What is the worst place you have ever visited?

[Washingforweeks]

I saw a thread on instagram about this and found it really interesting and wanted to hear more. What is the worst place you have visited and why?

I loathed Morocco too. Had romantic ideas about it but as you say was constantly pestered and harassed. This was 30 years ago as well, when I was a teen. Never want to go back.

Denarau near Nadi, Fiji and all the Resorts there - dull, overcommercialised, just the worst kind of tourism.
Many cities in the U.S. but not LA which has some really lovely parts
Dortmund in Germany or rather its city centre. Such unfortunate postwar rebuild.

It’s a spectrum … I had to go to Blackpool once for a work thing. Driving to the hotel was shocking. I’d never seen such a depressed looking place. I literally got a can back to the train when I was finished and didn’t explore at all. Vilu Reef in the Maldives. Essentially a giant ant hill in the ocean overlooking an incredibly ugly service island. The island, like most of the Maldives was suffering from coastline erosion so there were sand pumps all over the beaches to stop the entire resort disappearing … not what the brochure showed at all 😂

Sheffield

Known locally as Ilfrascum!

Omg 😨 I can’t bare this

Totally agree, it's got one theme and I don't think people were so friendly.

I went in winter, early January. It was fantastic!

All the bars and restaurants were pleased to see you, the galleries and museums were pretty empty, St Marks was amazing, and we went out to Burano and Murano where the local people were incredibly friendly and welcoming. We also spent a day in Padua, which was a lovely city and worth visiting just for the Scrovegni Chapel alone.

London. Hell hole. Can’t understand the attraction despite visiting many times

Bootle in the 1990s was the most shockingly deprived place I have ever seen. For someone from an affluent (sheltered and naive) background I was floored that people lived like that in the U.K.

Puerto Rico in Gran Canaria. It was dirty and full of cats. Tourists bought cat food for them and there were loads of smelly tins all over. Plus you got pestered to death by people trying to get you into restaurants. Going out at night was like a military operation trying to avoid as many places as possible. It also had the dirtiest McDonald’s I’ve ever seen. I only went in to use the toilets but they were grim.

My best friend went recently and adored it. Not marracesh though.

Los Angeles is a dump. Homeless people on tourist area
Venice Beach is horrible

Just a few, there’s more if I think about it:

Blackpool
slough
LA
Ilfracombe

No the would be Harlow. I lived there for a bit and it and the people were awful.

When you say you cut short your trip to Malaga, do you mean you decided to
get a train up to somewhere like Granada or Cordoba and stay there, or a bus along the coast, or you actually came home?

I hated NYC too. The mentally ill, drug addicts and poverty on the streets, and especially on the subway, was horrifying. The whole place was underwhelming and massively expensive. Agree with the rudeness too.

Ksamil, Albania, it was filthy and stank, although we did go in high summer. Really dangerous pavements and it was so crowded it felt like being in a queue at a theme park walking around. Also saw poo in shallows on the beach.

Ulcinj, Montenegro, pretty much the same including the poo.

Dubrovnik and Venice were also underwhelming, massively expensive and smelt.

We love Turkey and Florida though.

Came to Liverpool for Uni 1986. Never left, live just outside now.
Yes the centre can be a bit Beatles now but the very centre is a bit touristy.
But if that’s all you’ve seen you missed SO much. Galleries, museums, Sefton Park, Baltic Triangle, Cathedrals, theatres, Knowsley Hall it’s beautiful. Vintage creatives scene, lots of band and live music venues. Brilliant comedy club which I go to when I can.
And don’t knock the football. I ended up supporting Everton, which looking back, set me up for misery. But Anfield stadium is fabulous as is the new Everton one.
Anyone I invite absolutely loves it when I take them around (not quite as able as I used to be!) and the people are so friendly. I have had guests from US, Europe, and Australia and they all enjoyed it. As in, returned, which you wouldn’t bother if you were just being nice to your hosts.
Friends’ kids who have come here for Uni have had many stay on to.
If you think it equates to Hull in any way you’ve missed out on a treat.

Portsmouth Harbour Station.

Venice is hauntingly beautiful if you choose the right moment, and a utter tourist trap if it's high summer and a cruise ship has just disgorged its passener body.

Naples was one of the scariest places I've ever been too.

Serbia was pretty depressing as well, although we only passed through.

I was pleasantly surprised by Newcastle city centre and the beaches on the coast.

Blackpool
Croydon
Ashford Kent
Chatham
Maidstone
The Isle of Sheppey
Penzance

I visited Leamington last summer for the first time and it was no where near as down at heal as the majority of UK towns are now.

A south african safari lodge thing. It was run by a white couple and the way they spoke to the (black) staff was incredibly rude, it made us so uncomfortable. We went out of our way to treat all the staff them with the utmost respect & courtesy but the open racism was just nasty.