Barcelona was nice to see, but I probably will never go back. The tourism is so heavy that even when there on the off season and being incredibly nice and respectful, the locals don't like you. Worth it to see the more famous sites, but when I go back to Spain, I won't be going there.
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Cruises. It's literally people who are so terrified of international travel, they bring their home culture with them on a boat. Even if the mechanics of cruises are generally nice, they are filled with, and cater to this demographic. Personally when I am traveling, too many other Americans or Germans kind of ruins the vibe, so a whole boat of them is like purgatory.
Agreed. It's for people who don't like to sink deep into a culture. They want the short touch so they can pull back and leave asap.
I could never go on a cruise, the time constraints would drive me crazy.
International travel for people who hate international travel
miami. orlando (i.e. disney world and universal). las vegas. dubai. any other middle-to-upper class playground.
on the other hand, so people cannot say i mentioned anywhere in the center of capitalism: i'd love to meet ireland, scotland, brittany, galiza. the museums in new york, london, madrid, barcelona and paris are indeed something to see. the historic buildings and excavations in rome are of interest. and restaurant, cafΓ© and bar-trotting in madrid, valencia, barcelona, paris, vienna, amsterdam, rome, naples, tokyo is something i'd love to do.
I liked my first all inclusive resort in Mexico very much. The second one had mediocre food and it rained heavily for three straight days, so much that the rain came through the thatched roof, and people pestered us to sign up for time share type presentations. It just looked a lot better than it was, and the beach was very basic.
Dubai. A cultureless fake city in the desert, full of posers.
So like Vegas, but with less booze and weed?
More like Miami with less booze and weed.
One of the strange things I saw with Dubai is that the civil-site design is just horrible at the edges of developments. You can tell that the emirate could spend money to make buildings, but the buildings don't form a city.
London. It doesn't even have capital vibes.
Honestly speaking, Dubai.
Not because of slavery, poop trucks, questionable government policies, etc.
The real reason to me is that it does not offer anything traditional or historical. Yes it has some five start restaurants. Yes it has some big malls. Yes you can do stuff like desert driving or hot air balloons. These are all stuff that could be done anywhere else for cheaper.
Until very recently, Dubai was a desert wasteland with a few Bedouin roaming about. I'm not sure what I would expect for history or tradition.
I know it's unrelated to the thread, but I'd personally never go to a country that doesn't treat, women, gays, apostates etc as equals, I think these countries are absolutely terrible and I'm not fooled by them having "show cities" where they pretend that they're not that way.
A country that still has a medieval mindset in the third millennium is not getting a penny from me.
If you're American, you should pull the ejection seat lever.
Unfortunately the ejection seat lever is a paid DLC I cannot afford.
I understand your concern, but assuming someone looks over all of that, there isn't something genuinely exciting about it.
Not to mention the terrible traffic it is in now due to the Russia- Ukraine war, other unstable countries within the region, the terrible public transport system Dubai has anyway.
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Cruise ships. Not really a destination but I hate them so much.
Paris
I think Paris is a great city that I really enjoy visiting every time I go there, but you're perfectly right that it's incredibly overrated, anything with that reputation really must be, nothing that exists in reality could possibly come even close to such a myth.
Yeah Paris is great as a cool, old, European city with lots of history. If you like just hiking around cities it's great. I can imagine if you go into it thinking it is like some French tourist resort, you will be disappointed.
Now that they're basically banning cars, it might be worth a visit again
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Venice. Smelly, super crowded and everywhere is a tourist trap trying to extract $$$.
Depends on when you visit. I went during September and it was beautiful and not at all crowded. Didn't smell, either.
Disagreed. I loved Venice. Was crowded but was very pretty and interesting, and had great food. You don't need to go to the expensive tourist places for good food. As always, see where locals eat.
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Switzerland. Don't go unless you're perfectly happy spending 50+ USD for mediocre food per day. It is incredibly fucking expensive.
It might be expensive, but still worth a short visit. I've got a shockingly bad memory, but I'll never forget the awe I felt waking up to a view of the Alps.
But you can have that in Austria as well or France or Italy. They are all in the Alps. Or even not as tall parts of the Alps in Slovenia or Germany.
If you're Australian, Bali.
Iβm there right now. You need to differentiate!
Most of the area south of Denpasar is just a large instagram zoo.
Denpasar is traffic. Just that.
North of denpasar it gets very beautiful very quickly.
Balinese people are some of the friendliest I have met on average.
What I do find overrated almost throughout is Balinese food.
Agreed. Get the heck away from Denspar and don't even step foot in Kuta Beach, it's not worth it.
Bali was amazing.
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Two of my least favourite places I've visited have been CancΓΊn and Phuket. Both were minor stops in larger journeys, and I had fairly low expectations, but hot damn these places truly sucked ass. The countries they reside in have some truly great stuff, but you won't find them in these places.
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If youβre from the Midwest, anywhere in the Midwest. Itβs all exactly the same.
Source: Went on crazy long road trips as a young adult looking for something new; ended up moving somewhere completely outside the region later.
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