If you don't like Portugal do not go to Portugal .

I didn't realise there were so many topless bars in Spain, thanks!

In my comute I use some of the most turistic streets in Lisbon. Sometimes I see tourists confused and I try to slow donw and show that I'm available for answering any question. Most of the times they dont ask.
Sometimes I just stop and ask if they keed help. They ask for directions and I help, but just coming up to people and ask if they are in need of help feels weird, but I get very conscious about myself if i see someone looking stressed at a map and dont do anything.

If you need help, just stop the first person you see if they dont look like they are in a rush. They will most certainly stop and help you. And I goes to the jar of the "good action of the day".

In Portugal and Spain, we have our eating hours very tabled. Lunch 12-14, dinner from 20-22.
Restaurants downgrade to coffeshops outside of those hours exept for the turistic stuff.

I had to smile at the bit about drunken German and English tourists. As a proud Brit, this kind of situation is one of the few where I play the WELSH card, to distance myself from that reputation, which I've seen all too often myself. Don't get me wrong, the Welsh can be just as bad, but it's one of those situations where other nations conveniently (and wrongly) consider Britain and England to be one and the same.
Loved my time in Lisbon, too. Seeing those shots brought back good memories.

Something I just found out today is that Portgual doesn't accept U.S. vaccination cards! You need to take a covid test prior to entering the country. That REALLY sucks.

I'm Portuguese and hearing you speak about "Iberia" is strange. I get it, you want to simplify the language, but that gives the impression it's all the same country or culture. It's not. Different people. Dont mix it up please. Thank you

I've found walking into a random grocery store to buy some produce and eating at an ordinary workers' cafeteria in a foreign land more culturally enriching than most restaurants (and better prices too), especially fine dining ones, which I find have a sort of 'sameness' to them.

As a Canadian, I can't imagine spending all that money to travel to a foreign place just to spend the whole time drunk. If they must, why not get drunk at home then? Yet thousands of European tourists do precisely that, and miss out on all the musea, interesting sightseeing or unique non-drinking cultural experiences that one could experience in those places.

Mrs Charlotte is legit and her method works like magic I keep on earning every single week with her new strategy

Nice to see retro Mark!

Wolter, I love your videos, but I couldn't finish watching this one as you kept talking about coming to "Iberia" over and over again. In Spain NOBODY talks about Iberia, apart from being the name of an airline. We talk of the "Iberian peninsula" when speaking of geography, but Iberia does not exist. To get the idea, it's as if your next video where titled "5 things tourists hate when visiting America of the North" (Mexico, USA, and Canada) and you went on about the good and bad things of visiting those three totally different countries as if they were a unit. Very, very weird video.

You'll hate to leave.

Tip: Most all European countries close their kitchens from 2-7 and some until 8. A good idea is to stop at a market or grocery store and grabs some nonperishable food like protein bars. Have it in your backpack. Because you will be doing a lot of walking, and burning calories so it's good especially to have protein bars available. And to book your places to eat for 8 because you are eating with the locals instead of the tourists and it will be guaranteed a spot. Especially Michelin star places. I am traveling to Portugal in October for 3 weeks. Starting from Porto and traveling through the north (of course the Douro), through the Alentejo region, and then down to the south for a couple days. Booking any tours you might take in advance will save you money and time. But in my opinion the only tour you SHOULD take in the south is a boat/kayaking tour to explore the caves. Also, Alentejo has amazing wineries as well, so don't completely focus on the Douro while there.

drunk people drive me nuts! especially traveling. You CAN get a buzz on some good Portuguese wine and not act like a loser. Sorry, I'm 33 and have outgrown that phase personally.

Morning from freezing Ireland, try Armacao de Pera. Have been going there for 22years on holiday. (Have been around the World twice) my tip is eat where the locals eat.

For free tapas with your drink, go to Jaen or Granada! I don't know how they make money when they give you shrimp or meat for free with your one or two euro beer!

Mark, speaking of Illinois, when I visited Portugal I went with 2 ladies from Illinois. Before we traveled there we checked the similarities between Illinois and Portugal. Both places are about the same size and both places are at about the same latitude. Illinois suffers from a continental climate while Portugal has such a nice climate due to be so close to the ocean.
As far as the nice, smaller cities, I would suggest Sagres. It's a sleepy little fishing town with great views and it even has a fort you can visit. It's also where they make the great cerveja (beer) named after the town.

6. Pickpockets and scams.

I went to Barcelona and to Portugal. What I did not like about Portugal was that most Portuguese I met were dumb and those working with tourists were not exactly service oriented. I felt the nice smart ones all emigrated. hI don't plan to go back. What I did not like about Barcelona is that there were way too many tourists and it was impossible to see main attractions without a reservation done a few days in advance. But I loved the vibe and plan to go back.

Thanks Mark for putting this video out. I went to Spain 3 years ago, Barcelona was my favorite out of all of them I've seen there (Alicante,Granada,Madrid,Segovia) for anyone reading this. I recommend checking out all of those places I just mentioned actually. That being said, I loved Barca the most. This summer if all goes well, my girlfriend and I are heading to Portugal for 8 days at the end of August. It's been under my radar of places I want to go for some years now.

We're going to Madrid in November. Thanks for the tip about them charging whatever they put on the table at the restaurants!

Sad that locals are only friendly with tourists.

Flashback, love it Mark!

I love visiting Spain. Especially the northern section.
Santander and Torrelavega have been some of nicest people when visiting. Is there other places in Spain or Portugal similar?
I don’t like crowed cities but Spain is very empty and rual inland… so it’s tough to find somewhere in the middle.

It is expensive for locals because they tax themselves like crazy.

Fantastic video. What a passion for sharing great tips. I moved with my fam last August and live in Portugal since. Exactly fro the reasons you've mentioned. Sunny days, friendly people, fantastic food and music. We live almost all day outside wearing short and t'shirts most days! You can see it is chosen as one of the best places to spent the weekend or for expats to life as it is getting bussier every month.

Mark i lvoe your 5 love/hates. It seems like its been a while since this series has had a video

I love everything about Iberia !!!! 🇪🇸

Gr8 info/ video Mark. One small question 🙋‍♀️, how’s the crime rate? Is it like west coast US or NYC ( no offense, but I almost got mugged once) or is it not so bad, unless I take a wrong turn? Thanks 😊 much, Amy

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And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books.
The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 
Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire." (REVELATION 20:12-15 NKJV)

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Please do not ever forget that.

Awesome and amazing video

Great video! 😉 I'm Spanish and I think I should visit Portugal more frequently hahaha

Mark, I never would have thought you lived in Portugal, your Portuguese always sounds very Brazilian to me 😂

Has wolter had a shave or gone back in time?

Heading back to Spain a few weeks and all of these are true. I remember my first time in Spain and getting used to eating dinner after 8pm was an adjustment lol

Have a friends trip to Portugal coming up soon. This was super helpful and quite timely!
In addition, as a part of the trip, my wife and I are scouting it to possibly retire 4-6 months a year there as well.
Super excited to go!!

Nice

For those of you wondering, this is a video I found in an old external drive and had never released, so we had some fun and thought we would put out a "Way Back Wednesday" so for those of you thinking I changed my look, got less bald, shaved the beard, and used some amazing face cream… I am sorry to disappoint you 🙂 back to "old Mark" videos later this week. If you want to keep up with some of our current travels visit our @woltersworldshorts channel and see where we are today!

Not all us Brits who go to Spain get drunk, but Benidorm is an area to stay away from as it has a culture like that

Great video!!!

The English part isn’t very true for Portugal, but I guess that this is an older video, so I guess that back then English wasn’t so widely spoken in the country. Currently, almost everyone will be able to communicate in English, even the old ladies in the fish market.