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Underrated places/sights

  • 05-11-2018 11:34pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭


    Following on from thread about overrated sights/places I thought we could have one on underrated places/sights.

    I will start with Krakow. I was there about 10 years ago and it was unreal. While some tourists not overrun like Prague. Very beautiful city + surrounding countryside which I wasn't expecting. Thought there would be more high rise excommunist buildings. Very cheap we would have our dinner out every evening with wine for less than €20.

    I hope it hasnt changed + is still charming.


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  • Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The Cliffs of Moher draws in busloads of tourists but Slieve League is undeservedly overlooked.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,383 CMod ✭✭✭✭Ten of Swords


    Montenegro, a country of astounding natural beauty but frequently overlooked by European tourists.

    The view at the Mausoleum of Petar II is like nothing I've ever seen before.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Have you seen Uranus? wow!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    Bishop Lucey Park.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,376 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Canary Islands. Usually only visited for a weekend boozing session but away from the stripmalls and bars each island offers it's own unique charm with some fantastic scenery, national parks, hiking trails etc. Weather is liw to mid 20s year round too.

    Inishowen, Donegal. One of the most scenic places in the country. Despite it's small size it's filled with great (empty) beaches, nice towns, Malin head, Mamore gap and Lough Swilly and Foyle.

    Milan and the lake region. Beautiful part of Italy which gets a little overshadowed by Rome, [font=Roboto, HelveticaNeue, Arial, sans-serif]Amalfi coast[/font], Venice, Florence but the city itself is nicer than most describe and lake [font=arial, sans-serif]Maggiore/Como are stunning[/font]


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 269 ✭✭Ahorseofaman


    I went to the the Natural History Museum for the first time recently and had a fascinating few hours there.Well worth a visit.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,301 ✭✭✭✭gerrybbadd


    The drive to Lough Easkey in Co. Sligo. You head up through the Ox Mountains. It's really stunning up therelough easkey.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,273 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    rossie1977 wrote: »
    Canary Islands. Usually only visited for a weekend boozing session but away from the stripmalls and bars each island offers it's own unique charm with some fantastic scenery, national parks, hiking trails etc. Weather is liw to mid 20s year round too.

    I don't think any of that is underrated though, it's even used as a selling point to visit it and go train(cycling/tri/running) there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    My mom moved to Fuerteventura and I think it's massively underrated compared to the other islands. Tourists tend to stick to their tourist enclave and would maybe go to the zoo, which is really nice btw.
    But there's a lot to do and see really and it has a very desert-y charme.

    Also Sofia, I love that city. It's not wealthy and definitely Eastern European but it has a great vibe. Same goes for Plovdiv, lovely place.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,436 ✭✭✭AlanG


    Le Mans is an amazing old city and you can have a street to yourself even in summer - it's quite bizarre how quiet the old town is.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    AlanG wrote: »
    Le Mons is an amazing old city and you can have a street to yourself even in summer - it's quite bizarre how quiet the old town is.

    Le Mans the 24 hr race venue or Mons the Walloons town??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,972 ✭✭✭CelticRambler


    rossie1977 wrote: »
    Milan and the lake region.... Maggiore/Como are stunning


    Underrated? Everyone I know has been to Milan/the lakes! :cool: I was there myself in August and you couldn't see the place for all the tourists!


    But up that end of the country: Aosta, and further up the valley, Cogne. Great mix of art, culture, history, hiking, and not too many tourists. :D



    Also most of central France is full of quirky little towns that rarely feature on any tourist maps or TripAdvisor.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 71 ✭✭pekitivey


    Lismore, Co. Waterford. Such a beautiful town. Loads of amazing walks along the R. Blackwater and some lovely places to eat. Not to mention "The V" a lovely mountain walk 20 mins from the town by car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,786 ✭✭✭wakka12


    Most cities in Italy outside Florence rome and venice I think are incredibly underrated, Vicenza Siena Milan

    I think Krakow is big on the tourist hit list now, most people I know who did inter railing in winter went there as part of trip from berlin through krakow, prague, vienna, budapest


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,252 ✭✭✭FTA69


    Gasteiz in the Basque Country, beautiful stone old town, a street packed full of bars that are heaving at the weekends. Loads of mountains nearby with lakes you can swim in and quality food to be had.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,785 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    pekitivey wrote: »
    Lismore, Co. Waterford. Such a beautiful town. Loads of amazing walks along the R. Blackwater and some lovely places to eat. Not to mention "The V" a lovely mountain walk 20 mins from the town by car.

    Lots of events in the castle too and the magical towers at ballysaggartmore!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭MayoForSam


    wakka12 wrote: »
    Most cities in Italy outside Florence rome and venice I think are incredibly underrated, Vicenza Siena Milan

    I think Krakow is big on the tourist hit list now, most people I know who did inter railing in winter went there as part of trip from berlin through krakow, prague, vienna, budapest

    +1 - Italy is fantastic, you can add Lucca, Lecce, Treviso, Bologna and Ferrara to your list. Hill towns in Puglia are also hidden gems - Matera, Locorotondo, Ostuni, Cisternino. Elba is also well worth a visit (we spent our honeymoon there many years ago).

    If you're in Krakow, don't miss the salt mines.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,772 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    Philippines . Spent 3 months there. Great place and people. Great beaches


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,033 ✭✭✭✭Richard Hillman


    Ljubljana and Slovenia in general is beautiful. It looks like an incredibly livable place.

    The Austrian countryside is also stunning.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭hurler97


    It hasn't changed, a work colleague was there in early October... Got two main courses, two sides, 2 Heineken bottles for 20 Euro.
    I was there myself during Summer 2016 and I'm only aching to go back. Didn't get to see half the sights.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭hurler97


    Gleninchaquin Park near Kenmare is a gem of a spot. Nice walking trials with brilliant views and it even has its own waterfall.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    Ljubljana and Slovenia in general is beautiful. It looks like an incredibly livable place.

    The Austrian countryside is also stunning.

    Oh yeah I agree with this, hidden gem! I was born and reared 45 minutes away from the border and when I was a child we'd go to Maribor at least twice a month to get Petrol, fags and booze and usually a cheap meal.
    Many drive through Slovenia in order to get to Croatia and all the beauty is ignored.
    A travel landmark is Trojane with this restaurant that sells these HUGE homemade doughnuts. Everyone knows it, no tourguide tells you about it though.

    And since I'm from there I might be biased but Styria is so incredibly pretty. It has soft vineyard hills and rough alpine mountains with everything nice in between.

    Now I'm getting all nostalgic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 ✭✭Liam28


    MayoForSam wrote: »
    +1 - Italy is fantastic, you can add Lucca, Lecce, Treviso, Bologna and Ferrara to your list. Hill towns in Puglia are also hidden gems - Matera, Locorotondo, Ostuni, Cisternino. Elba is also well worth a visit (we spent our honeymoon there many years ago).

    ++1 for Lucca, much nicer than nearby 'destination town' Pisa. Also Padua / Padova is lovely. And Verona, even if most people just want to see The Balcony, but an open air opera in a 2000 year old Roman amphitheater is an amazing experience.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,384 ✭✭✭Duffy the Vampire Slayer


    Colombia is a great country to travel in but a lot of people are put off because they have a view of the country that is about twenty years out of date.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Turkey.

    For some reason (mostly Midnight Express) has a poor reputation but I love it there.

    Packed with historical sights (Loved Epheses). Natural places like Pamukale.

    Istanbul is a beautiful city.

    People are very friendly and the food is fantastic.

    A very varied country to visit that many people in Ireland ignore or are fearful of for no valid reasons.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,498 ✭✭✭ArnoldJRimmer


    Was in Philadelphia recently. Its a little grubby, but it has some beautiful historical buildings and despite their reputation for being brash and loud, pretty much everyone I encountered was really lovely. Ended up staying a day longer than planned


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    Crumlin Shopping Centre.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭selwyn froggitt


    I’d say Malaga, which is usually seen as an airport through which to access the mostly-dreadful Costa del Sol, but has fantastic outdoors life, food, museums, history and architecture.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Slovenia in general.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,200 ✭✭✭appledrop


    For a historical piece of archtiture the Casino in Marino is fab. Looks kind of like a monument from outside but loads of hidden rooms inside.

    Also a fantastic view over Dublin city.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,059 ✭✭✭✭Spanish Eyes


    I’d say Malaga, which is usually seen as an airport through which to access the mostly-dreadful Costa del Sol, but has fantastic outdoors life, food, museums, history and architecture.

    Agree with you there, most people turn right coming out of the airport and miss a city that is easy enough to walk around with many hidden streets and a great vibe. City beach too and great shopping area + amazing Tapas. Such a nice place. Great for a long weekend.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 801 ✭✭✭Roadtoad


    Sea Head on a bicycle, about 40 km, can take all day if lubrication is needed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,611 ✭✭✭smilerf


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Turkey.

    For some reason (mostly Midnight Express) has a poor reputation but I love it there.

    Packed with historical sights (Loved Epheses). Natural places like Pamukale.

    Istanbul is a beautiful city.

    People are very friendly and the food is fantastic.

    A very varied country to visit that many people in Ireland ignore or are fearful of for no valid reasons.
    So agree. There is nothing like a Turkish sunset while looking out at samos


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,093 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Turkey.

    For some reason (mostly Midnight Express) has a poor reputation but I love it there.

    Packed with historical sights (Loved Epheses). Natural places like Pamukale.

    Istanbul is a beautiful city.

    People are very friendly and the food is fantastic.

    A very varied country to visit that many people in Ireland ignore or are fearful of for no valid reasons.

    Is Human Rights abuse a valid reason?

    Not your ornery onager



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 555 ✭✭✭pawdee


    The Cake District. Lot's of fat hill walkers there but it's lovely.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,439 ✭✭✭tupenny


    murpho999 wrote: »
    Turkey.

    For some reason (mostly Midnight Express) has a poor reputation but I love it there.

    Packed with historical sights (Loved Epheses). Natural places like Pamukale.

    Istanbul is a beautiful city.

    People are very friendly and the food is fantastic.

    A very varied country to visit that many people in Ireland ignore or are fearful of for no valid reasons.

    Agree it's an interesting and beautiful place. But there as a 16year old white girl was not fun, creeps touching you while your dad's back is turned. Wont be returning


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,756 ✭✭✭Dick phelan


    Busan in Korea is a fantastic city lovely near the beach as well. Haven't been but a mate studied in Slovenia said it was a stunning place. Also Xian in China is pretty well know but as a place to visit it beats Shanghai or Beijing hands down imo.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,633 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    Esel wrote: »
    Is Human Rights abuse a valid reason?

    No as it’s about locations and sights that are underrated not politics.
    Not all great places to visit are in democracies.
    tupenny wrote: »
    Agree it's an interesting and beautiful place. But there as a 16year old white girl was not fun, creeps touching you while your dad's back is turned. Wont be returning

    Yes, I have heard some stories like that which is a pity.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    I went to the the Natural History Museum for the first time recently and had a fascinating few hours there.Well worth a visit.

    Have they still closed off the top sections ? they were the best part of that museum ... now safety nonsense means you can't go there...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    pawdee wrote: »
    The Cake District. Lot's of fat hill walkers there but it's lovely.
    Futurama-Fry.jpg
    Surely its a typo and you mean Lake District ?
    or maybe not, Cake District could be a place too ....


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,078 ✭✭✭questionmark?


    I’d say Malaga, which is usually seen as an airport through which to access the mostly-dreadful Costa del Sol, but has fantastic outdoors life, food, museums, history and architecture.

    Couldn't agree more. People think of the airport and not the city. Fantastic destination for a long weekend. A real spanish city with a great vibe unlike most the places on the costa del Sol.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    I think most Irish attractions are a bit crap for international standards but the cliffs of mother in my opinion were impressive. We had a perfectly blue sky day with no wind thought. Our tour bus driver mentioned that the week before, it was so foggy and rainy etc that you couldn't even see the cliffs. So depending on weather.

    I don't know if Budapest is underated or not but before going, I wasn't really aware how beautiful the waterfront is. We spent the day exploring the buda side of the river. It's probably one of my favourite days ever of exploring Europe.

    Philippines in general. Never seen it advertised anywhere in travel agents. The hype is all for Thailand. Thailand is oversaturated with westerners. Philippines has no much natural beauty, it's like the Maldives in parts. A negative though(for me anyway) the cities are absolute ****holes. I know Bangkok is bad in parts but not as bad and Bangkok has culture and Buddhist temples why which I really missed out on in Philippines due to them being Catholic.

    Closer to home again...howth. such a short ride from town to a wonderful cliffwalk and picturesque harbour/town. I always leave howth satisfied.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    tupenny wrote: »
    Agree it's an interesting and beautiful place. But there as a 16year old white girl was not fun, creeps touching you while your dad's back is turned. Wont be returning

    Went to gumbet on a family holiday. Witnessed the typical Turkish creep chatting up my ma day and night, one even touched her arse.

    My ma was like 65 at the time......


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,070 ✭✭✭MarkY91


    Have they still closed off the top sections ? they were the best part of that museum ... now safety nonsense means you can't go there...

    Was closed off when I was there about 6 months ago and also about 2 years ago.

    Pity as I remember it being open as a school kids on school tours and summer projects.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,273 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Have they still closed off the top sections ? they were the best part of that museum ... now safety nonsense means you can't go there...

    Unfortunately still closed but works are due. They're building an external elevator to add wheelchair access and they also need to add fire escapes, which I don't think there are any at the moment. Reasonable requirements as opposed to nonsense I would say.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,809 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Unfortunately still closed but works are due. They're building an external elevator to add wheelchair access and they also need to add fire escapes, which I don't think there are any at the moment. Reasonable requirements as opposed to nonsense I would say.

    Yes its the fire escape reason that its closed.

    I can't imagine a scenario where people couldn't use the regular stairs from those 2 balconies and then use the regular fire escape.... it's checking boxes.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,384 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Can highly recommend Albania. Did the below tour a few months ago, bit of a lungbuster, but spectacular. Also, spent a day/night in Pogorica in Montenegro, flew home from there, and would have like to have spent more time there.

    https://www.lonelyplanet.com/albania/travel-tips-and-articles/hiking-in-albanias-accursed-mountains/40625c8c-8a11-5710-a052-1479d27619f0


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    I was amazed at the natural beauty of Corfu. It’s one those places where you just think ‘sun holiday’ when you hear the name but the mountain roads and their concomitant views, the old town of Corfu town and the views across to the mountains of Albania were all beautiful.
    gerrybbadd wrote: »
    The drive to Lough Easkey in Co. Sligo. You head up through the Ox Mountains. It's really stunning up there

    Sligo county in general is criminally underrated. Mullaghmore, Lough Gill, numerous gorgeous beaches actually, the Ox mountains, Ben Bulben etc. For a small county, it really punches above its weight.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Alpha_zero


    I was in Krakow 11 years ago and it was thronged with tourists, cool spot but even then with direct flights from Ireland was a big hotspot and with Auschwitz close by as a major tourist attraction.

    Everyone wants this really amazing place just for themselves. Overrated/Underrated is merely one's opinion.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Alpha_zero


    You can travel to an uninspiring destination and meet really cool people which makes it memorable. All everyone wants is the picture for their multitude of social media bragging.


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