Ever visited somewhere for the day and been really disappointed?

[Summerhouse2013]

We travelled to Yeovil in Somerset yesterday for the day, wow, we were so disappointed.

It was like a ghost town. Most of the shops were shut, only a handful were open. And towards the bottom area of the town most of the shops were completely closed down.

I'd always got the impression there was a lot more to Yeovil.

We left after an hour as there was nothing to do.

We went to a wedding near Yeovil and stayed in the town on a Friday night. We expected there would be a bit of life - it was the summer - but it was absolutely dead. We were really surprised. This was about ten years ago too, long before the pandemic.

You'd be better off landing in Dublin, then leaving. Wicklow mountains, Westport/Achill Island, Killarney, loads of nice places in Ireland which aren't a dump, basically.

Portmeirion in North Wales.

Truro. Dirty, claustrophobic, cluttered. The best part was the road out!

@Arniesleftleg totally agree. We flew to Cornwall for our mini moon and they lost our luggage. I had to buy new clothes in Truro - twin sets and thermals. Thought DH would die laughing, the twat.

I have spent many years visiting Muncaster Castle

LOVE Muncaster castle, great place to visit if you're in the area. It's really relaxed for a stately home too - our dd lost a teddy there and the Lady of the manor actually helped us hunt for it!

We did go to the Nottingham contemporary and we're impressed.

@dittbtdity what artists did you see displayed there? Just wondering if I went during a particularly dreary exhibition.

it's such a shame about Notre Dame as that was the highlight of my previous trips

It's being re-opened at the end of next year, by all accounts they've done a pretty great job restoring it. Let's hope they don't do a Glasgow Art School on it!

I spent my childhood in Manchester and liked the parks - boating on the lake at Platt Fields, Whitworth Museum and park, Fletcher Moss, the shops, cafes, interesting cosmopolitan vibe, wandering along the Mersey of a summer afternoon....

But it has always been creepy at night. As a teen I used to cross from near the Cathedral to get the last bus home from Chorlton St at 10.30pm and it could be very unpleasant. - flashers, rowdy drunks etc.

I came to the conclusion 20 odd years ago after visiting towns in the North & Southern Hemispheres, that the Global Village prevails and no matter where one goes the shops are much the same as are the goods and discovering something different or unique is an unexpected bonus.
One needs to choose to visit places for other reasons, based on a little prior research. I personally love history and enjoy different architecture, museums, historic places and nice views.
For the poster planning to visit Bath — I enjoyed the Baths, pump room and Jane Austen Centre. We had afternoon tea at Sally Lynn’s and saw the relics in the basement. Was a number of years ago so my memory has faded somewhat, howeverI drove us from London to Bath and back in one day and did not feel I’d wasted my time.
Mind you I would be pretty bored just spending a day just walking round shops or sunbathing.

Also Marrakech - unless you like being groped incessantly by strangers to the point where you stay in the hotel for 3 days instead.

Longleat Safari

Totally agree. It could have been so much more. I can still hear the sodding pipped music they played around the place even in the car park. We still comment somethings a bit "Warwick Castle" ie commercialised shite.

That's ridiculous. Oxford can get over-crowded with tourists in summer, and it's a driver's nightmare, but it's a walkable, ancient university city crammed with history and astonishing architecture, world-class museums, art and choral music, some lovely old pubs, and some gorgeous green spaces. That's hardly a 'shithole'.

Yep 😁 I thought that too, shops being shut on a Sunday, shocker 😁
Ive never been but hardly fair to say somewhere is underwhelming/crap etc because you went on a Sunday then were surprised the shops were shut!

Clovelly. I hate that place. £7.00 to walk down a hill in tandem with a million other people, and then walk up it again. There were some pretty cats though. I felt so sorry for the people who live there, Disney version of a Devon village. Cheddar Gorge was even worse.

My husband loves Paris but I just don't get it.

National trust properties are not my cup of tea, they just want to sign you up for a annual/lifetime membership but they ones I have been to (not many) all look the same, but they still spend millions "restoring" them.

I like Marrakech, except the two days I had to spend in the loo.

National Trust offer no discounts for people on benefits. They seem to be largely parks and playgrounds for the middle classes.

My family is still in Bath, I'm glad people are seeing through the hype. Bristol is far more ... everything!
Underwhelmed by Sydney and Alnwick, and most of Newfoundland.
I believe most places have hidden depths though. Even the most typical small township anywhere in the world will have something worth looking twice at, if you know where to look.

Wales in general for me. Dull and usually rained when I went there. We went to Cardiff and couldn't get a decent meal, we were there by 1.00 but everything was grotty or closed.

Just curious: why does Yeovil qualify for universities making contextual offers?