52 Shocking Travel Destinations That Failed to Impress Even the Most Eager Tourists
My wife passes as both white and hispanic (she is half Irish and half Mexican), so initially the locals thought she was also Spanish. But the moment she started to speak *Mexican* Spanish, they instantly turned from friendly to scowl – god forbid we try and speak *their* language. The men were misogynistic as hell.
The buildings were super pretty, though.
(On another note, Dublin was a 10/10 experience. Even the super-touristy Guinness Brewery tour was great, and I highly recommend doing the private tasting experience. Food in Dublin was actually, really, really good and orders of magnitude better than Irish food in rural Ireland. We still have our taxi driver’s phone number and he chatted with us about pretty much everything during our trip, and made us feel like we were coming home. The Irish countryside was absolutely beautiful.).
Russia, Moscow specifically, it’s the arsehole of the Universe.
Such miserable, unhelpful twats.
And it smells like the 70’s – oil, petrol, bleach, poverty, cabbage, tramps.
Don’t think of going unless you’re on a “tour”.
Montreal. Overly touristy, everything felt very fake, the locals clearly didn’t like tourists nor want them there, it was dirty, and the homeless population were aggressive.
Mallorca – It’s a beautiful island, peaceful and full of nice people. However it’s almost exclusively tourists, there are so many that you feel like you are essentially just ruining somebody’s otherwise lovely home by your visit. I wouldn’t visit Spain again, beautiful place, great food, fantastic culture, but I’d rather leave it for the Spanish to enjoy.
I just came back from Tulum and I wholeheartedly agree! The taxis were a rip off ($110) just to go 8 minutes down the road, the beaches were full of sargassum seaweed, and most of the food was subpar.
New Delhi. Well, I don’t know how popular it really is, but I never ever want to go back. Felt like I had smoked 50 cigarettes and got tricked at every corner.
Cairo, Alexandria, Luxor in Egypt. Simply put, just go somewhere else, especially if you’re a woman – worse if you have blond hair.
Paris. The city is beautiful, but the streets kinda smell like p**s.
Rome, thiefs everwhere, police wont do a thing (ig they are also involved) and every 2 minutes some indian guy is trying to sell you a selfie stick.
Barcelona. Truthfully I didn’t hate it and had a nice time, but seeing the *tourists go home* graffiti and subsequently reading about the problems of overtourism made me decide it’s best not to go again. Also I’ve been to Malaga and Andalucia and the food and overall *vibe* was much better in both places.
Niagara Falls.
My parents were insistent on being there for two days. Way too touristy for my liking. I was also 18 at the time so I couldn’t even take advantage of being able to have a drink or go to the casinos on the Canadian side.
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