Most disappointing destination/holiday

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For me, it was the Norwegian fjords. Not because they weren’t beautiful (what we saw of them, they were!) but because it was cold, rainy and foggy when we went. One town known for being very pretty was ridiculously busy and there was a cruise ship blocking the view from the restaurant we booked. We knew the prices were going to be high, but expected good quality… when you pay over £100 for a train ticket, you expect there to be toilet roll and soap in the toilets!

where have you been that was disappointing?

Dublin, just not much to do.

Gambia, weather was crap, hotel staff were awful and used to use the equipment so guests couldn’t. Booked an excursion and the bloke was an hour late and took us to a cattle market with emaciated poorly treated cows.
There was also the start of some pretty bad civil unrest when we were there, just awful.

Egypt which has come up on this thread I enjoyed but I was on a tour around the whole country which was brilliant.

Bored, how? I only went for a week and am planning to return because there's SO much I didn't have time to fit in! I suppose you shouldn't go to Malta if you just want to sit around, drink, etc. and not see the sights.

I was there for 12 weeks as a holiday rep loved it so much we got married there. Beautiful island.

Kardamena in Kos. Ok if you like more fag ends on the sun lounger littered beach than sand. Came home early.

Barcelona - totally overrated. Half a day seeing the 4 main sights then the rest wasting time and dodging pickpockets wondering why everyone loves it so much.

I'm so surprised at the hate for Paris. It's around 30 years since I went a few times and absolutely loved it. Has it changed?

Gran Canaria but specifically Playa del Ingles
It was like something out of a scooby doo show...empty haunted looking shopping centres everywhere. Absolute 70s monstrosity.

Pretty much everywhere is too crowded nowadays. I often think how beautiful places like Paris and Florence and Oxford must have been in 1900. Until 1900 there had never been more than a billion human beings. Between 1900 and 1960 the population trebled to three billion. It's now eight billion and we're heading for ten. I went to Venice last year and could have screamed there were so many people. It felt like I was suffocating.

I’m reading about places I’ve been, nodding along to the descriptions but I wasn’t disappointed by any of them - I think I travel with a sort of fascination and curiosity rather than any sort of high expectations.

I’ve been harassed, ill, and even caught up in the outbreak of war once, so I don’t travel for peace and tranquility - that’s what I leave home to escape 😂

I won't ever go to Malta until they stop shooting summer migrant birds en route to European nesting destinations for fun.
Swallows, swifts, honey buzzards, turtle doves, cuckoos, Montagues harrier, migratory warblers and finches.
Just why?
Lots are already endangered.
Can't tell you how much I hate the fucking miserable bunch of bastards.

I wasn’t even expecting great things to start with so had a low bar…Lanzarote. One of my friends banged on about how much she loved it there and went every year. Well I wont be going back

Hong Kong.

I loved Ciutadella in Menorca. I've never had such a relaxing and lovely 5 days.

I love Gran Canaria. I have been multiple times, as there is so much to see and do, plus I always feel really safe there. I have travelled all over the world, but I'd happily go back every year.

The island itself is beautiful up in the hills and the small villages. The playa de ingles area I couldn’t compute! … that was 30 years ago mind.

Do you mean you were unable to walk around the town, or that you couldn’t walk in the wider countryside? Did you get the boat to Capri, or a boat/bus to Amalfi ? We are considering visiting there next year, looking at Sant Agnello just outside Sorrento.

We were pick pocketed in Estapona, by two lads one doing the keepy uppy with a football, the other dipping DHs pocket. However, I saw him and as he was so fixated on DH's wallet he didn't see me watching, and before he knew it, he was in a wrist lock. I was concerned that he'd throw said wallet to the accomplice so I tweeked his wrist to get his full attention. Result - wallet returned.

Like a great big Weatherspoons. Hated it.

Bali and Florence.

Oh never knew this 💔💔

Kos was too barren I think. Where as Corfu is beautiful lush and green. I love most places in Pembrokeshire but wasn’t wowed by Fishguard but I refused to walk down to the lower part because of my knees!
Most of the few places I have visited abroad I have loved though because I love exploring new places and spend a long time selecting the holiday .Just thought of another one I didn’t like Ibiza , we stayed in Cala longa and I wasn’t very well mentally at the time.

Memphis is scary!!

Geeez where is good to go then ?

Planning trip to California Disneyland with child in December - Jan. undecided about other US places to stop at. This thread doesn’t get me too inspired 😆

Can you tell more about why you didn’t like Agadir? We’re thinking about going later this year!

This is so interesting, you would think the increase demand would mean higher prices so less travel. I Am not an economist but this has me thinking 🤔 I wonder what the future of these places is.

Agree about Bali which is so congested. Hard to see somewhere like Ubud as a relaxing destination when there’s traffic jams. The beaches aren’t that nice either through most of Bali, not compared to Australia - my home and cultural wasteland ;)

Went to Paris with my first partner who spoke fluent French, we had an amazing time! I went back with some friends (one of them had an A level in French) and it wasn’t as good. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t with a local and we didn’t know all the spots, maybe it was because it was years later, but the vibe was off. People were unfriendly the second time and it was dirty. Versailles was amazing though and made my second trip worth it.

OR Disneyland. Went when I was a kid, my dad had saved and schemed and scammed to get us that holiday. We got there and I was petrified of all the mascots. I’m still terrified of them, so my kids will never go to Disney.

Feel like you should have seen this coming when you booked Gambia for a holiday. Was the Four Seasons in the Republic of Congo all booked out ?