Bienvenido a mi ciudad natal , Zaragoza. Espero que hayas probado las ricas frutas de aragon de chocolate. Os esperamos a todos con los brazos abiertos😉
La recomendarías para vivir? Soy mexicano y toda mi vida he querido vivir en España (Legalmente claro) y Zaragoza está en mi primera opción de ciudad en donde quisiera vivir. Muchas gracias y saludos!
Left my camera in one of the museums. They rang all the other museums until they located it. The next day, as I passed, two museum keepers rushed out to ask if I´d found it. Good people.
Thank you Stuart for your kind video about my town. Just a few hints about your comments. I guess you took the images on Sunday morning or some other holiday... Locals get up as early as in any other place in the world... The industry follows the usual three-shift schedule (6 - 14h /14 - 22h / 22- 6h), the public administration starts at 8 am although attention to the public may delay til 9, classes in Middle and High school starts at 8 am. At the University of Zaragoza there are classes from 8 am to 9 pm.... That makes some bus lines and the tram to get packed at 8 am for example! And yes... many people hang out until late or have dinner out on _Juepincho_ (Thursday, mostly students), Friday and Saturday evening, packing a few specific areas in town... But *most* people work as many hours as in any other place in the world (and I've worked in quite a few different places!). As for monuments.. Okey, El Pilar has become a symbol of the city, but the most interesting monument in town by far is right next to the El Pilar and is the La Seo Cathedral and its surroundings, declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO mostly because of (but not only) the Mudejar architecture. La Aljaferia Palace is definitely worth visiting too, way more than the El Pilar Basilica. Also, visiting the Roman Forum -with plenty of info available in English, including interactive models, is a must if you want to get the scoop about Zaragoza's historic roots. Other than that, we get about one million international visitants only accounting for religious turism: people following the Częstochowa - Lourdes - Zaragoza - Fatima route, let alone the many other visitants passing by for other reasons. Not the most beautiful nor interesting corner in the world, truth to say, but you nail it when stating that it's a place which gathers the facilities of a big city and the comfort of a small town. Don't hesitate to contact me if you drop by again!
@@hermenegildoc3933 eso es porque no disfrutas del turismo, solo buscas monumentos o atracciones (como la mayoría) pero Huesca es una ciudad histórica.
A great video and one that was a long time coming. Of course I understand that you are not retired like me and need to work during the week and have only weekends to visit except for the holiday period of course. Zaragoza is very hot in the summer so the best time to visit would be during the Spring or Autumn. Using it as a base there are several interesting small towns, as you mentioned, near by. To the southeast you have the abandoned village of Belchite, site of one of the bloodiest battles in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Directly north there is the village of Ejea de los Caballeros and Sos del Rey Católico. To the northeast, in the direction of Pamplona, lies the vast las Bardenas desert, where many scenes of Games of Thrones were filmed. North of that is Ujué, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Arriving by car there is a reasonably priced modern hotel across the river on the southwest side near the A2 highway, Hotel Diagonal Plaza. You can leave your car there and go into the city by bus or taxi as parking in the city is expensive and hard to find.
You know way more about Spain than I actually do. What is incredible because I'm from Spain, I'd never thought that a foreign knonws that much about Spain( I'm from Ejea de los Caballeros)
If you come back to Zaragoza don't forget to visit the "Cafe de Levante", a historic cafe with 125 years of history, founded by my great great grandfather, it has all the tradicional food of Zaragoza and it's very beautiful and homely. Thanks for showing up our little big city, cheers from Zaragoza
Muy bonito vídeo, solo decir que se nota que es domingo el día que se grabó con niebla. Y que la ciudad entre semana se despierta bastante antes de las 9... en todo caso son las tiendas las que no abren hasta las 10am, cerrando a las 10pm. Gracias
Not only is Zaragoza located halfway between Madrid and Barna, but also between Bilbao and Valencia, which are also very important in terms of industry. Therefore it is one of the most important crossroads in Spain. Inditex (Zara, Pull&Bear, etc) and other important Spanish companies have built their main warehouses in an enormous industrial estate which is specifically dedicated to logistics (PLAZA, bigger than some Spanish province capitals). There are some important companies located there: BSH (Bosch - home appliances), CAF (trains), Opel (cars). The university and the hospitals are also well considered. Many people from the Ebro valley (not only Aragón, but also La Rioja or Navarre) go there to study a degree, get medical treatment or even do the shopping. The people in Zaragoza are among the best I've found in Spain. Very pleasant and lively - and they have a funny accent. The worst thing about Zaragoza is the weather. Extremely hot in summer, sometimes nearly as hot as Córdoba or Seville, and it's not on the Meseta so at night temperatures don't drop to a point where you can sleep easily, so you need AC. In winter, I don't know what's worse: if the Cierzo (Cold wind from the NW) isn't blowing (and it does blow strongly), it's foggy because of the Ebro river. Either way it feels colder than it really is. But anyway, the good things really make up for the horrible weather.
A problem with Zaragoza for some people is that there isn't much around it. You have the Ebro valley but on both sides it is practically a desert, with villages few and far between. In fact you do have a desert, las Bardenas Reales, not far to the northwest. If you like green, Zaragoza is not a good choice for living. If you don't mind rain, which creates an Ireland-like landscape come to Galicia, where your first purchase has to be an umbrella.
@@rayvogensen2983 Totally true. I'm a local and I love green. For that reason, I love Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, and Euskadi and Pyrenees. Also, I love Ireland where I was living in the past. Anyway, ZGZ is a kind of "oasis" in the middle of the desert. The city is plenty of parks and green areas, especially on the sides of the Ebro. Also, you can visit the Natural Protected Space of Galacho de La Alfranca, where you can observe many of river plants and birds.
@@elizaya8191 Mmmmh... I guess it's all relative. I'm from Logroño, I travel to Zaragoza relatively often, and summer daytime temperatures are usually 3 to 5 ºC higher in Zaragoza, and summer nights are much hotter.
I have stopped there on the way back to the UK usually beginning of April last year it was really cold with a frost. Thanks for the post. All of what you said was spot on. Oh and the streets are really clean.
Welcome to my city and congrats for such a good and explicative video. I guess you were recording on Sunday, it could explain the lack of people on the street. The rest of the days streets are packed of people and cars at that time (and earlier too). What I like the most of Zaragoza is that even it's big (about 700k people) you can reach almost anywhere by bus or bike in less than 30 minutes. The streets use to be very alive, always full of people. The worst part of Zaragoza is the weather. As you described, we have our own wind, called Cierzo. It's super cold and makes you feel really uncomfortable, temperature doesn't goes below 0 usually though. Summer is awful: it's not uncommon to see the thermometer over 40 degree... Thanks for sharing your experience and thanks for making zaragoza better known! Good luck
En realidad no es tan normal q el termómetro supere 40 grados en verano, los veranos aquí son relativamente frescos, sobre todo de noche. Aunque es cierto q algunos son especialmente calurosos, casi no recuerdo la última vez q pase verdadero calor aquí.
@@elizaya8191 buff pocos veranos he conocido frescos aqui... mas de una vez alcanzamos la temperatura mas alta de españa, tambien la mas baja en invierno...
OMG Cold? I am in Canada -12 right now and with the wind can be -20. And is not Winter jet....love to be in Zaragoza. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing the city
It is also the land where you can experience the beautiful JOTA ARAGONESA in both dance and song. I visited 2 years ago and watched some amazing performances right in the street. Great city to live. As much as I love Madrid or Barcelona, they are too busy and crowded. Zaragoza has a great balance between space, population and things to do.
Hi and welcome to Zaragoza! Zaragoza is where I was born and I have lived here for 32 years. This is a wonderful video about the city! Let me suggest a couple of places. Just near the Pilar Cathedral, you can find La Seo, which is a cathedral, also. In my opinion, a very unknown, interesting and amaizing building. Here you can learn about aragonees nobility and their relationship with Catholic church. An other interesting building is La Aljaferia, which is a castle located between the city center and the train station. About Aragon, you have many other towns and villages to visit here. You will find a huge contrast in the same region between northern and southern villages, but all of them are amazing. Huesca and Teruel are the two other capitals, as Aragon is divided in three smaller regions, and both are a must. In Huesca you have Jaca in the Pyrenees, Alquezar, Roda de Isabena, Torla and many other great villages. In Zaragoza, Daroca and Anento, Calatayud and the Monasterio de Piedra and the Cinco Villas, which are five historical villages Sos, Uncastillo, Ejea, Tauste and Sadaba. Finally, Teruel is one of the most forgotten regions of Spain. Albarracin is amazing and has been chosen several time the most beautiful Spanish village. A little bit of history: Aragon was one of the three kingdoms that creates Spain (with Castille and Navarra). In this lands you can hear many legends, mirackes, learn about templar order and el Cid. Aragon is a great place to visit!
@@erikacarpi6985 First of all, Welcome to Zaragoza!! (Places marked with a star* are mandatory from my point of view) If you are just going to stay for a day, I would suggest you to walk from the train station to the Aljaferia*. You might have to buy a ticket to visit the monument some days before coming to Zaragoza. If you cannot enter the palace, just take a walk around it. Then, I suggest you to go to the river Ebro* and walk besides it until you reach the roman walls and Zuda's tower (here you will find an tourisism office and they will give you some extra information). Just some meters form there, you will enter the Pilar Square. This is the main city square and you can visit the Pilat Cathedral* and the Seo Cathedral*. The first one is free to visit and for the second one you will have to pay 3€ (both of them worth the time). Between both Cathedrals you have the city town hall and "La lonja" an old market that today is a museum. Surround the Seo Cathedral on the left and take a look at that side wall*. You should be able to detect all different stages of the temple (Roman, Arabic and Christian). Continue surrounding the cathedral and pass bellow the "Acro del Dean". After that, and depending on the hour, go through "el tubo", there you will find lots of places to have tapas and something to eat and drink. Around there I wiould suggest you to visit the Roman hot springs and the Roman theater*. Just besides the Roman theater, you can visit the San Pedro church, where the "Rosario de cristal" can be seen in the museum inside a church. From there go to Plaza de España and walk through "Paseo de la Independencia" to Plaza de Aragón and the "Paraninfo" the former medicine college. Walking back to the train station, you will pass by the "Puerta del Carmen", the Pablo Serrano museum and the Caixaforum. You will be close to the Aljaferia again, and from there you will be just 15 minutes away from the station. There are still many things to visit, but I guess that you will be a nice and busy one-day visit. Once again, welcome to Zaragoza! I hope you will enjoy the city, people and food here!
Thanks for the video in English. I live in Japan and I always try to explain how beautiful my city is, now I can show everyone this video! ☺️ Zaragoza es maravillosa. Estoy viviendo en Kobe y trabajando de profesora de español, siempre les hablo del cierzo y del Ebro, nunca parecen muy impresionados. Deberían ir a experimentarlo!
Thank You so much for this video! We traveled in the right half of Spain, exploring the cities for life there, and also turned attention in Zaragoza foro two aspects: friendly people and a noticeable wind. But the last one did not spoil the impression of the visit!😀😀😀
Zaragoza is worth spending one weekend. There are roman ruins (theatre an "catacumbas"), moorish monuments (aljaferia), renacentist (the lonja, and the cathedral "La Seo") el Pilar... really friendly people, and good food.
Me hace gracia lo de que los españoles somos muy fiesteros y que las ciudades no tienen actividad hasta las 10 o las 11 de la mañana , esto lo has grabado un domingo en navidad , porque si te vas un día entre semana por los mismos sitios a la misma hora igual no puedes ni grabar el vídeo de gente que hay por la calle trabajando.Y lo de que aquí hace frío en verano también ha sido muy bueno , aquí en Zaragoza el clima es muy extremo, cuando hace frío hace mucho frío pero cuando hace calor también hace mucho calor ,cuando hay niebla es para tres semanas, y cuando sopla el cierzo ya ni te cuento.
Although it has almost 700,000 people, its atmosphere feels quite provincial. The accent of the people is very funny. The worst thing in my opinion is the unbearable scorching heat in summer.
I was just thinking this - imagine if we could take Zaragoza and rearrange the Pyrenees and have this wonderful city sitting at 1000 meters above sea level. I would like it better than Madrid just for the nicer summer weather. Maybe drop those high temps down a few degrees. It would be the Medellin of Spain - HA. Oh well, that is what San Sebastian and the Norther Coastal cities are for, I guess?
I love this city. only been during the patron Saint festivities but the people are just awesome. A friend's mum grew up here and she always tells the girls waited for the day the guys from teh army's officers school had a permit to go out and party
well I'm a local and I have to say that what you say is an anecdote, we spaniards don't have the overkill excitement for the military that is so common in the U.S.
@@aitortilla721 Lo cual es otra prueba contundente de hasta que punto somos un país con un muy alto porcentaje de borregos dispuestos a seguir sin discutir ciertas tendencias comunes después del conveniente adoctrinamiento general.
nice video stuart, a place ive always wanted to visit. bit hard to fly into from where i live but im working on it, a pal lives nearby in tudela so maybe a two bird trip beckons? also im told its near to belchite and los bardenas,
In spite of the weather, where you can either have 45ºC/113ºF in summer, with no rain for months, or foggy days in winter with temperatures under 0ºC/32ºF (the cold wind is always there, reaching 90km/h); Zaragoza is a great city: small and compact, with respectfull people and good services, especially in Puerto Venecia. As you said, turism is not outstanding (compared to other coastal cities), but if your looking for a more cultural and rural tourism, this is your city.
Gracias por enseñar nuestra pequeña ciudad. Y, tienes razón, aunque, déjame decirte que en Zaragoza no hace viento. Aquí se fabrica, se crea el viento, al que aquí le llamamos cierzo. Sola tanto, que hay registrados comentarios del famoso poeta romano Marcial, de hace más de 2000 años hablando sobre nuestro cierzo. La cocatedral de El Pilar, es la primera iglesia del mundo dedicada a la Virgen Maria, madre de Jesús.
Esta ciudad es muy encantadora, espero poder ir pronto. Ver y compartir lugares como estos es por lo que me gusta viajar y hacer videos! Sigue adelante, suscrito!
Se les ha olvidado decir que en esta ciudad trabajamos y no pensamos en otras cosas cómo hacen en otras comunidades por eso muchas empresas europeas y americanas se instalan aquí o lo que es lo mismo trabajamos y callamos
Gracias por disfrutar de la ciudad en la que he nacido y llevo 25 años viviendo, espero que te hayas quedado con ganas de volver. La proxima vez, te recomiendo que vengas en las Fiestas del Pilar, lo pasaras muy bien. Buen video!
llevo muchos años viviendo aqui, digo la verdad aqui corre mucho aire.. mucho. cada vez ando en la calle ,me recuedo la palabra de yasuo" la muerte es como el viento ,siempre me acompaña¨
Beautiful, sadly this video has an end. Great blog! I miss some important buildings, like Aljaferia Moorish Palace (11th century) or Roman Ruins (1st century) and also the 2 biggest parks in the city. Not to mention other interesting streets like calle Alfonso or many beautiful squares. Thanks for the video!
Parece ser que esto se ha convertido en un escaparate para mostrar vuestros conocimientos en ingles. Me parece lógico que los ingleses o de otras naciones se expresen en su idioma, pero que españoles tengan que expresarse en ingles en un tema como una ciudad española, pués vosotros mísmos.
Muchas gracias por el video y por la difusión de esta ciudad amiga que se expresa en en castellano o español, aunque en el pirineo aragonés charramos la fabla d'arago o aragonés, eso sí, somos educados y nos pasamos al español con todo aquel que no nos entiende, Saludos
You skipped the long history of the city, you focused on the Pilar cathedral and forgot the roman ruins, the Alfajeria (which appears in the famous Chanson du Roland), La seo...You forgot Ceasar Agustus, charlemagne, Le Cid, Napoleon's french troupes ... You make Zaragoza look like some kind of a lazy "Zaragrad" 😂😂😂 , but thanks for Visiting and uploading this 👍👍
Very nice and clean city. People are so nice. I been in Oktober this year. I hope I will coming again. I been only one day trip. Hi from Slovenia - Ljubljana🇸🇮🇪🇸😂😂
El Pilar isn't the Cathedral, is the basilica. La Seo is the Cathedral which is nearby at that same big square. It would've been great to show the Aljaferia, an arabic palace from the 11th century. Anyway, thanks for showing everyone my city! Cool shoots at the end
That’s my city thank you for showing it on youtube, I’ve had a good time seen my city through the eyes of a sightseer. I hope you were able to enjoy my city, let me know if you are coming again! Bye!
Muy bien explicados los pros y los contras de la ciudad. Muy cómoda para vivir, con todos los servicios de una gran ciudad pero sin los agobios de las realmente grandes. Lo peor es el clima que es un poco complicado. Como turismo añadir que la Seo tiene más interés cultural que El Pilar y es imprescindible la visita. También el origen romano de la ciudad, se mantiene el perímetro original (calle de El Coso), una pequeña parte de la muralla, los cimientos del teatro romano, foro, puerto fluvial, termas... Y el Mudéjar aragonés, Patrimonio arquitectónico de la Humanidad y que puede apreciarse en La Seo, en San Pablo y en el Palacio de Aljafería, también visita obligada.
El Pilar es una basilica, la Catedral es la Seo (del Salvador) Un miercoles a las 9 am zaragoza suele tener bastante movimiento por el centro de la ciudad naturalmente en dias vacacionales como 18 dic la gente no madruga los niños no van al colegio etc Si hubiera ido a la entrada de alguno de los numerosos poligonos industriales a las 5:45 am veria como los Aragoneses (despiertan sobre las 11 o 12 am). Para proximos viajes recomiendo (aparte de visitar el Pilar) recorrer el Tubo probando las diferentes tapas y raciones. visitar el anfiteatro romano, las catacumbas, las multiples iglesias, la algaferia y un largo etc.. un saludo
Como veo que no lo sabes te lo voy a explicar. El Pilar és Catedral desde 1676 nombrada como tal por el Papa Leon X. Basílica Menor(pués Basílica Mayor solo pueden ser iglesias de Roma) és desde 1948 nombrada como tal por el Papa PIO XII. Y resulta que Zaragoza és la única ciudad del Mundo con dos Catedrales en activo(hay ciudades que tienen la Catedral Vieja y la Nueva pero solo una funciona como Catedral). Cuando fué designada Catedral El Pilar, el Papa Leon X designo un solo Cabildo para ambas Catedrales teniendo la sede seís meses en cada Catedral. Tú error lo tiene mucha gente.
Has acertado en casi todo lo que has dicho, pero no has nombrado que es una ciudad histórica. Zaragoza la fundaron los romanos, y su nombre viene de Cesar Augusto, Cesaragustiana, Zaragoza.
Great video!!! I missed in your video El coso, plaza España, paseo Sagasta, calle Alfonso and Parque Grande. (For part 2) 😎👍🏻 There’s no people cause u are recording on Sunday cold morning... and ARRIBA ESPAÑA 🇪🇸
Gracias por venir a nuestra tierra encantados de que hallas venido un abrazo fuerte los embutidos de los pueblos de aquí son los mejores un abrazo my friend
Muy buen video, si te quedas unos días mas por aquí te recomiendo que te pases por el tubo y si estás en jueves que vayas al juepincho mucha gente y muy buen ambiente
Es raro ver el paseo independencia y otras calles importantes tan vacías , seguramente grabarias por la mañana en un día de fiesta jaja Buen vídeo, gracias por enseñar nuestra ciudad!!!!
Bienvenido a mi ciudad natal , Zaragoza. Espero que hayas probado las ricas frutas de aragon de chocolate. Os esperamos a todos con los brazos abiertos😉
no a todos nos que aquí ya somos muchos eh
cuando dijo lo de la gente amable dije bueno... vosotros ya entendereis :V
Y las borrajas!!
Yo tamb soy de Zaragoza
La recomendarías para vivir?
Soy mexicano y toda mi vida he querido vivir en España (Legalmente claro) y Zaragoza está en mi primera opción de ciudad en donde quisiera vivir.
Muchas gracias y saludos!
Like si eres de Zaragoza 😀
Left my camera in one of the museums. They rang all the other museums until they located it. The next day, as I passed, two museum keepers rushed out to ask if I´d found it. Good people.
They are very friendly and obstinacy is a famous trait they have!
That's how we aragoneses are😉
Thank you Stuart for your kind video about my town. Just a few hints about your comments. I guess you took the images on Sunday morning or some other holiday... Locals get up as early as in any other place in the world... The industry follows the usual three-shift schedule (6 - 14h /14 - 22h / 22- 6h), the public administration starts at 8 am although attention to the public may delay til 9, classes in Middle and High school starts at 8 am. At the University of Zaragoza there are classes from 8 am to 9 pm.... That makes some bus lines and the tram to get packed at 8 am for example! And yes... many people hang out until late or have dinner out on _Juepincho_ (Thursday, mostly students), Friday and Saturday evening, packing a few specific areas in town... But *most* people work as many hours as in any other place in the world (and I've worked in quite a few different places!). As for monuments.. Okey, El Pilar has become a symbol of the city, but the most interesting monument in town by far is right next to the El Pilar and is the La Seo Cathedral and its surroundings, declared World Heritage Site by the UNESCO mostly because of (but not only) the Mudejar architecture. La Aljaferia Palace is definitely worth visiting too, way more than the El Pilar Basilica. Also, visiting the Roman Forum -with plenty of info available in English, including interactive models, is a must if you want to get the scoop about Zaragoza's historic roots. Other than that, we get about one million international visitants only accounting for religious turism: people following the Częstochowa - Lourdes - Zaragoza - Fatima route, let alone the many other visitants passing by for other reasons. Not the most beautiful nor interesting corner in the world, truth to say, but you nail it when stating that it's a place which gathers the facilities of a big city and the comfort of a small town. Don't hesitate to contact me if you drop by again!
José Luis Briz Velasco I visited your city a few years ago and loved it!
Chance of you seeing this are low, but I'm moving to Zaragoza in 2025 and I'm concerned about the summer heat any insight you could offer?
DO HUESCA OR JACA! Thanks for showing Zaragoza. Aragon is one of the most underrated regions of Spain.
Huesca. I live here and sucks. Jaca is much greatear
@@hermenegildoc3933 eso es porque no disfrutas del turismo, solo buscas monumentos o atracciones (como la mayoría) pero Huesca es una ciudad histórica.
Me encanta Huesca por que no es tan grande y a la vez no está aburrido.
(Disculpe, no hablo bien español, todavía estoy aprendiendo) 😂
@@ikarly2898 te expresas bastante bien, si me permites una pequeña corrección, se dice es aburrido, no está aburrido
@@elizaya8191 Vivo aquí, y tiene muchas cosas malas. Tienes historia en Montearagon, Salas y las murallas si pero están en mal estado
I studied in Zaragoza Veterinary School. I remember the wind (El Cierzo del Moncayo) and the fog. But it was a wonderful time.
Absolutely amazing video of Zaragoza!!!
A great video and one that was a long time coming. Of course I understand that you are not retired like me and need to work during the week and have only weekends to visit except for the holiday period of course. Zaragoza is very hot in the summer so the best time to visit would be during the Spring or Autumn. Using it as a base there are several interesting small towns, as you mentioned, near by. To the southeast you have the abandoned village of Belchite, site of one of the bloodiest battles in the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). Directly north there is the village of Ejea de los Caballeros and Sos del Rey Católico. To the northeast, in the direction of Pamplona, lies the vast las Bardenas desert, where many scenes of Games of Thrones were filmed. North of that is Ujué, one of the most beautiful villages in Spain. Arriving by car there is a reasonably priced modern hotel across the river on the southwest side near the A2 highway, Hotel Diagonal Plaza. You can leave your car there and go into the city by bus or taxi as parking in the city is expensive and hard to find.
You know way more about Spain than I actually do. What is incredible because I'm from Spain, I'd never thought that a foreign knonws that much about Spain( I'm from Ejea de los Caballeros)
If you come back to Zaragoza don't forget to visit the "Cafe de Levante", a historic cafe with 125 years of history, founded by my great great grandfather, it has all the tradicional food of Zaragoza and it's very beautiful and homely. Thanks for showing up our little big city, cheers from Zaragoza
Una pregunta: Con un apellido como tú, Blazquez de origen español ¿no hablas el español?.
Muy bonito vídeo, solo decir que se nota que es domingo el día que se grabó con niebla. Y que la ciudad entre semana se despierta bastante antes de las 9... en todo caso son las tiendas las que no abren hasta las 10am, cerrando a las 10pm.
Gracias
Aqui en zaragoza fabricamos el viento, en el Moncayo tenemos la fabrica del cierzo 😂😂😂
jaja
El cierzo viene del noroeste. El moncayo esta al oeste, ligeramente al sur
Not only is Zaragoza located halfway between Madrid and Barna, but also between Bilbao and Valencia, which are also very important in terms of industry. Therefore it is one of the most important crossroads in Spain. Inditex (Zara, Pull&Bear, etc) and other important Spanish companies have built their main warehouses in an enormous industrial estate which is specifically dedicated to logistics (PLAZA, bigger than some Spanish province capitals). There are some important companies located there: BSH (Bosch - home appliances), CAF (trains), Opel (cars). The university and the hospitals are also well considered. Many people from the Ebro valley (not only Aragón, but also La Rioja or Navarre) go there to study a degree, get medical treatment or even do the shopping. The people in Zaragoza are among the best I've found in Spain. Very pleasant and lively - and they have a funny accent.
The worst thing about Zaragoza is the weather. Extremely hot in summer, sometimes nearly as hot as Córdoba or Seville, and it's not on the Meseta so at night temperatures don't drop to a point where you can sleep easily, so you need AC. In winter, I don't know what's worse: if the Cierzo (Cold wind from the NW) isn't blowing (and it does blow strongly), it's foggy because of the Ebro river. Either way it feels colder than it really is. But anyway, the good things really make up for the horrible weather.
A problem with Zaragoza for some people is that there isn't much around it. You have the Ebro valley but on both sides it is practically a desert, with villages few and far between. In fact you do have a desert, las Bardenas Reales, not far to the northwest. If you like green, Zaragoza is not a good choice for living. If you don't mind rain, which creates an Ireland-like landscape come to Galicia, where your first purchase has to be an umbrella.
@@rayvogensen2983 Totally true. I'm a local and I love green. For that reason, I love Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, and Euskadi and Pyrenees. Also, I love Ireland where I was living in the past.
Anyway, ZGZ is a kind of "oasis" in the middle of the desert. The city is plenty of parks and green areas, especially on the sides of the Ebro. Also, you can visit the Natural Protected Space of Galacho de La Alfranca, where you can observe many of river plants and birds.
Only a few summers are really hot, that's kinda myth.
@@elizaya8191 Mmmmh... I guess it's all relative. I'm from Logroño, I travel to Zaragoza relatively often, and summer daytime temperatures are usually 3 to 5 ºC higher in Zaragoza, and summer nights are much hotter.
@@Equisdeee yo vivo en Zaragoza 😂
I have stopped there on the way back to the UK usually beginning of April last year it was really cold with a frost. Thanks for the post. All of what you said was spot on. Oh and the streets are really clean.
Welcome to my city and congrats for such a good and explicative video.
I guess you were recording on Sunday, it could explain the lack of people on the street. The rest of the days streets are packed of people and cars at that time (and earlier too).
What I like the most of Zaragoza is that even it's big (about 700k people) you can reach almost anywhere by bus or bike in less than 30 minutes. The streets use to be very alive, always full of people.
The worst part of Zaragoza is the weather. As you described, we have our own wind, called Cierzo. It's super cold and makes you feel really uncomfortable, temperature doesn't goes below 0 usually though.
Summer is awful: it's not uncommon to see the thermometer over 40 degree...
Thanks for sharing your experience and thanks for making zaragoza better known!
Good luck
En realidad no es tan normal q el termómetro supere 40 grados en verano, los veranos aquí son relativamente frescos, sobre todo de noche. Aunque es cierto q algunos son especialmente calurosos, casi no recuerdo la última vez q pase verdadero calor aquí.
@@elizaya8191 buff pocos veranos he conocido frescos aqui... mas de una vez alcanzamos la temperatura mas alta de españa, tambien la mas baja en invierno...
@@elizaya8191 Pues no sé en q Zaragoza vives tú maña pero desde q yo recuerdo no hay verano que no haya pasado de 40 grados varias veces.
@@ericmacpherson4009 Hombre más de 40 grados hay siempre algún día, pero suele ser una semana q hay ola de calor y ya.
OMG Cold? I am in Canada -12 right now and with the wind can be -20. And is not Winter jet....love to be in Zaragoza. Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing the city
18ºC at 6PM as of today, 21/12/2019.
"Freezing"... ;)
It is also the land where you can experience the beautiful JOTA ARAGONESA in both dance and song. I visited 2 years ago and watched some amazing performances right in the street. Great city to live. As much as I love Madrid or Barcelona, they are too busy and crowded. Zaragoza has a great balance between space, population and things to do.
Otro con apellido español que no sabe el castellano.
I have very good memories of Zaragoza. Beautiful square with a magnificent basilica.I'll definitely go back.
I like the look of this city, the photo at the end of your video is really lovely,
BIENVENIDO A NUESTRA GRAN ZARAGOZA. FELIZ NAVIDAD. SALUDOS DESDE ZARAGOZA 🤶🎅👍✌🥳🥳🥳
Beautiful little city, been living here for almost 20 years.
Not so little though
Is not a little city. Has 750,000 inhabitants
Thanks for coming! I'd be delighted to show you up some other interesting places our city has.
En España entramos a trabajar desde las 6.00 AM hasta las 9.00, no a las 12.00 ..
Este ha estado o un domingo por la mañana o un festivo y además se ha dejado llevar por el cuento de que en España no se trabaja.
Hi and welcome to Zaragoza! Zaragoza is where I was born and I have lived here for 32 years.
This is a wonderful video about the city!
Let me suggest a couple of places. Just near the Pilar Cathedral, you can find La Seo, which is a cathedral, also. In my opinion, a very unknown, interesting and amaizing building. Here you can learn about aragonees nobility and their relationship with Catholic church.
An other interesting building is La Aljaferia, which is a castle located between the city center and the train station.
About Aragon, you have many other towns and villages to visit here. You will find a huge contrast in the same region between northern and southern villages, but all of them are amazing. Huesca and Teruel are the two other capitals, as Aragon is divided in three smaller regions, and both are a must.
In Huesca you have Jaca in the Pyrenees, Alquezar, Roda de Isabena, Torla and many other great villages.
In Zaragoza, Daroca and Anento, Calatayud and the Monasterio de Piedra and the Cinco Villas, which are five historical villages Sos, Uncastillo, Ejea, Tauste and Sadaba.
Finally, Teruel is one of the most forgotten regions of Spain. Albarracin is amazing and has been chosen several time the most beautiful Spanish village.
A little bit of history: Aragon was one of the three kingdoms that creates Spain (with Castille and Navarra). In this lands you can hear many legends, mirackes, learn about templar order and el Cid.
Aragon is a great place to visit!
Hello Luiz! Where I can go for a day trip by train from Zaragoza? Do you have any rips for me? 🤔😊😊
@@erikacarpi6985 First of all, Welcome to Zaragoza!!
(Places marked with a star* are mandatory from my point of view)
If you are just going to stay for a day, I would suggest you to walk from the train station to the Aljaferia*. You might have to buy a ticket to visit the monument some days before coming to Zaragoza. If you cannot enter the palace, just take a walk around it.
Then, I suggest you to go to the river Ebro* and walk besides it until you reach the roman walls and Zuda's tower (here you will find an tourisism office and they will give you some extra information).
Just some meters form there, you will enter the Pilar Square. This is the main city square and you can visit the Pilat Cathedral* and the Seo Cathedral*. The first one is free to visit and for the second one you will have to pay 3€ (both of them worth the time). Between both Cathedrals you have the city town hall and "La lonja" an old market that today is a museum. Surround the Seo Cathedral on the left and take a look at that side wall*. You should be able to detect all different stages of the temple (Roman, Arabic and Christian). Continue surrounding the cathedral and pass bellow the "Acro del Dean".
After that, and depending on the hour, go through "el tubo", there you will find lots of places to have tapas and something to eat and drink.
Around there I wiould suggest you to visit the Roman hot springs and the Roman theater*. Just besides the Roman theater, you can visit the San Pedro church, where the "Rosario de cristal" can be seen in the museum inside a church.
From there go to Plaza de España and walk through "Paseo de la Independencia" to Plaza de Aragón and the "Paraninfo" the former medicine college.
Walking back to the train station, you will pass by the "Puerta del Carmen", the Pablo Serrano museum and the Caixaforum. You will be close to the Aljaferia again, and from there you will be just 15 minutes away from the station.
There are still many things to visit, but I guess that you will be a nice and busy one-day visit.
Once again, welcome to Zaragoza! I hope you will enjoy the city, people and food here!
I love the fact that it’s not touristy so it is on my list 😁
Thanks for the video in English. I live in Japan and I always try to explain how beautiful my city is, now I can show everyone this video! ☺️ Zaragoza es maravillosa. Estoy viviendo en Kobe y trabajando de profesora de español, siempre les hablo del cierzo y del Ebro, nunca parecen muy impresionados. Deberían ir a experimentarlo!
Great video Stuart, I was expecting this video for o long time. Very good details about weather, economy and city location, you summerized perfectly.
Great video, when I lived there for three years I found the weather to be on par with Chicago where I’m from!
Thank You so much for this video! We traveled in the right half of Spain, exploring the cities for life there, and also turned attention in Zaragoza foro two aspects: friendly people and a noticeable wind. But the last one did not spoil the impression of the visit!😀😀😀
Zaragoza is worth spending one weekend. There are roman ruins (theatre an "catacumbas"), moorish monuments (aljaferia), renacentist (the lonja, and the cathedral "La Seo") el Pilar... really friendly people, and good food.
La virgen del pilar
Dice que no quiere ser Francesa
Que quiere ser capitana
De la tropa ARAGONESA♥️
Me hace gracia lo de que los españoles somos muy fiesteros y que las ciudades no tienen actividad hasta las 10 o las 11 de la mañana , esto lo has grabado un domingo en navidad , porque si te vas un día entre semana por los mismos sitios a la misma hora igual no puedes ni grabar el vídeo de gente que hay por la calle trabajando.Y lo de que aquí hace frío en verano también ha sido muy bueno , aquí en Zaragoza el clima es muy extremo, cuando hace frío hace mucho frío pero cuando hace calor también hace mucho calor ,cuando hay niebla es para tres semanas, y cuando sopla el cierzo ya ni te cuento.
Although it has almost 700,000 people, its atmosphere feels quite provincial. The accent of the people is very funny. The worst thing in my opinion is the unbearable scorching heat in summer.
As a local I can only but agree with that.
Is it worse than the madrid heat? 🤔
@@albo181 similar
I was just thinking this - imagine if we could take Zaragoza and rearrange the Pyrenees and have this wonderful city sitting at 1000 meters above sea level. I would like it better than Madrid just for the nicer summer weather. Maybe drop those high temps down a few degrees. It would be the Medellin of Spain - HA. Oh well, that is what San Sebastian and the Norther Coastal cities are for, I guess?
Gracias por compartir con el resto del mundo tus experiencias en esta maravillosa ciudad que es Zaragoza, sois todos bienvenidos !!
Nice video. Thank you!
Pero que dice este zanguangano que nos levantamos a las 11 😂😂😂😂
Algunos los días de fiesta sí, pero me da que ese día las calles estaban vacías porque la gente estaba trabajando.😂😂
I love this city. only been during the patron Saint festivities but the people are just awesome. A friend's mum grew up here and she always tells the girls waited for the day the guys from teh army's officers school had a permit to go out and party
well I'm a local and I have to say that what you say is an anecdote, we spaniards don't have the overkill excitement for the military that is so common in the U.S.
@@aitortilla721 I think the focus was on "men" and not "military"
@@aitortilla721 Lo cual es otra prueba contundente de hasta que punto somos un país con un muy alto porcentaje de borregos dispuestos a seguir sin discutir ciertas tendencias comunes después del conveniente adoctrinamiento general.
Fascinating - thanks! Looks like a great place to live. I love Fog!
nice video stuart, a place ive always wanted to visit. bit hard to fly into from where i live but im working on it, a pal lives nearby in tudela so maybe a two bird trip beckons? also im told its near to belchite and los bardenas,
Maybe you could do a series about small towns in Spain. They are lovely and it's like time travel!
yes plz. went to Jaca, Bolea, and now Im planning to go to Alquezar and Albarracin
Muchas gracias por enseñar nuestra ciudad. Espero la disfrutarás. Un saludo!
In spite of the weather, where you can either have 45ºC/113ºF in summer, with no rain for months, or foggy days in winter with temperatures under 0ºC/32ºF (the cold wind is always there, reaching 90km/h); Zaragoza is a great city: small and compact, with respectfull people and good services, especially in Puerto Venecia. As you said, turism is not outstanding (compared to other coastal cities), but if your looking for a more cultural and rural tourism, this is your city.
¿Y pasas por alto una de las joyas arquitectónicas como es La Catedral de San Salvador?
Gracias por enseñar nuestra pequeña ciudad.
Y, tienes razón, aunque, déjame decirte que en Zaragoza no hace viento.
Aquí se fabrica, se crea el viento, al que aquí le llamamos cierzo.
Sola tanto, que hay registrados comentarios del famoso poeta romano Marcial, de hace más de 2000 años hablando sobre nuestro cierzo.
La cocatedral de El Pilar, es la primera iglesia del mundo dedicada a la Virgen Maria, madre de Jesús.
Me alegro mucho que t gustará nuestra ciudad. Me ha hecho mucha ilusión tu vídeo!! Feliz Navidad!!
Esta ciudad es muy encantadora, espero poder ir pronto. Ver y compartir lugares como estos es por lo que me gusta viajar y hacer videos! Sigue adelante, suscrito!
Se les ha olvidado decir que en esta ciudad trabajamos y no pensamos en otras cosas cómo hacen en otras comunidades por eso muchas empresas europeas y americanas se instalan aquí o lo que es lo mismo trabajamos y callamos
Vaya, me has dado fuerzas para pensar en trabajar y no vivir del are...
Hello,
Sorry for the foggy day.
Good video.
I wish you the best.
Thank you
Gracias por disfrutar de la ciudad en la que he nacido y llevo 25 años viviendo, espero que te hayas quedado con ganas de volver.
La proxima vez, te recomiendo que vengas en las Fiestas del Pilar, lo pasaras muy bien.
Buen video!
Great video and fantastic information in 14 min. Thx.
llevo muchos años viviendo aqui, digo la verdad aqui corre mucho aire.. mucho. cada vez ando en la calle ,me recuedo la palabra de yasuo" la muerte es como el viento ,siempre me acompaña¨
Pensaba que ibas a decir: "Soryeketon", maño jajajajjaaj
@@sergiovittori6358 jajaja. Llamame chinomaño
No por nada nos llaman cheposos... de ir siempre encorvados por el aire! jajajajaj
@@KamiZg estos días,hace puto frío y humedad....un cliente que viene de Alicante dijo que ya hasta los cojines ya ..ya quiere volver a Alicante
Beautiful, sadly this video has an end. Great blog! I miss some important buildings, like Aljaferia Moorish Palace (11th century) or Roman Ruins (1st century) and also the 2 biggest parks in the city. Not to mention other interesting streets like calle Alfonso or many beautiful squares.
Thanks for the video!
Parece ser que esto se ha convertido en un escaparate para mostrar vuestros conocimientos en ingles. Me parece lógico que los ingleses o de otras naciones se expresen en su idioma, pero que españoles tengan que expresarse en ingles en un tema como una ciudad española, pués vosotros mísmos.
Beautiful city, was there in May.
i really like ur videos
Komme aus der Stadt und bin hoch erfreut, dein Video zu sehen. Zaragoza hat einige schöne Ecken
Un abrazo
la catedral es una basilica la de pilar,y e.viento se llama cierzo,y a las 5 o 6.de la mañana y hay actividad laboral no solo a las.9
You should go to El Calamar Bravo in Calle Cádiz btw :D
Thank you for sharing this beautiful view of Zaragoza with us stay bless Sir
Thank you for the video. Its an amazing city with lovely people 👨👨👦
nice video good info :) heading there for 1 month in September for work :)
Thanks for your point of view about our city. But don't forget to visit the other cathedral near Pilar, "La Seo" , an unknown jewel.
I have been living here in Zaragoza for more than 2 decades now,your research is true and i love the documentary about the city.👍
Nice video, hope to run into you one day. Keep up the great videos.
Saludos desde Zaragoza yo nací hay somos los Reyes del cierzo
Muchas gracias por el video y por la difusión de esta ciudad amiga que se expresa en en castellano o español, aunque en el pirineo aragonés charramos la fabla d'arago o aragonés, eso sí, somos educados y nos pasamos al español con todo aquel que no nos entiende, Saludos
Múy bonita es el video de El Pillar Zaragoza.
You skipped the long history of the city, you focused on the Pilar cathedral and forgot the roman ruins, the Alfajeria (which appears in the famous Chanson du Roland), La seo...You forgot Ceasar Agustus, charlemagne, Le Cid, Napoleon's french troupes ... You make Zaragoza look like some kind of a lazy "Zaragrad" 😂😂😂 , but thanks for Visiting and uploading this 👍👍
Very nice and clean city. People are so nice. I been in Oktober this year. I hope I will coming again. I been only one day trip. Hi from Slovenia - Ljubljana🇸🇮🇪🇸😂😂
Thank you.
A particulary good clip for the drinking name game ( alas, couldn't find any vino from Zaragoza ). ¡Salud!
Muchas gracias por enseñar nuestra ciudad y nuestra gente al mundo! 🙏🏻
Great video!
From Zaragoza :D
Eggcellent video. Thank you again Stuart. Very informative. As you said 9 months of winter 3 months of hell.
El Pilar isn't the Cathedral, is the basilica. La Seo is the Cathedral which is nearby at that same big square. It would've been great to show the Aljaferia, an arabic palace from the 11th century. Anyway, thanks for showing everyone my city! Cool shoots at the end
That’s my city thank you for showing it on youtube, I’ve had a good time seen my city through the eyes of a sightseer. I hope you were able to enjoy my city, let me know if you are coming again! Bye!
JAJAJJAJAJA cuando muestra la temperatura al principio es mi barrio 🤣
Welcome to Zaragoza! Amazing!
Muy bien explicados los pros y los contras de la ciudad. Muy cómoda para vivir, con todos los servicios de una gran ciudad pero sin los agobios de las realmente grandes. Lo peor es el clima que es un poco complicado. Como turismo añadir que la Seo tiene más interés cultural que El Pilar y es imprescindible la visita. También el origen romano de la ciudad, se mantiene el perímetro original (calle de El Coso), una pequeña parte de la muralla, los cimientos del teatro romano, foro, puerto fluvial, termas... Y el Mudéjar aragonés, Patrimonio arquitectónico de la Humanidad y que puede apreciarse en La Seo, en San Pablo y en el Palacio de Aljafería, también visita obligada.
Te falto la Alfarería, estuviste muy cerca (iglesia del Portillo) y un día con sol. Thanks
Great
Love learning about my namesake!
A really excellent video thank you
Looks a fantastic place!
El Pilar es una basilica, la Catedral es la Seo (del Salvador)
Un miercoles a las 9 am zaragoza suele tener bastante movimiento por el centro de la ciudad
naturalmente en dias vacacionales como 18 dic la gente no madruga los niños no van al colegio etc
Si hubiera ido a la entrada de alguno de los numerosos poligonos industriales a las 5:45 am veria como los Aragoneses (despiertan sobre las 11 o 12 am).
Para proximos viajes recomiendo (aparte de visitar el Pilar) recorrer el Tubo probando las diferentes tapas y raciones.
visitar el anfiteatro romano, las catacumbas, las multiples iglesias, la algaferia y un largo etc..
un saludo
Como veo que no lo sabes te lo voy a explicar. El Pilar és Catedral desde 1676 nombrada como tal por el Papa Leon X. Basílica Menor(pués Basílica Mayor solo pueden ser iglesias de Roma) és desde 1948 nombrada como tal por el Papa PIO XII. Y resulta que Zaragoza és la única ciudad del Mundo con dos Catedrales en activo(hay ciudades que tienen la Catedral Vieja y la Nueva pero solo una funciona como Catedral). Cuando fué designada Catedral El Pilar, el Papa Leon X designo un solo Cabildo para ambas Catedrales teniendo la sede seís meses en cada Catedral. Tú error lo tiene mucha gente.
Has acertado en casi todo lo que has dicho, pero no has nombrado que es una ciudad histórica. Zaragoza la fundaron los romanos, y su nombre viene de Cesar Augusto, Cesaragustiana, Zaragoza.
Zaragoza existía antes que los romanos era una ciudad íbera su nombre Salduie
Cesaraugusta romana, antes Salduie Ibera o celtibera.
Been there twice (from New Zealand) stayed in a hotel opposite the cathedral. Lovely, is somewhat quiet city by Spanish standards.
Great video!!! I missed in your video El coso, plaza España, paseo Sagasta, calle Alfonso and Parque Grande. (For part 2) 😎👍🏻 There’s no people cause u are recording on Sunday cold morning... and ARRIBA ESPAÑA 🇪🇸
En Zaragoza el viento es redondo!
Gracias por venir a nuestra tierra encantados de que hallas venido un abrazo fuerte los embutidos de los pueblos de aquí son los mejores un abrazo my friend
Muy buen video, si te quedas unos días mas por aquí te recomiendo que te pases por el tubo y si estás en jueves que vayas al juepincho mucha gente y muy buen ambiente
Es raro ver el paseo independencia y otras calles importantes tan vacías , seguramente grabarias por la mañana en un día de fiesta jaja Buen vídeo, gracias por enseñar nuestra ciudad!!!!
thankyou
will be driving through here on NYE.
Bienvenido!! Saludos de un maño!
Me alegro que te hayas sentido bien entre nosotros. Bienvenidos todos que quieran conocernos!!❤❤
You said that cities in Spain don't wake up until 11 or 12 am. That's not true! In a working day the cities are full at 8am.
May you talk about Pamplona? I thank you in advanced.
Zaragoza. ❤
Mi bonita Zaragoza ❤️😍
Buen video me gustaría que mostraras más cosas de Zaragoza saludos de Venezuela
ALE ZARAGOZA ALE ALE!!