel love your work 🙏
Those brits hooting and hollering on the plane, and he knew they were going to Benidorm because the had Benidorm on their T shirts. I was laughing so hard. That was gold bro. Gold!
Its their tradition to do that at stag do's etc.
"Bro" that irritating word seems to be ubiquitous in NZ
Glad you went to Benidorm so I never have to, Gabe. My idea of hell!
What I love about Spain is the great expanse of the interior, places and routes that I first learned of in books like Laurie Lee's "As I Walked out one Midsummer Morning". Lee, in particular, was the great grandfather of your type of travel, walking across Spain in the early 1930s and showing so much of the country to readers. If you haven't read the book, I think you would love it.
My favourite book by Laurie Lee.You'd have to drag me screaming to Benidorm.
industry... no emotions, just plain industry...
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Likewise. You’d have to pay me to go to Benidorm!
I live in Benidorm and i hate it. The problem is finding affordable housing at other places..
Hey Gabe... I sit here my office eating lunch and watching your video. I only have one thing to say... envy.
Very nice and you do awesome camera work. Also love the music you add because it fits just right. Thank you Gabriel.😊
I love how Gabe got that chill 90s vagabond mindset still. I need to get back to that myself again.
Yup, I want to get back to that 90s mindset too, how do you do it?
So cool how it worked out with Ellen & her mom, glad her mom wasn’t hurt to badly. Another great video Gabriel thanks for bringing us along. ~Cara 😊
Wow Benidorm looks overrun with retired expats. Altea looks like a nice place for a day trip. Looking forward to Valencia to see a place with more locals than tourists :).
Valencia is full of tourist, though not as much as Barcelona. Denia and Altea are much better than Benidorm.
Spain is such a beautiful place. In fact, I love the countries I've been to around the med. Never been disappointed. Must be something in the water.
Can not get enough of the Mediterranean, literally.
Really excited to watch your Spanish travel … one of the things I love about the Mediterranean is the light ❤
Denia is my favourite place so far 😊 You would have to drag me screaming to Benidorm.
Looks wonderful Gabriel 😊 can't wait to see more! 😎☀️
Yay, I grew up not far from there. Been living in London past 34 years, though. Really recommend you check out all the old medieval villages about an hour or so inland. Especially the medieval village of Alcalà de la Jovada, and the next-door abandoned Moorish village of L’Atzuvieta. There’s a great (though freezing cold) place where you can go wild swimming near Planes called Barranc de l’Encantà, where supposedly a Moorish princess cast a spell. For stunning views over the reservoir, Castell de Guadalest is also worth a trip (though it can get touristy, though not so much this time of year). Enjoy and have fun!!!
Good tips, thanks.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos thanks. Google Guadalest images and I think you’ll be convinced. You can do organised day trips there if you don’t have your own transport.
Looking like the beach was for the seniors, very beautiful beach.
Another reason why people who think Florida is paradise are clueless 🤡
Spent many summers on the med, its true freedom and the beutiful life
Yeah what are the ocean temps there?
Obviously Euro and Sara really values that ocean temperature doesn't she?😂
Hi Gabe. I was in Benidorm,Altea, Alicante for three weeks Nov/Dec. Did some walking in the countryside around Altea and hired an ebike! Loved every minute.☺️⛱️🏖️🌞🍷⛱️🏖️
I loved it there. Hell I love all of spain.
Definitely have to put these places on the bucket list very beautiful the beaches
Ahh I can see myself in Altea, love that easy feel!
I believe at breakfast or brunch those were homemade blood sausages and they looked fantastic!!!! Although very touristy Benidorm looked like a beautiful place!!!! Great video Gabe I love the longer ones!
Exactly what I was saying. Looked certainly like the Black Pudding/blood sasuage we have in the UK 👌
Hello Gabriel another excellent video, congratulations. Since you are in Spain, go through Portugal, it has very beautiful and interesting cities, I recommend the city of Porto, very beautiful and eats very well, other cities and regions that I recommend: Viana do Castelo, Aveiro, Gaia, Gerês, Figueira da Foz, Serra da Estrela, Braga, Setúbal, Tróia...All the best and happy adventures Gabriel.
I was in Benidorm last year it's great
Holla Gabriel, we thank you for showing us so beautiful cites we will never have a chance to visit it. Enjoy you trip. Chaos
Till now, best one video for 2023 🎉 ( Thai, India,Hawai... all great but... :) ) Sure will be more better, but just like to see your videos from Europe and I like to see you really enjoy summer in mediterranean...
Mediterranean beaches are just so so
Benidorm, it's Brit's favorite spot in Spain. I'm not sure how things are going after brexit, but lots of retirees used to live there.
Your brunch sausage is a morcilla, basically blood sausage. Delicious, I'm craving that now!!!
Altea is one of the most beautiful towns in Spain, that view from the top! I have to come back there soon!
Have you thought of walking one of the Caminos de Santiagos, Gabe (the ancient pilgrimage routes across Spain to the tomb of St James)? The most well-known one is the Camino Frances or French Way, but that is really crowded. My son walked the Camino Primitivo last year from Oviedo to Santiago, and loved it. That route goes over the mountains and is the most physically challenging. There are many hostels en route, most costing just 5-10 Euros, and the camaraderie among walkers is wonderful.
The Primitivo is incredible and magical
Happy to see you traveling the land of my ancestors...again. By the way that "sausage" that you got it's actually, blood sausage or morcilla more commonly known in Spanish. Hope you enjoy it😊
Looks like paradise!
Beautiful day for exploring. So picturesque.
Great vlog! The old town in Altea looks absolutely gorgeous. I visited the nearby waterfalls, which is touristy, but worth a visit. Travelling to nearby quirky/ arty Villajoyosa soon. Thanks for sharing, and welcome back to Europe.
Thanks for a long video Gabe 👍👍
Lovely seeing you on the road again (Humming the Willie Nelson tune.). Safe journeys on!
Long time follower. Always enjoy your Interesting videos, commentary/tips & music to suit the scene 🌿
I’d say that’s better than Orlando 😆
Looked like a blood sausage of some sort. Benidorm is Disneyland for British retirees and I love that! And to think that before the rise of cheap and easy airfares, they would have gone to Skegness!
"Benidorm is Disneyland for British retirees..."
Probably most of them voted for Brexit. Lol.🤣.
@@northernstar4811 😂😂😂😂
Yes that was morcilla
That was morcilla - blood sausage. The sock guy was telling you he's a gypsy, hence the flamenco. He probably wasn't...if you get the chance try the churros con chocolate for breakfast in any churreria or bar that sells them, they are divine! Also get a Catalana (ham, tomato and oil sandwich), or it's humble but delicious cousin Pan y tomate - toasted bread that you grate the supplied clove of garlic on, then add olive oil and pulped fresh tomato. Spain has the best breakfasts in the world - fact!
Gabriel, great video, we watched it and was very interesting. we are waiting next video. Chaos
Thanks for this video. My cousin lives in Javea will be going there later in the year. We will visit all the places you have visited. I have been to Benidorm a few times. Benidorm is very popular with retired folk especially in Winter. A fabulous part of Spain away from real tourist areas.
Away from tourist areas, Benidorm????😅 C'me on, sweetheart: nothing more touristy than Benidorm😂🎉, already 40 years ago...
@@danielaamritha340 Read my comment. I was referring to the Costa Blanca away from the tourist areas.
*Missed you in Spain by just over 2 weeks! Keep up the good work man, you are a big inspiration! Please come to Sardinia this time!*
Altea looks very nice and old, but I hadn't heard about it before this video, just like I hadn't heard about Tossa de Mar or Tordera in Catalunya before I visited them some years ago. Good start in Spain for European journeys, it can go literally everywhere in Europe, just how Gabriel feels.
Nice and sunny walk 🏖Everything looks amazing 👍Thanks for sharing with us your beautiful adventure and lovely people 🤗Keep going 😎Cheers 🍻
Those streets look clean, I love the views
I was in Benidorm over 40 years ago. It was a sleepy town back then.
Awesome video man happy you left America.
The sausage looks like black pudding or blood sausage! ❤️
Another wonderful and fantastic clip from the amazing Gabe 😃🏴💯
Spend spring and fall in ailcante enjoy it trying benidorm for a week staying near old town and the beach.thx. Enjoy😅
That guy who tried to sell you something at the restaurant wasn't "musical sock seller"... He said he's "Gitano" which means Gypsy in Spanish. He then said the word flamenco probably because it's one of the most famous things related to Gypsies in Spain, not because what he sells has something to do with music.
Benidorm is paradise for Dutch pensionados and other cheap travel packages. But nice to see. Gracias amigo vamos.
The ending is epic, want to book a flight directly. Great video
There used to be a tv show called "Benidorm "and it was a soap opera based on the goings on at a hotel in Benidorm!
Thanks for showing Benidorm, definitely not on our must do towns for sure now 👍
I used to watch the British show A Place in the Sun. Costa Blanca was featured often as UK residents wanted a bolt hold in sunny Spain. The apartments in complexes were horrid but to each his own. Thanks for your perspective Gabe!
Can you elaborate about the horrid apartments?
@@gogadev sorry, specifically many purchase small boxy units in complexes. They differentiate between “holiday” homes used primarily for vacation versus a more comfortable to live year-round. It’s great to see the more adventurous people who buy in communities where locals live and have unique authentic architecture.
@@seeingyouontube ah ok. with the non vacationy apartments was the furniture broken or not upto the mark?
Did not see young people at the beach in Benidorm. Mostly looks like retired people. This will be good to visit because I belong to that group. Thank you, Gabriel.
It was nice to meet you Gabriel. Greetings Jitske
Hi, it was nice to meet you as well! And thanks for being in the video. Enjoy being back home, take care...
Thanks Gabriel for bringing us along, amazing .🌹
No problem, thanks for watching. 😊
Hi Gabriel, Interesting towns there are the gateway to southern Spain's Costa del Sol the towns of Malaga, Torremolinos, Benalmadena, Marbella, Fuengirola, Nerja, Estepona, Ronda, Mijas, Torrox.
Best coastline in Spain is the costa del sol. Unrtunately he said he's not doing Andlausia
@@FSVR54 he has been to Malaga, before he travelled to Morocco. Agree with you on Andalucía. For me, it’s the best and most beautiful region of Spain. The food and people there are wonderful ☀️
Excellent work
I am British and I know that Benidorm is the no. 1 destination for British Lager Louts. I will stay well clear of the place!!!!
Altea is nice, Benidorm is Benidorm! I have based in Alicante a few times, I think the church is the only Russian Orthodox Church in Spain if my memory serves me!
Great video and memories
That's a blood sausage 🤣 they're good. That tortilla looked a littlr dry, its supposed to be almost runny on the inside and freshy made, not reheated.
If you see a Mustafa's Döner Kebab shop, do yourself a favor and get Döner with all the sauces and veggies as well as your protein.
Can't wait for you to go to more authentic villages
Beautiful Video Of Spain Gabriel, Looking Forward To Seeing More!
The religious procession reminded me a lot of similar here, Greece... the church you saw from the train looked a lot like a russian - orthodox one, especially the dome... stunning country great video Gabe ✌👌💜
Thank you Gabriel 😊
Amazing
Beautiful
Looks like Morcilla you ordered there. Get yourself to Ibiza and rave it up for a couple of days. Back over to Valencia. Then make your way to San Sebastian for a proper tortilla. Then down to La Mancha see Don Quijotes land (where my old man is from). Then down to Madrid. Good times! .
Enjoy mate. Joolz, London 👍
Hi Gabriel we highly recommend Alicante old town with the mediaeval castle 👍
It is very strange to me that the weather is still cold at this time of the year
It's not cold here, been around 25 degs every day for the last few weeks, infact Gabe missed heavy storms a day before he arrived....As for Altea, it's pronounced "Altaya" not "Alteea"😉
I absolutely love your videos, but I get tired just watching you lol, how to you keep from getting worn out? Be careful and don't push yourself. Prayers for your travels.
It's from Picasso's "Guernica".
The "bull" clearly depicts two motives from Picasso´s Guernica. The mourning woman with the dead child and the enigmatic bull whom some people interpret as a symbol of the brutality of fascism and some as a symbol of the inner strenght of the spanish people to endure even the greatest of horrors. Apparently in 2021 there was an exhibition in Benidorm about the history of Picasso´s Guernica and I think the statue is a remnant commemorating that event.
There's a similar 'statue' visible at 45:58 showing characters from Bronzino's 'Allegory with Venus and Cupid'
Was dying when you walked by the tapas bar on your way to the shore in Benidorm. 🤤
One day but I hope it won't be the case for you, you can move in an electric cart like these oldies in Benidorm. You can visit all the countries you visited before and film from that perspective. It will give us a total different angle and view on things.
Hi gabe I always enjoy your videos Spain is lovely country I went years ago to benidorm 😊
Hi gabe I'm happy you made it to altea I go every year also I catch up with my British pals in benidorm it's a holiday resort cheap booze and great resturants have fun😂
I would love to see you visit Granada and Sevilla in Andalusia in the future.. Gets incredibly hot in the summer months though.. 😅
I've been to both years ago, the videos aren't great.
Seville: th-cam.com/video/LmQZObGNz3Q/w-d-xo.html
Granada: th-cam.com/video/U2rW1mUC3D4/w-d-xo.html
I remember watching Gab's video in Granada right before I went there in September 2016! I loved that city
I almost get epileptical attacks by following your camera moves but anyway , I like your videos quite a lot ! Thank you !
The sausage looks like Black Pudding to me....used to live in Scotland and love it (but not everyone's cup o" tea)
Dude that iron sculpture in Altea with the bull was a Picasso , wish you would’ve given it a little more airtime.
Use the apps of the country for public transport mostly also in English and more reliably.
Benidorm...just so you can truly appreciate beautiful Spain ...once you get out of that commercial jungle....yin & yang.....
Mejillones al vapor … steamed mussels…..…lucky dog you!
Benidorm looks like Gods waiting room
I think it was "morcilla" (bloodsausage) you ate there.
Benidorm is the retirement home in Spain. Thats why you saw so many elderly people there.
Church of our solace lady in Altea is impressive. Im learning more and more in internet. You are right, those old settings with old castles and churches are nice and is what Europe is all about. One of these days I learned that in the US there is a glimpse of that too. You ever been to the Bishop Castle in Colorado? Pretty impressive that one man alone build it during his lifetime. On the other hand it is a place people obsessed with security shouldnt visit.
You didnt like Estrella Galicia Xd
Good and safe traveling!
The church you saw is a Russian Orthodox church built in 2007 called Temple de l'Arcàngel Miquel d'Altea.
Good to know, that's what it looked like.
You seem much happier and relaxed now. I love Spain, lived on Mallorca in 1972, was a great time, not sure what it would be like now?
I visited Mallorca a few years ago: th-cam.com/video/iGkiJYmTyw0/w-d-xo.html
ups, just saw your answer for video palma, sorry not javen read the comments before and javing disturbed you...😮. ❤
That was beautiful music at the end of your video. I like that you tried the Spanish omelet in that ' slice of cake form/ tortilla' and the Black Pudding Sausage called Morcilla. Some British You Tubers visit Benidorm often and don't eat /try the Spanish food. They are very close-minded. They eat only Fish and Chips and English Breakfasts. Sad that they think their viewers only want to see them eat British food. You probably know to whom I am referring.
Watched a couple do exactly that yesterday!!
I think I know who that is
I like your t shirt 😊
Have you ever walked the camino?
another banger
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I was in Alicante and Altea 20 years ago, doesnt seem to have changed much. Except the tourists are 20 years older haha.
The Spanish call them "Red Lobsters." The Dutch tourists in Benidorm, sunburned from the sun that they are NOT used to . Don't miss that castle in Alicante, as No way you would. Cheers, Gabe.
Dutch? You mean brits.. 😅 I once saw an english man with a tattoo on his stomach written 'Beer Tummy' 😂
spain looks so awsome
Gabriel, I am planning a trip next year and one local last week gave me these 5 towns as 'not to miss' : Peniscola, Benicassim, Salou, Cambrils, Javea and Calpe
That's just scratching the surface!
Zjis is why they go in May because of the temperature...in peak season is very hot or too hot for many..... if you look closely many are quite mature tourists. Plus the price is much cheaper in off season ( may )
Beautiful. You're a long way from Hotel California now!
True, except that Spain always reminds me of Mexico.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I live in Mexico and I think Spain might have better infrastructure and less poverty.
@@Resmith18SR Definitely agree, but the cities and towns, landscapes, climate and language are all so similar. Many differences of course in the people, culture, music, food, etc.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I wish I could live long term in either Spain, Greece, or anywhere in Europe for that matter. As you know you have to leave every 90 days and then can return 90 days later, so can only live in Europe 180 days in a year. I like the fact that Spain and Greece have towns and cities on the beach that have a temperate climate, not very hot and humid, more like San Diego weather which I like.
Went by Hotel Ca. on my return from a hike in the Lobos hills this morning. The hotel has been for sale for awhile now. Kale (from Organicos) died last year, It feeling like an end to an era these days...
This is such an upgrade over Orlando🤣
Such a downgrade under the US 😊
Just about anyplace in Europe is an upgrade from the U.S.
The sausage looks like Black pudding!!!! No problem with Gypsies Gabriel?