Product Details

• Actors: Christina Chang, Shilpa Mehta
• Directors: Ian Cross
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Pilot Productions
• DVD Release Date: September 24, 2002
• Run Time: 118 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00006HAXM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #101,203 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Situated in South Western Europe, Spain is one of the most beautiful and diverse countries in Europe, both in its landscape and its culture. Traveler Shilpa Mehta explores Northern Spain during the Fiesta season, while Christina Chang, goes beyond the tourist hotspots of the Costa del Sol and travels inland to discover the real Southern Spain. Along the way · Visit the beautiful cities of Barcelona, Madrid, Seville and Grenada · Attend the Pamplona fiesta and its famous running of the bull · Walk the Pilgrim Trail, a religious journey to Santiago de Compostella · Explore Cazorla National Park · Admire the lunar landscape around Tabernas, the spaghetti western territory · Take part in a re-enactment of the battle of the Moors and the Christians at the Alcoy festival.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for kids or educational use!, March 19, 2007

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Spanish Teacher and Mommy "Kelly G" (St. Louis MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Globe Trekker - Spain (DVD)

I had hoped to use this in my (Spanish) classroom, to replace an old PBS Going Places VHS. However, it has several things in it that are inappropriate for school-aged children (I'd put it at about PG-13) and I certainly can't use it in a middle-school classroom! Scenes about ancient sex toys are pretty much unnecessary in any travel video; then to find that the exhibit was traveling and not even a permanent fixture in the town just made me more upset! I do love the adventurousness of this series; but sometimes things go a bit over the edge (there's an emphasis on drinking and partying, and some of the ways the two women sleep are simply unsafe for women traveling alone!) This is a very informative video for the average adult traveler. I simply can't use it in the classroom.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a typical Globe trekker!, April 22, 2009

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Spanish and Cultures teacher (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Globe Trekker - Spain (DVD)

Although most of these videos are very fun, accurate, and educational to some extent, this Spain episode is not very good. The Northern section is fine and interesting but then in the Southern section there are strange sexual references on a few occasions making it impossible to show in a classroom. Having lived in Spain, it seems to overly stress stereotypes of what the people and places are like and doesn't do the culture justice.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Venture In Self-Absorption, September 11, 2010

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Doctor A. (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Globe Trekker - Spain (DVD)

Given the mixed reviews on this, I wasn't sure what to expect. Essentially, this is two travel videos -- a young Australian woman roughing it through Northern Spain, and a 20-something American woman trekking around Southern Spain. The scenes brought back many fond memories of my own international travels during my younger years. However, this production is not useful as an information source or as a guide for planning one's itinerary in Spain.

Basically, this is a video of two people doing hearty, Spartan-like ecotravel. Their trek is highlighted by rather extreme adventures such as the Pamplona bull run, parasailing, windsurfing and snowboarding... not exactly a Rick Steves or Rudy Maxa production for the average traveler. Frankly, I was a bit disheartened at these two young people's lack of graciousness when offered new foods or accepting local hospitality. The sense of entitlement was obvious and akin to disappointed brats on a trip to Disneyland.

On the whole, this video offered little more than a video record of two young gal's quest for personal titillation -- a journey that seemed to touch them very little, nor did they genuinely touch others. Unfortunately, this is a painful statement about Generation Me and their blatant self-absorption. Not a worthwhile use of my viewing time.