Places you've been underwhelmed by

[HannaPintura]

I just love going away and have really loved most places. One place in particular really Underwhelmed me...Gibraltar...just like Britain in the sun! I'm sure it has so much to offer, but I couldn't wait to cross the border back to Spain!

I don’t get how the pyramids could be a disappointment.

Marseille
Everyone spoke French, couldn't understand a word

Paris
Everyone spoke English, I wanted the authentic experience

Bordeaux
They made such a big deal out of the wine

Mont Blanc
Too white

Calais
Too close to England

Toulouse
Sausages not as good as Scunthorpe market

La Rochelle
Straight out of a school textbook

Come on, Doris, say something about Australia, preferably something that sums up a continent-sized country. :o

Marseille Everyone spoke French, couldn't understand a word

Damn those French people speaking French in their own country! Could at least TRY to speak English, rude fkrs lol

I didn't like Cairo when we visited, it was dirty and everywhere you looked over there was rubbish and rats in the streets. Most corner cafes had large groups of men outside, we hardly saw any women and I found it intimidating. We went to the pyramids then the Sphinx which seemed really small after the pyramids, even though it's not! I was really surprised as I was expecting to love Egypt more than Israel (we did them one after the other) but I loved what I saw of Israel and would like to go back whereas I was really disappointed with Egypt (although the Cairo museum was brilliant!).

Disney World Florida.

An over-hyped, over-priced, mainly plastic funfair.

Sydney
Just like Newcastle. Without the Bigg Market

Uluru
Big red pebble

Great Sandy Desert
Sandy. And big

Great Barrier Reef
Wet

Excellent:o

More please Doris.

Most of southern Sardinia, rubbish filled, covers in graffiti and lots of derilect buildings. Cagliari was a big disappointment.

Kabul
Couldn't get a decent Hazelnut Cappuccino anywhere

Mogadishu
Nowhere did a good afternoon tea

Ulan Bator
Couldn't get a gin & tonic for love or money

Disney World Florida
Bloody great big mice everywhere.

Oh yes Doris, please do Australia!

I can't decide if my favourite is the London eye having a view of London, dull, Is my favourite, or the one writing off Australia for being big and empty.

Florence had some of the friendliest people I've ever met. I went in February both to there and to Barcelona which was probably a good idea.

I loved Naples but I appear to be in a minority! I spent hours at night riding round the buses and eating in little back street restaurants. Someone on a scooter did try to rob me when I arrived at the station in broad daylight but when he grabbed my bumbag he fell off his scooter as I'd fastened it to my clothes with several safety pins

TREACLE
I was coming from Dublin

'I expected so much more' this was in relation to Cooenhagen,not the weather.

Bangkok. Been a number of times and just makes me feel very uneasy. I think its the seedy side to it, I always leave desperate to get in a hot shower and wash it away. Have desperately tried to like it but just can't.

LA was a big disappointment.
Athens - A lot of graffiti and stray dogs

Also Paris- cannot bear the place

Chatsworth is nothing to do with Churchill. It's in Derbyshire and is home to the Dukeand Duchess of Devonshire. It's an absolutely gorgeous place with stunning grounds.

I was also perplexed by the Chatsworth/Churchill connection.

It’s almost as if the people commenting haven’t been to the place they are talking about.

London

The whole of London? Chiswick is lovely, or walking through the city in a weekend, Regent’s Park?.

Interesting the comments about Norfolk and bad vibes. Me too and I don't know why. Just a feeling of impending doom there for me - even though objectively I can see a lot of it is quite beautiful. I get an uneasy 'horror film' type of vibe. Bizarre.

I think a trick to a lot of the European capitals is to go outside of summer when you don't get the crowds and the heat. Rome is wonderful in winter I think.

The OP asked for places we had been underwhelmed by and people have replied with their places and the reasons why. So what if some of the reasons don't make sense to some, they are the reasons they felt underwhelmed by the places. The responses taking the piss are just a bit self absorbed and 'look at me I'm so hilarious'. You're not.

I agree European cities in general are better outside of July/August.

We usually go early May or October, although I’ve been many times to both Paris & Rome in the winter. (still not a Paris fan)

Weather makes a massive difference. For me, cold is OK, but grey rain, like we’ve had here the last few days, does make a difference to how I feel about a place. I was so looking forward to visiting Stockholm recently, and it pissed down the whole time, and I felt really cheated, as if I’d just simply have to visit again in better weather as I felt so let down by it. I’m sure it wasn’t Stockholm itself though, it was the weather.