Where was the most boring place you ever visited?

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Just that. Interested to see if anyone says what I'm thinking...

Indeed, I was going to mention the crowds in my original post but forgot. Although just remembered it has L’Enclume which is definitely in its favour!

Maldives! Beautiful but boring after about day 3!

Great Yarmouth
Paphos

I put that too. People raved about it before we went. The only interesting bit is the Roman ruins.

Agree about the Bahamas
nice beaches but deadly dull and the bit I a was in was full of entitled noisy Americans (and I know plenty of nice Americans)

I found myself in awe of how stunning everything was, especially at night. I'd go back in a heartbeat. My 16yo DS loved it to. We did most of in on foot day 1, 2nd all cabs 😂 loved the thermal spa also.

Great summary of Aberdeen, I’m originally from there. So boring you might be forced to visit the maritime museum out of desperation. To be fair the art gallery is nice and on the occasional sunny day it has a beautiful sandy beach. Never criticise Aberdeen to an Aberdonian who still lives there, though, they have no concept that interesting places exist.

I used to be a tour guide, and most of the big ticket, hyped up attractions we used to visit are genuinely good.

Except for Culloden. Which is....a field.

I agree. Can't help thinking that the Berlin and Rome haters in particular did zero research in advance of their trip.

Blackpool is absolutely dire.

We recently visited Lytham which isn’t far away and decided to drive back through Blackpool to see “the lights”. We were shocked at just how bad it’s got but asked the dc’s if they wanted to get out for fish n chips and a go in the arcade.

The fact it was a resounding “NOOoooo!!” even from children speaks volumes!

Yes.

I thought that about Budapest.

There's not many cities I've been that I can't do pretty much everything I want to in 3 days. (We don't stop). Budapest is one of those. Rome is another. I've never been to Berlin but I'd be surprised if it wasn't another of those cities.

Most boring:
Brussels - ok for a day trip, boring for more than 24 hours
Banbury - dire
Canberra - imperial war museum was good, the rest was dull - full of politicians and govt workers 🤣
Sharm el Sheikh - man made direness
Copenhagen - been for work several times and can do it in 24 hours. Anything more than that, it becomes boring.
Marseilles - grubby, and anything more than a day is too long

Best -
Iceland, spectacular scenery and largely untouched by western chain stores etc
Seville - great for mooching, bullfighting history 😵‍💫 and food
Berlin - the history is interesting, as was a day trip to Sachsenhausen
San Gimignano
Montenegran scenery - cities were a bit dull though after a day
Krakow
The Lake District

Not the whole of Tenerife but we once stayed at a dying resort miles from any action. It was February and the miserable little 'strip' was mostly closed. Dd1 lost her favourite soft toy and we spent most of the week doing a fingertip search of the hotel. It was freezing (warm all year round my arse) and the pool was unheated. I'd warn against the resort but imagine it's all been razed to the ground by now, plus I can't remember what it was called.

That's what i loved about living in Germany, Sunday peace.

God yes!!! What a 70’s throwback! Also nearly scorched to death walking across the car park for about 2 miles to reach the entrance in 100 degree heat.

Also re people saying Isle of Wight - it’s a funny old place isn’t it? We went to the festival a couple of years ago and did a bit of exploring whilst there and I was so underwhelmed. We went to Cowes which looked alright but everything was shut - I was so shocked they wouldn’t want to capitalise on the festival goers wanting somewhere to eat and drink. We did eventually find a nice-ish cafe bar next to the water. I googled “nicest places to visit on IOW” and cowes was No.1 and then Ventnor so we went there too before leaving for home - it was a very long walk down a very steep hill to a very boring and quite rundown strip (of again closed shops/cafes) along the beachfront which was like something out of “Heartbeat”. It was also completely misty and overcast so we couldn’t even see the sea (I realise this is uncontrollable 😂)

And Newport, where we had to go to buy a charger - just wow!

We are going again this year! (Primarily bc the Cure are playing).

Sounds bad. I went on a school trip about 30 years ago and still remember how bored I was! Glad your boys enjoyed it :)

I’m scandalised to see jeju island on this list ! 😂

I went there when I lived in Seoul on a weekend trip, paid for by my friends workplace.

We had to go to some kind of food tasting festival but apart from that we just drove around and ate and went to beaches.

It had a very good relaxing vibe and I had a lot of fun BUT I accept I was only there for a weekend so it may be different living there! I think I was also lucky going with a group of Koreans and getting driven around everywhere.

Have you been to Busan? That was my favourite place in Korea.

Okay, but I mean Milford is a dot. A small village. Not exactly a tourist destination. Maybe your expectations were too high?🤔

The Old Town of Ventimiglia is lovely, and it seems nobody goes there. It's one of those places where you're like "Surely some mistake? Where are all the tourists?!" Which makes it even nicer, because it's a medieval warren completely inhabited by normal local people.

Also, I find the food in Ventimiglia excellent and cheap, especially in the covered market.

Monaco on the other hand....that is a soulless place.

Budapest may arguably be like that, but I would say that if you're into history (and/ or contemporary culture in the case of Berlin), Rome and Berlin have a pretty much infinite number of things to see. We went to Berlin this summer for 4 nights and I felt that we'd only just scraped the surface.

And what's noteworthy is that if you look at the threads in Holidays for both these cities, everyone's recommendations are different- there aren't the same 3 sites that get recommended for lots of places.

Oh definitely! Co Cork is incredible. One of the best places ever x

Thurso on a Sunday. A low point on a wonderful North Coast 500 trip (good Indian restaurant though).

I agree it is a shit tip.Son was at Lancaster Uni and we went there for the day and we lasted an hour or two.

I haven’t been there but I would be bored of just swimming and snorkelling after a couple of days.