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!

Agree re Paris, Barcelona and Dublin. I am good g back to Paris in a couple of months and am really not keen.

And yes re the Severn Bore. I saw it a couple of times. Apparently.

Hong Kong. Filthy streets, rude people and don’t get me started on the animal cruelty in the markets.

Vienna. Gave me a very odd, feeling - dull, grey, drab - and very grim.

Ilfracombe. I’ve been there 4 times spaced about 10 years apart each time. The second and third times I thought it must have improved, but no. Last summer I went for the 4th time. Nope. Still dire, in fact even more run-down than before.

Also Dublin. It's just OK

Apart from the Art Gallery, which was lovely

MrPeevley, I was lucky enough to walk through Winchcombe on the Cotswold Way: that trip is one of my favourite memories! We had fair weather which always helps!

Scarborough
Gibraltar
Malta
Santiago de Compostela

I've been underwhelmed by whole countries and simply written them off! Japan, Australia and the Caribbean to name 3!

Really underwhelmed by New York.

Why? I've always wanted to go.

Was in Edinburgh for the day once and couldn't get into a single shop with the double buggy. I was irrate about it and never been tempted to go back.

Loved Granada, but the Alhambra totally underwhelmed me. Some foreign countries don't seem to make any effort to make an attraction out of their historical sites - it was just an old building. A very beautiful one, but no real effort to give you an insight into who lived there, what their lives would have been like, what it might have looked like in its heyday, etc.

What I learn every time I go abroad is that the UK does tourist attractions really well.

Venice. Crowded beyond belief, nothing actually happening beyond serving the tourists. If felt like a dead, open air museum.

I enjoyed Stonehenge, I thought they’d really improved things last time we were there.

Venice is lovely but not in summer time.

Sistine Chapel
been twice - utterly underwhelmed both times

Stonehenge
if you are local, go at the Winter Solstice : the stones are open and
THEN you will get it
because inside the circle in the half light is utterly
just utterly

Kensingham palace...so glad we paid with tesco vouchers. Waste of money!

This thread is refreshing. I haven't travelled the world but I think I'm quite fussy about places and don't believe the hype. NY is on my list though so keen to know why it's not so good as heard so much good stuff.

I can’t believe someone said they hated Cornwall! It’s the most gorgeous place on earth!

All of the USA. Probably being unreasonable but not bothered about any of it.

To the PP that said Vancouver, why? I've always wanted to go there!

I was disappointed by the Golden Gate Bridge. I thought "Is that it?" I think being able to see the Humber Bridge out of my bedroom window at home spoiled me!

I wasn't impressed by Amsterdam either.

Edinburgh.

Las Vegas.

Tacky, naff and hasn't been updated for at least 25 years.

Zanzibar

We liked Pompeii but we visited it independent so avoided being herded round. Like PPs, Herculaneum was much better.

Paris