Unpopular places to go on holidays

Atoms for Peace

Looking for genuine off the wall holiday ideas. Would Yemen be nice this time of year?

OldMrBrennan83

Navan.

poisonated

Moldova.

Stephen15

I hear South Sudan is nice this time of year

Pretty Polky

Leitrim

Allinall

Termonfeckin.

I spent a week there one night.

cameramonkey

https://www.wildjunket.com/ashgabat-turkmenistan/

Ashgabat

Capt'n Midnight

Holiday in Cambodia ?

kowloon

Venezuela

Ken.

Pretty Polky wrote: »

Leitrim

Narnia. I can name madey up places too.

kowloon

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Holiday in Cambodia ?

It's tough kid, but it's life.

biko

What's the point, you're not going to do any of them anyway.

Strumms

Luxembourg, the pure bordom I experienced there is second to none

Iraq is da bomb.

touts

Air b&b in Moyross Limerick.

TheAnalyst_

Great video on YouTube about that. I know some Romanian lads that say it’s like the Wild West. Well east.

Moldova

https://youtu.be/wnDxHTaeNX0

ancapailldorcha

poisonated wrote: »

Moldova.

Don't knock it. I'd a great time there. I remember spending all day in one bar. I'd breakfast with a friend and we spent the whole day drinking. Tab came to £25 each. Local Chisinau brew of the same name was superb as well.

whiskeyman

The Bude Tunnel.

Probably too mainstream now though.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g190804-d12865329-Reviews-Bude_Tunnel-Bude_Bude_Stratton_Cornwall_England.html

biko

Holiday in the sun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpNfPP3FKRA

jk23

There is a lovely island off the coast of Suriname

kowloon

Strumms wrote: »

Luxembourg, the pure bordom I experienced there is second to none

All I remember is how expensive it is for everything.

poisonated

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Don't knock it. I'd a great time there. I remember spending all day in one bar. I'd breakfast with a friend and we spent the whole day drinking. Tab came to £25 each. Local Chisinau brew of the same name was superb as well.

Sounds like a good day.

lbc2019

lebanon

Cobretti

Serbia

For Forks Sake

jk23 wrote: »

There is a lovely island off the coast of Suriname

Great place that, they have been knocking the sh1t out of each other since 1907

Stephen15

Crimea

ancapailldorcha

sugarman wrote: »

Think I spent about €100 in 4 days there that included breakfast, lunch and dinner every day on top of a rake of drink. I second the Chisinau, very easy to drink.

Grand spot tho, plenty to see and do there too.

Aye. Poorest nation in Europe so adjust the expectations but it's worth a short visit. I went for the Ireland match in 2016.

poisonated wrote: »

Sounds like a good day.

It was. Completely random. I'd exhausted the supply of activities and one of the lads I was with fancied an early start so to the pub we went.

OldMrBrennan83

OldMrBrennan83 wrote: »

Navan.

Naaavan is actually lovely. Sitting on a street bench listening to the accent. A lovely wild droll in it. Fierce cultured people.

The Ramparts along the River Boyne from Navan to Slane is easily one of the finest river walks in Ireland. Gorgeous, particularly in autumn listening to the weirs, rapids and birds as you meander past many old watermills. They should be selling the whole area to tourists on that walk. Go while it's still off the beaten track (particularly from Stackallen Bridge to Slane village).

road_high

Pretty Polky wrote: »

Leitrim

Co Leitrim is a gem- I’ve no idea why it gets mentioned on these slagging places threads- there’s tons of things to see and do with some great hotels to stay in. Carrick on Shannon, Glencar waterfall, Lough Allen, great foodie scene. I absolutely love Leitrim. Can only conclude that people have never been there that slag it off
Puts a whole list of counties to shame with all it has to offer

TheAnalyst_

road_high wrote: »

Co Leitrim is a gem- I’ve no idea why it gets mentioned on these slagging places threads- there’s tons of things to see and do with some great hotels to stay in. Carrick on Shannon, Glencar waterfall, Lough Allen, great foodie scene. I absolutely love Leitrim. Can only conclude that people have never been there that slag it off
Puts a whole list of counties to shame with all it has to offer

There are few counties in Ireland that are genuinely grim and Leitrim is a long way from the bottom.

Slagging is probably due to is size and lack of “importance”

Ulysses Gaze

Sarajevo or Minsk.

Gael23

Syria

road_high

TheAnalyst_ wrote: »

There are few counties in Ireland that are genuinely grim and Leitrim is a long way from the bottom.

Slagging is probably due to is size and lack of “importance”

Leitrim is well mid table- there’s plenty others in the midlands and north east with a lot less to offer. Leitrim even has a bit of Atlantic coastline!! You could easily spend a lovely few days in Leitrim and surrounds pottering about and really enjoy it. That’s not to mention the genuinely friendly people- I find service in shops, restaurants etc second to none up there.
Unlike the surly attitude you’ll get in Dublin and Leinster area

buried

Yeah Leitrim is class, that whole area around Leitrim, Fermanagh, Sligo and Roscommon is really cool. Go to all that part of the island in a summer with good weather, its really cool natural wild spot

mikeym

Yemen.

I think a certain turkey from Tallaght on RTÉ 30 years ago bears much of the responsibility for Leitrim being picked on. It's a lovely part of the world, especially around Lough Rynn castle but also up in Parkes Castle on the way to Glencar Waterfall. Great guided history tour.

JupiterKid

Leitrim is a county of two halves - split in the middle by Lough Allen. Populated by arty/crafty bohemian types.

The Northern half is very scenic and beautiful with gems like Glencar Lough and waterfall and the Dartry and Cuilcagh mountains.

The Southern half is much more boring landscape wise (low lying and drumlins) but has the lovely river Shannon to offer.

My idea of holiday hell would be somewhere like Benidorm or Blackpool.

road_high

Deleted User wrote: »

I think a certain turkey from Tallaght on RT30 years ago bears much of the responsibility for Leitrim being picked on. It's a lovely part of the world, especially around Lough Rynn castle but also up in Parkes Castle on the way to Glencar Waterfall. Great guided history tour.

When I was a chap Dustin on The Den used constantly slag it. It’s only when I started going there myself I realized that it was total bull****. Carrick has to be one of my favorite towns in Ireland- and saying that theres a ton more they should be doing with the river Shannon there. Mohill and Lough Rynne is another highlight for me

Stephen15

Nuuk

RMAOK

The sea of tranquility

lbc2019

Laos

Ten of Swords

road_high wrote: »

Co Leitrim is a gem- I’ve no idea why it gets mentioned on these slagging places threads

Because of it's pathetic coastline! Smallest of all counties

ShadyAcres

A few years ago I went over to England to see my cousin's in (insert sh1tehole medium English Northern town here)...rang for a pizza delivery using my Irish phone and the foreign guy on the other end was curious to know why an international number was ringing for delivery. I explained that I was having a little holiday to see my cousin's and he couldn't get over the word 'holiday''

Why would anyone in their right mind go there for a holiday? We had a great laugh on the phone for about 5 mins with him absolutely wetting himself before him ending the call with "enjoy the rest of your 'holiday''. It was one of those had to be there moments...so funny😂

road_high

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Because of it's pathetic coastline! Smallest of all counties

Lots of other counties don’t even have a coastline?

road_high

ShadyAcres wrote: »

A few years ago I went over to England to see my cousin's in (insert sh1tehole medium English Northern town here)...rang for a pizza delivery using my Irish phone and the foreign guy on the other end was curious to know why an international number was ringing for delivery. I explained that I was having a little holiday to see my cousin's and he couldn't get over the word 'holiday''

Why would anyone in their right mind go there for a holiday? We had a great laugh on the phone for about 5 mins with him absolutely wetting himself before him ending the call with "enjoy the rest of your 'holiday''. It was one of those had to be there moments...so funny��

Yes there’s lots of places in england ive been to for work and there’s literally zero tourism, none whatsoever. The town/area is purely business or industrial and that’s that

road_high

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Holiday in Cambodia ?

Cambodia is getting massively popular- when I was in Vietnam loads of people were combining that as part of their trip, one of the real up and coming places

rays cyst

We’re only making plans for Niger

Yeah right...

Stephen15

road_high wrote: »

Yes there’s lots of places in england ive been to for work and there’s literally zero tourism, none whatsoever. The town/area is purely business or industrial and that’s that

It wouldn't be just England that has these types of places. Plenty across Northern Europe I think Charleroi in Belgium was voted Europe's grimmest city or something along those lines but plenty across of places that wouldn't attract very many tourists in Germany, Sweden, Netherlands and Belgium. A lot of these places would have big crime problems and large amounts of social housing consisting of high rise flats.

Spook_ie

Sokovia

branie2

Iraq