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Good morning. We will be visiting one of the most beautiful towns in Spain
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And right now I'm in Altia. We are sitting at Hotel Boutique La Serena, which used to be a manor house
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was converted into hotel. How did you sleep, Darcy? I slept quite good
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To let the viewers know, we'll be showing you hotels, restaurants, places to go and have lunch
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the history from the area, beaches, and a lot more. All of the information that you need to know
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before coming to this area. Are we ready? Let's go. High five
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Darcy, where are we going? I'm going to take you to the old town
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You know Altea is surrounded by Subtons? Really
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Yeah, look right behind we've got Seraburnia. Oh yeah. Yeah, the Seraburnia protects Altea and it creates a mild microclimate, which is really good for your help. Wow
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We're nearly at the top of Altea, but I just want to show you this quickly
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These views are amazing, Darcy. My God. You know it really never rains in Altea
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It doesn't, because here in Al-Dea we have 320 days of sun, so you have enough time to sunbathe
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Wow, I want to go sunbathing. Do you sure? Yeah, let's do it
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I've got somewhere to take you later. You ready? Yeah, let's go. We're going to go later to Masquerade
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It's one of the best porti in the area. with restaurants, with bars, jet skis and fun things to do
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Perfect place to go and have lunch. We go to the top? Yeah, let's go
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There are a few stairs coming up. Oh my god, that was intense, but so worth it
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Yeah. Look at this. Look how big this place is. All of the restaurants here
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That's the church of Althea, right? That is it. How do you say church in Spanish, 30
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Iglesia That how you say it here My God These blue tiles are incredible It really makes this Iglesia one of a kind It is actually because people recognize Althea because of these blue tiles and the capsule
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You search up on Google Altea and this is the first thing you're going to see
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Talking about the Iglesia, did you know it was built in the 1600s
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Yeah, you're right. And in the 1800s they had to close it because the state of the church was really bad
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But they ended up rebuilding it and in the 1900s they opened it up for the public again
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Wow. Let's go and see it inside. Let's go. We can't speak a lot in here, but right now they're doing a communion
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It's super typical here in Spain to see the church in the weekends full of people
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Gives a nice energy. Oh, who. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh. Oh
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What a beautiful place inside
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I know, we should come here more often. We should, especially on Sundays. It's full of people
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You know, famous artists started to come here because of the architecture that they have around here
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And they decided to paint inside of the church. I know, that's why you can find so many different art galleries here and all the things
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here in Altea, which has created this really bohemian atmosphere, as you can see the white narrow streets
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the little boutiques around here. It's actually known as the cultural capital
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of the community of Valencia. Okay, interesting fact. It all started in the 1950s
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when Althea started building up, and more tourism started to come here
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They started building beautiful restaurant, bars, the streets started, a lot of people started gathering of all over Spain
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Plus, you see the beaches here? They're amazing. I got a feeling we in the streets of food I can smell Yeah you right Did you know Altaea become so international that it has all these amazing different types of restaurants You got French cuisine Italian Indian Indian
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Yeah, Indian. Wow! We are now in one of the bays of Altea
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Exactly, we are in masquerade. There's loads of activities to do here. activities to do here and it's perfect to come and have lunch. What do you think, Ashley
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Thanks for taking me. I really love it. It's so relaxing to be next to the Mediterranean Sea and these views are breathtaking
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There's a lot of things to do. There's a lot of caves where you can go to and you can rent boats because we have the port right here. But Ashley, I've got a surprise for you that I think you're going to like
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Surprise? Yes. But we have to go class. But we look pretty smart, Darcy
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We look smart, but we need to look more smart. Okay. You ready? Ready
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Is this enough class, Darcy? Now we're ready. So this is the lifestyle living in Altea Hills
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First surprise was the Aston Martin and the second one is that we're going to see a property worth more than 3 million euros
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And the views are incredible. I'm so excited. Let's go. The time is right. The time is right
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Here the night, The time is right The time is right The night is the night
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Datsy, this house is amazing Can you tell me more about the area
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So, the area, there are a lot of famous people living here
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I just can't say who exactly But we're here high up in the mountains
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You've got views to the sea, views to the mountains Plus we just five minutes away from the beach What more do you want Ashley
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Check this out. From the bedroom, come straight up to the terrace with these big open views
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And plus, we can see the sunset. Okay, but enough about the house now. Let me surprise you tonight with an amazing
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amazing dinner back in the old town. It's been such a long day, I really would like some Spanish food
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Don't worry, I've got us covered. I'm going to take you to a tapas bar here in Altea, but first I'm going to show you the old town
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Just look out how the old town changes from day and night
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I know. All of the lights turn on and it creates a great atmosphere
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And it's a perfect place to bring your date. It's so romantic
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As we've seen today, there's a lot of historic landmarks here in Altea
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And I'm going to show you another one. Follow me. So can you guess what this used to be
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I've got a feeling this must have been a gate or something. You're right
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So back in the day, the church used to be a palace. And to protect it, they built this whole wall rounded
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And this was one of the gates. It's called the Port Belle, which means the door of Valencia. Wow
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You know, I'm a little bit hungry. Can we go? Yeah, yeah
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Don't worry, let's go. But they all see, but they all see is you like me
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So yeah, a beautiful place. I know, right. So you wanted a Spanish place, I brought you to a tapas gastrobar
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Here you'll find all different types of dishes. I'm sure you're going to love this
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Thank you. I really want to try the tortilla, patata. Oh my gosh, so good
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This was a great surprise, by the way. I'm really glad you enjoyed it
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Thank you for watching our video. Subscribe to our channel. We'll be having new videos of touring the best locations in Spain
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Now it's time for us to enjoy our dinner. Cheers
