What is the most overrated destination you have ever been?

[Meltinthemiddle]

Mine is Dubai l.

Warwick Castle

Oh dear another one for Bahamas 😬 I've been really looking forward to going as well

Fiji.

Expensive, difficult to get around & there's very little to do. Half the beaches are man made.

Blackpool.

Possibly not the worst ever but laughing at everyone comparing their destinations to it. The idea of Blackpool - the illuminations, the tower, the lights, the fair..... Absolutely awful when you get there, especially if you go more than a street or two from the main drag. Although he main drag is clouded, sticky, and just horrible.

Amsterdam
Prague

I liked Bali, but I wasn't in Ubud or the resorts. Like a PP, I spent my trip cycling and trekking round villages and rice paddies, and hiking Mt Batur for sunrise. And the reef snorkelling off Menjangan Island is just out of this world.

San Fran
Washington DC
Glastonbury (festival and town)
Cornwall

Niagara Falls is good for a few hours, but about 30 mins away (Canadian side) Niagara on the Lake is a much nicer stay

I love NYC, but was lucky enough to have a great bus driver the first time I went who told us where to go as locals with kids rather than the tourist traps

Definitely Brighton. I went there for the first time a couple of months back.

It was full of teenagers with no tops on, who'd been daytime drinking on the beach and every street stank of weed, more than any other city I've ever been in. Couldn't find anywhere nice to go for dinner, and the seafront was just like Blackpool. Nothing like what I was expecting it to be at all!

Hawaii (Maui)

@FuckingHellAdele No need to be sorry - I lived in Bideford for a bit. It is indeed a barnacle on Satan's arse.

The Lake District.

Drizzle, no parking, tourists everywhere, average looking views.

Milford sound and the lakes of Otago in NZ shits all over it from a great height

I’ve been to Naples. The area where I stayed was lovely, right by Castle Nuevo. Went to the coast by private taxi and after a few days, got a train back to Naples central station.

It was was gobsmackingly awful, marauding groups of men forcibly selling “iPhones” which were clearly just bricks in iPhone boxes, hotels you’re more likely to get lice and murdered in than have a good time etc. It’s clearly somewhere you have to be careful where you stay, definitely research before booking!

Universal Studios

Yes you’re right. I visit a friend who lives there so she knows all the right places to visit and we do lots of hiking which I love. I like the contrast of the hills and the beaches. Don’t tend to go to downtown LA much. The homeless situation has got so much worse in the last few years though. I think she’s become a bit desensitised but you notice it more when visiting.

Amsterdam, London, Paris.

Bali and Dubai here!

Ooh and San Francisco! Loved the trams but it was filthy and so many homeless people that everyone walked over. It was utterly bizarre.

Another vote for Barcelona.

Way too many tourists, and yes I know I was one too. Jaded locals. Pickpockets everywhere.

Los Angeles. Awful

Drizzle? You mean pre-lake! Where do you think all that water comes from?

Paris. Been several times and always return trying to give it a chance but it never fails to disappoint. Makes me appreciate London so much more.

And I LOVE the rest of France, am a francophile....just find Paris a huge disappointment 😞

And Monaco does indeed look like a shanty town in the hills from a distance .

Paris
Dublin
Florence

Dubai - I mean it’s sun certainty which is good but it’s way too overcrowded, expensive, tacky and demeaning to the country’s heritage these days. I went back in 2000-2004 and it’s changed a hell of a lot in visits since.
Abu Dhabi and the other emirates much nicer to visit.

Paris - yeah again like others you think you’re going to be walking along these beautiful streets towards the Eiffel Tower but actually it’s so dirty and I didn’t feel safe at all.

Likewise Rome. Great sights but dirty, hot and never felt safe.

Morocco. One and done. It’s a cultural aspect that many westerners (especially western women) can struggle with but again I just did not feel comfortable 99% of the time.

America - been there about 14 times (including two summers at summer camp when I was a student. I love it and hate it. Used to want to live there - now…….I find Americans on the whole very friendly and their customer service amazing…..but the patriotism and bias is another level, way too high, Americans can do no wrong and the ignorance is astounding. The take of many on American history is also quite painful. Some places I’ve been I’ve felt so unsafe by the guns etc. But a lot of places have been amazing and above certainly doesn’t count for everybody (but I can’t stand watching the news out there). Thankfully the place is so huge I’ll stick to the parts I love (that’s includes Disney - sorry!)

Where have I loved? Malta and Gozo, Gozo in particular. So peaceful and still some lovely things to do on such a small island. I recommend.

I love hiking and scenery. Snowdonia, the Scottish highlands, the Peak District….lovely.

The French Alps in the summer for non skiers. Beautiful.

Hong Kong for me. Maybe I’m being unfair to it. We visited for a few days on a layover from a long trip and it might’ve been fatigue but it just felt malevolent to me. Like the city actually didn’t want me there. I’ve never felt that way before or since in a place.

Rome is incredible but go in January when it’s pissing down the whole time. Much less crowded and dirty and the rain makes everything shiny.

Venice. My enduring memory is just how bad it smelt

Dublin was never a beautiful city like Edinburgh or Paris. But it did used to have character and charm. I say 'used to' because it's become so soulless and generic now. And the city centre is downright nasty at times.