Most overrated destination you’ve visited?

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Just that really..

Some lovely surrounding beaches though

What other sound did you expect, than the sound of the surf? That's not their fault, it wasn't false adertising, YOU got sick of the sound! I guess you couldn't have predicted that however.

Did you honestly expect anything other than 'Richard Branson' prices? It's the Maldives. I can't see how researching this beforehand wasn't possible.

As for the servants quarters, well yeah that's pretty shit, not going to lie.

I have just thought of St Ives.
I am sure it is fabulous in winter but in smmer... not so much!

Croatia.

Loads of friends raving about it.

It's... Fine? Annoyingly oversaturated with Game of Thrones gubbins. Not as hospitable as Bosnia. Overwhelmed with cruise ship parties on the coast. Expensive and not very interesting, IMO.

I liked Athens 🇬🇷! Well - I was there accidentally for starters (air traffic controllers strike). I got stuck there and whilst it’s not a place I would plan to go to, something about it appealed to me. It was a bit run down for sure, not pretty, but down-to-earth and had a ‘free’, old fashioned relaxed kind of vibe for want of a better word. I then had an extra day and went to see The Parthenon - which was an unexpectedly special experience. It easily eclipsed my island hopping which was the main reason I went there in the first place. If I went back would I feel the same - I don’t know - I think the surprise factor has a lot to do with it too.

I love the Lakes - grew up there, and am moving back to the nearby area.

Note the last two words! I'm lucky to have grown up in a very overlooked valley, but if we visit in peak season now, we prioritise the places outside our house. My parents refuse to drive us through the masses.

Best compromise for us is living somewhere with close, easy access, because it really does swarm with people high season.

Legoland. Ridiculously expensive, huge queues.

'Overrated' might not be the right word, but Santorini - the sea views were incredible and we had a lovely time at the hotel but there is something a tiny bit sad-feeling about the island as a whole. It's like a theme park, the whole place is just set up to service tourists. You can't get much of a sense of a local way of life. (I realise how ironic it is that I am writing this as a tourist myself.)

Cuba. Absolutely hated it.

Loved Cuba, music, people places. However the youngsters with us hated it. They had never travelled in a communist style country before and couldn't get their heads around there being no such thing as private enterprise , so if the boat is'nt going somewhere you just can't hire another, service is what it is and often you have to be flexible and adaptable.
Weve travelled in pre Iron curtain Bulgaria etc which was grim but prepared you for non free market travel.

Did you know that all the water in Rome's very many street fountains is completely safe to drink, pure, and pretty cold too? No. Thought not. You'll see Romans (and clued up tourists) filling their water bottles on just about every street corner. It comes from high in the mountains probably the same place as much of the bottled water comes from. The poorness of Roman food is a bit of a joke in Italy too, but if you look for the local places where families eat you'll get a decent meal, even if not up to Bologna standards.

Don't believe everything you read about NYC.. we went 10 nights last June and loved it (3rd visit). While it is a bit dirty and didn't feel quite as safe as before covid we still had a ball. (Most places have changed since covid, including here in the UK, our local cities are shit holes) You can still visit Coney Island. We also went to two Broadway shows (one starred Sam Rockwell and Laurence fishbourne) a Yankees baseball game, hung about central park for the day as it was very warm. We just laid on the grass with thousands of NYers, eating massive sandwiches from a deli and iced tea! Went to Brooklyn, ate loads of street food, went to dive bars. Went to art galleries etc. Did the Summit Vanderbilt viewing platform which was amazing and Rise NY. We also went on the train to DC for the day and seen the white house, capitol hill etc. There is literally so much to do and see in NYC you would need to visit several times. Plenty of old restaurants and jazz clubs/piano bars to visit too. We moved about by public ferry and subway..easy and cheap and pretty safe tbh.

@Bideshi Did you know that asking a question and immediately answering ‘No. Thought not’ is one of the most idiotic and irritating things a person can do?

there are several parks in Budapest, look at a map of the city. The island park was lovely, hardly a dog strewn bit of grass and the fountains to music were pleasant

I loved NYC. Went for 4 days and had an amazing (but extremely tiring) time

I also love Santa Monica. Can see why people are underwhelmed with downtown LA but the wider area has some great places

I hate what they've done to Lands End. Criminal.

I think the Cliffs of Moher modelled the experience they offer on that at Lands End.

Toronto, I agree. . Did enjoy Niagara Falls but meh to everything else..

Berlin, haven't been and am not fussed about going .

Manchester though I love the place.

That’s how I felt about Northern Ireland’s “Giant Causeway” - totally unnecessary commercialisation with OTT “visitor centre”, over-subscribed parking etc.

We went to Liverpool last year, it didn’t help it was alternatively snowing and pissing it down (not something that is unique to Liverpool in December to be fair.) I thought it was ok. The shops were quite good, the museums were interesting and they had a decent Xmas market. But still just thought it was ok. I wouldn’t recommend it to all my friends as as must go place.

But were they ignorant and lunatic or satirical and funny.... which you perhaps missed? 🤷‍♀️

Just a thought... rhetorical question, no need to reply

Possibly. Irritating for sure. Idiotic? I can think of worse. And certainly not half as irritating as the blinkered, insular and small minded posts on this thread.

@Twentyfirstcenturymumma Well, I only read the first two pages of the thread- at which point not much satire was in evidence tbh. I'm sure it came later- and I'm v glad it did!

Gee it's almost like it's sometimes hard to tell what the tone of a post is because it's written instead of spoken. I guess we can't all be as smart as you. Get over yourself.