Where is the most overrated holiday destination you’ve been?

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Where have you been on holiday and thought “wow, that was a waste of my time and money”.

Mine was travelling to a fairly remote tropical island where people were supposed to be so friendly. Unfortunately we found the people we interacted with in the hotels and restaurants to be anything but nice. It piddled down with rain and then we almost got scammed.

I don’t think it’s built up to be anything amazing but just from the sheer volume of people who go there.. Tenerife. I’ve been twice and the weather hasn’t been great either time and the beach isn’t nice at all in comparison to other places like Majorca

Paris 😩. I’ve tried and tried. I think it’s probably a bit like London (where I live), if you know where you’re going and speak the language perfectly it’s fine but I felt uncomfortable every time I’ve been there. I’ve given up on it now. Versailles however and is lovely and I go to the South of France every year. I like other European cities; Rome, Berlin, but Paris I can’t get on with.

I came on to say the same! We went there on a cruise - thank god we didn't do a 2 week holiday there!

Paris may have been great to visit historically, but it's a hellhole these days.

I never saw the appeal of LA for a holiday and these days it's also a hellhole along with San Fran.

Florence. It was absolutely heaving with tourists (I was one too!), streets jammed, long queues for everything, and so on. Yes I know it is a stunning city, but once I managed to crawl through a few streets and see the Duomo and the bridge, I was glad to get out. Not a chance of seeing the museums and galleries, even if pre booked, too many people. I've a feeling it's crammed all year round too a bit like Venice I suppose. I'll have to go there in January and get up at six in the morning or something!

However, not too far away is Lucca which is absolutely delightful and charming. I enjoyed it there a lot!

Another vote for Bali

Paris for reasons mentioned above - so called ‘city of love’ that in reality stinks of sewage and full of dog poo. Such a cliche place for proposals.

Lake Louise. Don’t get me wrong, it is beautiful but that beauty means it is very very overcrowded.

Dublin - overpriced and the locals were rude.

Paris, every time I've been I've been left disappointed. Thankfully all dc have been and ticked off the tourist hotspots now so I don't have to venture in again.

Dubai - everything is fake

A third vote for Bali; a million miles away, rubbish beaches, massively overcrowded and very underwhelming food. Basically a Benidorm for Australians

Barbados. Just awful. Felt unsafe a lot of the time, approached by sex workers on the beach constantly (male and female), drugs everywhere

I’m glad people are saying Dublin, I thought to it was overrated too. A few nice sights/museums but I didn’t feel it was a nice place to wander about, like other cities.

I loved Kuala Lumpur! The food is insane.

For me it’s Bali. So overhyped and when you get there it’s just a sort of boring grubby backpacker hostel for Aussies. So many nicer places in south east Asia.

Also Suva, Fiji - supposed to be an island paradise, actually a total hole.

Barcelona.

Cue the predictable Paris pile on. Weird as Paris even has McDonald's these days so readers can still have their ' treat days' there. 🤣🤮

@Changingplace oooh can I ask why Tunisia? I have the chance to go and I haven't been sure...

Count yourself lucky. I went there for a week and it pissed down every single say. Funchal is basically a small town, Guilford has more going on. Was looking forward to getting home and then the Icelandic volcano dust cloud decended on europe and I was stuck there for another ten days. The airline put us up in a hotel that could only be described as a 1970s themed old people's home where they had forgotten to remove the dead.

Australia. Too hot and boring. Really don't get the hype.

It’s weird that the responses to those disliking Paris have been generally snobbish.

Paris
Tahiti
LA

Less likely to be stabbed in Leeds

LA is a complete dump.
The tourist ‘must sees’ are all run down, crime ridden and basically just on dual carriage ways.

Maldives- a hell of a lot of travel for a nice beach where you are at the mercy of the one hotel on that island who charge you through the nose to fart.

So what was your tropical island please OP? We need to avoid!

I didn’t like Monastir in Tunisia at all but I don’t think it was really ‘rated’ so I can’t say overrated! It was grubby with dirty people and letchy men.