Holiday destinations that were unexpectedly lovely OR awful.

Disneyland Paris was dire. Just depressing.

I expected Bologna to be dull but I loved it so much, was also pleasantly surprised by Mallorca - I was a teenage snob and thought of it as a crappy brits abroad destination but there was a lot of beauty!

Milan always leaves me underwhelmed.

Marrakech was beautiful but ruined by the harassment.

Poor Dublin but I have to add my name to the list of those expecting something more Irish/ drinking Guiness by a roaring fire listening to a traditional band and not just any old city full of hen parties.

On the back of this thread I am now going to be looking at the Costa del Sol, Lanzarote and Ibizia for my next holiday instead of places to be avoided at all costs.

I'm glad we went but Venice really is stinky and gross. Not romantic at all. It's an interesting place and some beautiful buildings but all that water isn't nice!

arse end of nowhere

I'll look up that film, cheers

Isle of Wight we went for two weeks and were bored to tears.

Love Dorset, Devon and Cornwall.

Also...

Loved: Liverpool

Hated: Dorset

Hated: Carmel, CA. Twee and dull

I love Torquay/paignton even when we hired the grottiest caravan ever still had a nice holiday

Nobody really likes Blackpool

Great thread!
I unexpectedly loved Torquay despite rain and cold weather mid August. Can see why it's called the English Riviera (to an extent!)

Was massively underwhelmed by Paris. We stopped off after travelling from Lake Como through the South of France on honeymoon and I was so disappointed. Expected to love it and didn't.

Hated: Edinburgh

Loved (having not expected to): Zurich; Sydney, Norfolk

Re: Sydney, though, we all thought Bondi was hugely overrated

Love Verona, Lake Garda, Caorle, Lucca, can't list them all, just have loved all our Italian visits. So great for children and wonderful food and drink
Liked Pezenas but not Montpellier
Liked Orlando, it is what it is!

Gran Canaria was ok, wouldn't go back.
Hated Jamaica, room burgled, couldn't leave the Sandals complex safely, horrible place and horrible people.
Caravan on a park in Wales when Ds was playing in a football tournament was utterly hellish.

Dublin - really disappointing. Was expecting a beautiful Georgian city it it was no different to any other city. Should have gone to Liverpool instead for architecture!
Rome and Lourdes amazing!

I really don't like Blackpool.

Loved Ibiza, I also hated Dublin as many posters have said. I can't really explain why though.

Hated Florence. So soulless and so, so crowded. We did find a quiet pocket of beauty but most of the day was spent being jostled.

Loved Paris with a passion. It's magical.

Loved Disneyland, much to my surprise.

Most places I can find something to appreciate.

Tbf it was very hot the day we went to London we were on a campsite in surrey i think we rushed it

Waterford in Ireland, I wasn't really feeling a week there for a summer holiday but we had such a great time, did loads of stuff we hadn't done (sea fishing, horse riding with the kids etc) and the people are just so lovely. We're going back again this summer. It'll rain every day at some point but the sun always shines in the evenings.

Favourite place in the world - Maldives !
Loved Las Vegas, Prague and Budapest!
Kraków - okish
Hated Benidorm - went as a teenager and didn't know what to expect and thought we might be able to find a tapas bar - only found burger and chips and English places everywhere !

I love London! I could happily have a holiday there on my own for a week, just shopping and going to museums and galleries. But I used to live there and that sucked.

London was meh

Florida Orlando loved it went to a trip to the florida Keys it was beautiful thought i would be a bit meh

Playas des americas in tennerife shithole hated it

I had fun in Sydney but it was basically Britain with sun.

Agree re Lanzarote -it was awesome. Couldn't fault it.

Found Brussels very drab.

Agree re South Wales coast. Liked Cardiff too, but it was quite expensive.

Loved Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao, Seville, Bruges. Loved Sicily, although Catania was a bit of a kip. Loved loved loved Venice, went in late April, walked everywhere, got right off the beaten track ate cheap but wonderful food, everyone we encountered was lovely. We speak Italian, don't know if that helped.
Underwhelmed by Dublin, just underwhelmed.
Hated Paris, Rome, Brussels - jeez that is a soulless place.

I have never been to countless places mentioned on here, never had 'a week's holiday in the sun' growing up, or now.

MyLlamasGoneBananas come to Tarragona and i'll buy you a drink

AnyFucker have you seen a Spanish film called Torremolinos 73? I highly recommend. Bittersweet.

I wonder if the people who hated Milan went in August?

Another one for santorini. Complete dump full of towie wannabes.