What popular places are overrated?

It's not judgemental to express an opinion on a place you have visited.
People are expressing how the place made/makes them feel even if you don't agree with them.

THIS (honourable mention to Stanton Drew)

I'm always fascinated by people who say they love Bristol. I live in Bristol, sure there are some nice bits, but a lot of it is a shithole. The centre is overrun with aggressive drug addicts and homeless people- there is a central shopping centre very near the coach station called Broadmead and I have great sympathy for any tourist who happens to wander into it. It is full of some of the most aggressive beggars in probably the entire country- you can't walk through it at any time of day without being harassed for money, and quite possibly screamed at by a drug addled lunatic if you don't hand some cash over. People get assaulted there all the time. The police do nothing- it's been like that for at least a decade.

The entire centre of the city is packed with student apartments, and full of braying former public school students who seem unaware that other people exist and take over entire pavements in packs.

Go a bit out of the centre and you've got the yobs in balaclavas riding mini motorbikes on the pavements and intimidating passers-by.

Clifton is quite nice, I guess, but if that's the kind of thing you're looking for, you're better off going to Bath, it's only 10 minutes on the train.

And breathe.

Overtourism is damaging most of these scenic places and creating a terrible experience for visitors and for locals. Go off peak and see a better side.

I agree with you. And what's that lump of lettuce all about??

@OdiebayWhere please? I’m looking to go next year and there’s too much choice!

Apart from all the people who call it home

10 downing street

Ooh please share Covent Garden veggie Indian! I absolutely love a curry out but a bad one is so sad.

I wrote a short sentence "London is over-rated" and you turned that into me not liking London because my kids don't?!?! 🤔

I merely said it was over-rated (as per the thread). e.g. nothing wrong with it, but there are better places to visit. We loved Kew Gardens. The science museum was crowded and difficult to get near anything. The natural history museum was even worse. Everywhere (shops, restaurants, transport) were just so crowded. The London dungeon was great! But the general crowdedness and queues everywhere made the day tiring and meh.

This summer we will visit other UK cities. Any suggestions welcome!

Isle of Man there’s literally nothing there.

Totally with you on Amorino, op. I went to a shop near Chinatown that was so busy you couldn’t hear names being called out properly. Which they have to do as crafting the thing takes ages. I heard something like sounded like mine called repeatedly with no response so took it although it looked weedier than expected. Stood outside eating it and about ten minutes later heard my name called as a cone double the size appeared. Not that I wanted any more by that point because it was devoid of flavour.

I did feel bad about pinching someone else’s, but presumably they’d given up and left.

A witty slapdown??

Simply… CENTER PARCS

Epcot is THE best park of them all.
However, Magic Kingdom is overrated.

I don't agree that everything is expensive in London. The fantastic museums and art galleries are free - ever been to a museum in other cities? Amsterdam and Stockholm are just 2 where the museums are ridiculously expensive.

Also a lot of the restaurants are reasonably priced. We can get a delicious veggie indian meal in Covent Garden for less than we pay for not that great indian food where we live in East Midlands

I took it as a witty slap down to the pp making a boring, worthy, political point on a nice light-hearted thread. Plenty of immigration threads available.

Ha, I love a good toilet recommendation.

If you actually read the thread I was replying to a poster who said people should go to these places at quieter times. The world is to big to be going back to places you dislike which is why i wrote or go to somewhere they actually like. So 🙄 back to you.

Liberty dept store. I live in London and people adore it. I find it dark and claustrophobic and can’t wait to escape. It’s my secret toilet stop though, when I am in the area, so that’s useful.

Marylebone High Street in London is excellent for all types of restaurants and has an Oxfam shop. I love St James's Park as well but bring a picnic and use the toilets in the Supreme Court Parliament Square.

Absolutely agree with is add in two overheated fucked off teens, a broken foot in a boot and the dog randomly puked in the car museum. Never ever going back. Even DH couldn’t Mary Poppins us through that day.

Ooh thanks for the tip! Any other gems? We have been to Bettys in Harrogate and Ilkley and quite liked it but we are from a small island and easily pleased 😁 Now we have kids in uni in Leeds and NCL so will be doing more Yorkshire exploration in July and late August/Sept.