Italy vs Spain... which country/culture do you prefer?

[axel.aleman]

Spain.

[Cristiano viejo]

Voted Guido by mistake, sorry.

You are forgiven

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

Spain by far

Italy is like the 3rd world compared to Spain

Even the Northern Italian cities are disorganised dirty messes

Naples and the South is a joke...you would hardly believe you're in Europe

[Cristiano viejo]

Spain by far

Italy is like the 3rd world compared to Spain

Even the Northern Italian cities are disorganised dirty messes

Naples and the South is a joke...you would hardly believe you're in Europe

This is very true. The Spanish writer Fernando Martínez Laínez spoke about this in one of his books about the Tercios, especifically his stay in Turín, city that he found dirty, grey and disorganized. He also criticized the motorways of Piamonte, something a coworker of mine also told me.

Then I watched a video in Jewtube where an Italian who had come to Spain marveled about the Spanish railway system, and he compared it with that of Italy, whom he criticized.

Then I watched another video in Jewtube about Spanish living in Naples and while they also say positive things about the Napolitans, lot of criticism as well: the streets, the mafia behavior even among normal people, dirt and decrepit city, etc.
I have seen comments so of Spaniards in travel webs about Naples, so it has to be true.

Then I remember a comment in past of Etore Messina, a Sicilian ex-trainer of Real Madrid of basketball, quoting an incident he suffered with the car in Madrid and saying he though that only happened in Italy, in a bad way

[Mopi Licinius Crassus]

This is very true. The Spanish writer Fernando Martínez Laínez spoke about this in one of his books about the Tercios, especifically his stay in Turín, city that he found dirty, grey and disorganized. He also criticized the motorways of Piamonte, something a coworker of mine also told me.

Then I watched a video in Jewtube where an Italian who had come to Spain marveled about the Spanish railway system, and he compared it with that of Italy, whom he criticized.

Then I watched another video in Jewtube about Spanish living in Naples and while they also say positive things about the Napolitans, lot of criticism as well: the streets, the mafia behavior even among normal people, dirt and decrepit city, etc.
I have seen comments so of Spaniards in travel webs about Naples, so it has to be true.

Then I remember a comment in past of Etore Messina, a Sicilian ex-trainer of Real Madrid of basketball, quoting an incident he suffered with the car in Madrid and saying he though that only happened in Italy, in a bad way

When I went to Naples about 10 years ago, I was stunned
Couldn't believe a city like this existed in Europe in the 21C.
Most of it is like one big Brazilian favela

[Blanquito]

Spain. And its Moorish culture.

[Zohor]

I'm sorry for my ignorance but I am new with this stuff.

Both countries seemed to be quite similar, except Spain was in hands of Arabs for a few centuries so I guess there is some Arabic twist in it.
Can someone give the main differences between both cultures, please?

[Lemminkäinen]

Italy - better music
Spain - better F1 drivers

I can't make decision.

[Cristiano viejo]

I'm sorry for my ignorance but I am new with this stuff.

Both countries seemed to be quite similar, except Spain was in hands of Arabs for a few centuries so I guess there is some Arabic twist in it.
Can someone give the main differences between both cultures, please?

Nothing Arabic here, but thanks.

[Zohor]

Nothing Arabic here, but thanks.

Okay, it was just my thought. Can you tell what are the differences between Spanish and Italian culture?