we speak different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all stick up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters t.w. made for mind's. eye they're welcome to another euro max special where this week we're talking the top tourist destinations in europe today we had to spain for the following reports . city perspectives see the capital madrid far from the madding crowd. all of their trips on the lug shorey a spot on the loose train. on sunny south exploring the

fascinating canary on. all this week we've been starting our journey in our featured country's capital we've been to london and rome today we're heading to madrid to get to know some of the lesser known corners of the city from shopping at a flea market to ancient egyptian ruins we get some insider tips from a local on how to discover some of the city's hidden secrets. this is the madrid familiar to millions of tourists. and this is london tina in the west of the city the oldest district in the spanish capital will. be go loves coming here to the bottom. of. the location scout often brings clients from the film and photography industry here. this is my

favorite place imma try to have breakfast because we're away from the noise but it's still in the center of the city but out of this it's a district that draws a lot of objects like actors from film television and theatre and you can even hear the birds chirping here and it it's a place where you can get your thoughts roam free the way you can listen in the whole time of those and to give than it is happiness sadness and that just was done . just a few steps away the other astro flea market takes place every sunday. the open air market is more than four hundred years old. this is a special place for me because it's always a mix of locals from all backgrounds the swellest choices it's already democratic space because the. one part of the market is devoted to antiques today rafael find something that catches his eye.

at the edge of montera park you'll find a piece of beach and egypt the temple of de bog is more than two thousand years old it was a gift from the egyptian govern. went in one thousand and sixty eight after spain helped save other architectural monuments there for the eagle but it must be punished by transporting the structure was in his difficulties solving the problem of where to put it you know i mean this in the end they decided to put the temple here close to the city center. it's in one of the city's most desirable districts. and that draws people here. another attraction is the park came under it rio in what was once the neglected western part of the city. today it's in a way says for locals on the banks of the month or not is river. which of mother lynn yes many much elaine hughes don't even know that the city has a river between two thousand and six and two thousand and eleven this district

changed a lot on the river became a mall prominent part of the cityscape and then modern spectacular architecture popped up alongside it and i just picked up with. many buildings were converted like this former slaughter house which has been turned into a cultural center. at the moment the exhibits on display focus on the topics of movement. the north east of the spanish capital is more reminiscent of new york this is where you'll find the highest skyscrapers in spain the quantrill top a or four towers was designed by a team that included star architect norman foster. they lie at the heart of hundreds new business district. for more traditional atmosphere

head for the sweet shop love your letter in the city center the small family owned business has been producing violet flavored candy for over one hundred years. lots of people give them as gifts at birthdays weddings baptisms a first communion and we have special versions for these events or you can buy them as a souvenir isn't a dream when you get money. back to the old district of latino location scout rafael did you go i stopped off at his favorite bar. rodriguez to see. if there was some kind of this place and be that it's been around since eight hundred sixty in office a very authentic color no experience it's a mixture of madrid and you in past cuisine it's wonderful and. i suspect. to round off the tour we had for the concert become pope park the former royal

hunting grounds are now the perfect place to enjoy a spectacular view of madrid. we stay in madrid now for a spectacular dining experience that's where my colleague megan leave visited what is allegedly the world's oldest restaurant at least according to the guinness book of world records that is the sobrino teen opened in seventeen twenty five tastes have changed a lot since then so how could a restaurant survive for so many years meghan went to find out the secret recipe. madrid's famous class on my or squares almost four hundred years old it bore witness to bull fights and trials during the spanish inquisition now though it serves as a popular gathering place so i'm still a i'm in dribs and central square plus on my you are now this place is bustling with activity it's filled with restaurants and cafes and souvenir shops but what

most tourists here do not realize is that just beyond that archway is the world's oldest restaurant so follow me and say where it is. cold has been redefined in and around here. so my you are many of the court orders and cobblestone streets also date back centuries hidden gems lurking around every corner but only one holds a very special title. so here we are at the oldest restaurant in the world do you know the team that means the nephew of fourteen and spanish on the teams were the original owners of this establishment words at first wasn't in it was a french couple who started it so let's go inside and see what we discover. the gonzalez family took over the restaurant in the one nine hundred thirty s. now in its third generation antonio gonzalez is the managing director family tradition here is keep the decor of the restaurant reflects both the present owners

personal touch as well as the original style. in one thousand nine hundred eighty six the guinness book of world records designated protein the oldest restaurant in the world for very specific reasons is that they must be given the same name it would be worth about the same. work since the beginning we are companies that. the restaurant opens daily at one pm but before that the staff are busy making all the preparations for the lunch crowds protein is famous for its traditional spanish dishes. the rare whatever. so tell me about the specialty of this house. specialty of the houses roast suckling pig. which in it's a very traditional dish when we prepare it in this oven so this is a very special welcome because it dates back to the seventeen twenty five to get some original we all are growing in. the store on.

one floor below the kitchen antonio tells me that this dining room is even older than the restaurant dating back to fifteen eighty it leads down to a cave. which boasts a long history the whining here is for display only since the room produces too much more sure. since we are arguing time center years for different reasons some to drink old buildings . or structure. back upstairs in time for lunch traditional roast second pig is of course on the menu served by long time you have your sanchez after forty years of both teen years also become a permanent fixture here he tells me one suckling pig can serve up to five people.

one particular guest used to eat here quite regularly and that is the american writer ernest hemingway in fact he liked this restaurant so much that he wrote about it in this book the sun also rises and also one of the other books death in the afternoon and tony what do you know about hemingway's time here before me to the er to roast beef roast up home heating bill do you even if you tried to buy one was. not good with results then my grandfather told him and i still do skip right to be cool with it by myself. i have to read this famous passage from the second to last page of hemingway's book because he mentions exactly this to she says we lunched upstairs at both teams is one of the best restaurants in the world we had roast young suckling pig and we drink out so in the spirit i guess it's time to raise our glasses and say salute and to the next few hundred

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so far it's anybody's guess if that goal will ever be achieved however having been there myself i can say that the work in progress is well worth a visit. to. the basilica of the holy family loss and gratify media is one of barcelona's best known landmarks. work has been in progress on the church designed by catalan architect antoni gaudi for over one hundred thirty years. the. journey for lee is the seventh architect to oversee the project since county. he's been leading the work since twenty twelve and has been a member of the project team since one nine hundred ninety. i started here when they had architects back then your db on a commission to me. so there were four of us back then when it. hit it off i don't know if you know now there are more than fifty i was working on the site. the most

that way. when it's finished plus a gratify media will look like this. it will have eighteen spires and three facades . cody oversaw his life's work for more than four decades until he was run over by a tram and killed in one nine hundred twenty six after his death architects from around the globe continues to project a foundation raise the funds the work is financed exclusively from donations and entrance fees neither the spanish government nor the catholic church provides money for the project. nevertheless each year around twenty five million euros is raised to finish creation. moment it will be. a few of them go do you started this our daughter from you completely unconventional . took a girl to church in parts. of the first part wasn't the foundation of the

interior name. video she instead he and his workers put up the facade of the holy birth as a symbol of the afterlife sort of struck. by the. critics often point to the overloaded symbolism of the exterior. anyone who goes inside is surprised by how like the modern gothic style church seems. was an intuitive architect his ideas often developed as he worked and he didn't leave behind blueprints for his successors. if you will. it would be wholly our goal is to finish the project according to antoni gaudi these ideas as much as possible without give us why we've got to study the few documents that he left behind in great detail to make his vision into reality i feel that he. is the most important site in

barcelona and an important economic factor. more than three million tourists come to the catalan city each year to see the church. views among the locals about the project. for the crowds of tourists who come to see the church and change the neighborhood souvenir shops and kiosks have forced out businesses from around the church and there's another thing that worries the residents back when the building started the construction site was in the middle of the field now the surrounding area is completely built up and some of the buildings will have to be torn down to implement county's original plans for the promise not in front of the main facade. the target date for finishing the project is twenty twenty six just in time for the one hundredth anniversary of county's death but even in its unfinished state the church is already one of the best known buildings in europe. time now for an exciting train journey through and then in southern spain starting in seville will

be enjoying the local cultural all the way to grenada it's well worth taking the scenic route on the luxury of threat. seville is the heart and capital of on the loose in the city brings together everything that's typical for southern spain combining european and arab influences it's here that the trend i'm to lose begins its journey around fifty passengers from europe and north america will be on board today some are seasoned rail travel times. there's an old other way to travel in by train your relax all five days enjoy the sights enjoy the people on the ferry to fun while you're travelling because you can unpack all of your things in the chance to see the country. train to go places where we wouldn't normally be able to like. starting from seville sun talk station the out under

a loose heads to have as still up from tana towards the costa del sol sunshine coast but today's a bit cloudy. the other one doesn't list isn't just a hotel on wheels it's also great beyond. a strain. which is going to many parts of the world when people think of spain they think of andalucía of traditions such as flamenco and old fights me and the endless sea and sun people love that we want passengers to enjoy and. we want them to enjoy the train journey it is for dad to take some memories home with families who live in. this but. the train itself holds lots of memories the british royal family wants travelled in style through france and these elegant cars which date back to the nineteen twenty. meanwhile in the kitchen things are heating up for cook supper pairing international dishes including duck confit but mainly mediterranean speciality is.

considerable so you want to get everything fresh from the market the fish is from under the theory not from the north as by you know a lot of olive oil is produced here somewhere that when someone is very cold and i don't see an hannity because we only use regional ingredients i will feel that there's that's what they want to those there will be a little bit i will take stock of the city of this film director steven spielberg and also in wells were just two of the famous customers in this. city is famous for its sharing. this is followed by a visit to the royal and lucien school of equestrian on to see the dancing horses of hares dressage at its finest.

after a stop in the coastal city of card is the journey continues into the mountains and the medieval city of. the child landmark is the when. janeway of new bridge even though it's more than two hundred years old. is also the birthplace of bullfighting group pays a visit to one of the country's oldest arena. after all the sightseeing it's time to wind down and enjoy the music in the trains by. the island a loose continues on towards granada the luxury of carriages offer all the modern comfort imaginable and there's even internet access for those who want it. it's still drizzling but that doesn't seem to bother anyone. you know when you're travelling a lot. it's not the worst thing. is

busy there's always something to do you get just enough sleep so the gigo the next day you start going again. not least because the tours highlight still lies ahead the alhambra a masterpiece of morrish architecture in granada the mighty palace once used by the nazareth dentistry is now a unesco world heritage site and provides a spectacular end to the journey. now even though under lucy is the southernmost region in mainland spain the country does have regions even further south we're heading to the canary islands seven main islands located off the african coast and the atlantic ocean each has a distinctive character millions of tourists flock to them every year we're visiting four of them today so you can get a good idea of which is your favorites. located just one hundred kilometers off the

west african coast the canaries are an outpost of europe with an enticing climate. each island in the archipelago was formed progressively from volcanic magma over the course of millions of years. and each one of the seven boasts its own particular beauty. in the second largest of the canary islands is four to ventura on first glance it looks rather barren but it boasts spectacular beaches and is famous for the golden dunes of karl a cause that stretch all the way to the atlantic. to villa without you see here that nature builds things that are so much more impressive than anything humans make the same but also the landscape it's so much more frantic because we like the sand best and the climate you can measure cocaine i want to say and it's lovely. forge of into is continuously buffeted by winds from the north offering perfect conditions for surfers and that includes windsurfers and kite surfers.

we have different times of different series or so there are bigger waves smaller waves are not really big races where you try the color of the wire bureau. next up gran canaria third largest island with three hundred fifty days of clear skies a year it's a paradise for sun starved travellers from the north. the lively capital las palmas is located in the northeast. it's botanical garden is a must see home to five hundred indigenous plant species. colonial architecture lends the city its distinctly spanish feel and testifies to the influence of the rulers from the mainland who founded the city in fourteen seventy eight an entire museum is dedicated to the nation's famous explorer christopher columbus. they have it. only opened up a new world you know discovery of a new continent was

a major milestone for europe and for spain in particular. due to its location cannot be a play that is a strategic role in the conquest of the america has been. in the sixteenth century and i plan to go and see what he say has the american columbus set sail and his legendary voyage from las palmas in fourteen ninety two here's an exact reproduction of his ship's cabin on display in the museum. the easternmost island his lunch at arctic with his characteristic lava fields and volcanoes. in the bay of las colorado there's an underwater surprise. then museo atlantico at a depth of twelve metres is an exhibition of three hundred life size human figures they draw attention to global issues such as climate change. going to.

the museum is the brainchild of british artist jason to carry staler who's been producing sculptures for the collection since two thousand and thirteen. eight of the pieces is designed obviously for marine life to inhabit a lot of the surfaces but we make very rough and textured and that's the sort of perfect substrate for marine life in a way you know we build all these structures but soon as they get put in the sea you know we say goodbye to the. works are made of ph neutral concrete and are left to take on a life of their own underwater. we wrap up our tour and love houma known as. the beautiful island its biggest attraction comes to the fore in the dark the deep black nights with cloudless skies and little light pollution are ideal for astronomers carmelo gonzales rodriguez is an amateur enthusiastic. but i mean. for many of us one of the

best places in the world to view the heavens there is hardly any of distracting artificial light and i don't have high mountains to make up out of the love of the . border we leave. the clouds down below. when night falls on la palma stronger is focused their telescopes and begin their search for heavenly bodies located no humans of light years away from here the universe seems within reach of the canary islands a place of longing in the atlantic. that's all we have time for today but join us again tomorrow for a trip to france. next year imax special we travel to france and explore the capital paris. find out how to make an all frantic cock. and enjoy

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