Overrated sights/destinations

Mac-Chops · 05-11-2018 06:59PM

byhookorbycrook wrote: »

Doolin, tourists hanging out of the rafters, bored paid by the tune musicians, Clare has so much better to offer.

Funnily enough and on a similar vein to Giant's Causeway, I found Doolin to be a great place on a recent camping weekend.

Did the coastal walk from Liscannor via the cliffs.
The pints in O'Connors went down well after that. We even got seats 'coz some punters thought we looked American and needed a sit down. :pac:

In general, if you can mix it up a bit, Ireland has some pretty spectacular and definitely underrated (by the Irish at least) sights/destinations.

For overrated though, I'm going to go with an easy one that hasn't been mentioned yet: Temple Bar & €8 pints..g'luck!

Edgware · 05-11-2018 07:06PM

RiderOnTheStorm wrote: »

+1

My son & I went on a tourist tour of Ireland a few years ago. Wanted to see some of the stuff on our doorstep that tourists travel thousands of km to see. Saw Newgrange .... loved it. Saw Giants Causeway .... loved it. Hill of Tara .... yawn. It may have tons of history, and an important site in ye olde times, but as a visual site it's nothing.... Just a field like hundreds that I wandered around in when I was a kid.

Loved Venice first time I was there (honeymoon!)
Went back years later with the kids and was very disappointed. But they loved it.... stupid kids! ðŸ˜€

Can't wait to get your report on Uranus

Conservative · 05-11-2018 07:07PM

LirW wrote: »

I'll start: Stonehenge. It's literally a bunch of really boring rocks. Now I'm very into prehistoric sights and all but that one is pretty underwhelming.
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Definitely the most underwhelming tourist attraction I have been to. Very ham-fisted organisation too. Barely a functioning car park, no visitor centre and a busy main road running right by it although I believe they have reclaimed a lot of land in recent times. The crosswind was something else.

Newgrange is a far slicker operation.

Venice like a lot of Italy is very dirty.

fleet_admiral · 05-11-2018 07:20PM

Cliffs of Moher

The relatively unknown Sleibh League in Donegal is far more impressive

Ragnar Lothbrok · 05-11-2018 07:23PM

LirW wrote: »

I'll start: Stonehenge. It's literally a bunch of really boring rocks. Now I'm very into prehistoric sights and all but that one is pretty underwhelming.

It's one of the few (realistic) places on my bucket list.

Thanks for ruining it in advance

Alun · 05-11-2018 07:30PM

LirW wrote: »

The museums are one of the few good things there.

... and the Schweinshaxen of course.

Tell me how · 05-11-2018 07:33PM

Skyfloater wrote: »

It's funny how few of them bother to look over their shoulder to the 3 Da Vincis' in the next room.

Well to be fair, they hardly put a bag over their head and walked as far as the Mona Lisa. This is just them at that moment looking at that particular painting.

The most significant element is the distance the people are from it given it's size. It's impossible to examine brush stroke or appreciate colour/shading fully from that distance.

Hercule Poirot · 05-11-2018 07:34PM

Alun wrote: »

I could have spent a week in the Deutsche Museum, an amazing place.

+1

Myself and the missus left this till the last day thinking it would be two to three hours max, I'd say we had looked at maybe 40/50% of it before they announced it was closing, three and a half hours just flew by

Ipso · 05-11-2018 07:38PM

Greyfox wrote: »

I completely disagree, new Yorkers are very friendly and theres about 1,000 interesting things to do in n York. My best holiday ever

Exactly, you can always jump on a train for trip to Montauk or Greenport, that part of Long Island is lovely.

Conservative · 05-11-2018 07:51PM

NSAman wrote: »

CrankyHaus wrote: »

New York. Expensive, unfriendly, uncomfortable.

Really? I find New York cheap to eat in, expensive for hotels etc... New Yorkers are a wonderful bunch of people, They may be brashand say what they think, but are extremely friendly and would literally bend over backwards if they think you are genuine. Uncomfortable? Depends on your perspective. Yes the subway is grimey and hot, but everything in New York is available most of the day and top class... compare that to Chicago and you have a major difference.

I'm not much of a city slicker but if I had to pick a big city to live in I'd definitely go to New York. It's expensive for the average tourist but with a bit of research you can find most things at a fraction of the price you will pay in the tourist traps.

Endless choice when it comes to food, activities, entertainment. People are nice in general.

There's some awfully depressing places in America defo not NY.

Plumbthedepths · 05-11-2018 07:55PM

I guess alot of people don't actually read the thread title before they post........

freshpopcorn · 05-11-2018 08:00PM

TKMaxx!

Tell me how · 05-11-2018 08:05PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I guess alot of people don't actually read the thread title before they post........

Conversations evolve dude...

green shoots · 05-11-2018 08:06PM

Boston. My friend was living there for a while and I visited last year. Downtown is bereft of life at night. The trendy thing there seems to be these fancy bars where you're shown to a table and have no hope of interacting with other people. It's not a pretty city either. I mean I visited lots of nice restaurants and it was pleasant enough, but lots of people I've met have gone on about how great it is. Also very expensive. Dublin is a thousand times livelier and more interesting. Also drove up to Vermont, stayed in Burlington. It's a beautiful state and it was autumn so that made it even more beautiful, but the people there are just odd. So sterile. No craic. I just don't think I like the USA. Especially after immigration tore me a new ars*hole because I had been refused entry once 15 years ago.

Tom Mann Centuria · 05-11-2018 08:08PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I guess alot of people don't actually read the thread title before they post........

Cheese and Onion Tayto.

Capt'n Midnight · 05-11-2018 08:11PM

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

bop1977 wrote: »

The giants causeway. A few rocks and it’s not that big.

Very un-impressive. The drive around that area was nicer than the destination

Worth seeing but not worth going to, see.
- Dr Samuel Johnson, the Dictionary dude , sometime back in the 18th century

M.m.m. · 05-11-2018 08:11PM

Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada.

The whole experience reminded me of being in Malahide Park on a Sunday afternoon but without the lake.

There was even a castle type building with a canteen for scones and coffee taking in all the tourists.

The place was overrun with tourists, very disappointed.

Capt'n Midnight · 05-11-2018 08:24PM

Edgware wrote: »

Can't wait to get your report on Uranus

Worth seeing but not worth going to, see.

A Hoffman transfer orbit would take 16 years to get there. Then you have to hang around until the next one comes up and then it's another 16 years back. And you'll probably need a jump start once you've sorted out the parking charges.

17togo · 05-11-2018 08:24PM

babydream wrote:

Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, it has been touched up and now looks nearly 3D. Rome in general was very underwhelming.

Rome was the most amazing city I've ever been in. Every corner you turn there's another massive structure with so much history. I only had five days there but can't wait to go back.
I know everyones taste is different, however, I couldn't recommend it highly enough!

RebelButtMunch · 05-11-2018 08:25PM

Belem in Portugal for custard tarts. I just had Lidl version. Just as tasty.

RebelButtMunch · 05-11-2018 08:25PM

Belem in Portugal for custard tarts. I just had Lidl version. Just as tasty.

RebelButtMunch · 05-11-2018 08:27PM

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I guess alot of people don't actually read the thread title before they post........

More like someone in the internet thinks differently to me... must refute their post immediately regardless of thread title

Capt'n Midnight · 05-11-2018 08:27PM

And besides Uranus smells like farts.

Capt'n Midnight · 05-11-2018 08:35PM

Working class heroes wrote: »

Rockall, feck all to do and woeful hard to get a decent pint.

Can be dampish in winter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall#/media/File:Rockall_wave_March_1943.jpg

Plumbthedepths · 05-11-2018 08:37PM

Tell me how wrote:

Conversations evolve dude...

True, full 180.

Ray Palmer · 05-11-2018 08:43PM

green shoots wrote: »

Boston. My friend was living there for a while and I visited last year. Downtown is bereft of life at night. The trendy thing there seems to be these fancy bars where you're shown to a table and have no hope of interacting with other people. It's not a pretty city either. I mean I visited lots of nice restaurants and it was pleasant enough, but lots of people I've met have gone on about how great it is. Also very expensive. Dublin is a thousand times livelier and more interesting. Also drove up to Vermont, stayed in Burlington. It's a beautiful state and it was autumn so that made it even more beautiful, but the people there are just odd. So sterile. No craic. I just don't think I like the USA. Especially after immigration tore me a new ars*hole because I had been refused entry once 15 years ago.

You were in Boston but you didn't see it. Down town Boston isn't really where you go to drink. Plenty of great bars like bars in Dublin. Your friend was probably bringing you to the fancy places. There is a huge college population so I can assure you there are cheap bars about. The places are divided up a lot so if you stay to one area you miss a lot.

green shoots · 05-11-2018 08:58PM

Ray Palmer wrote: »

You were in Boston but you didn't see it. Down town Boston isn't really where you go to drink. Plenty of great bars like bars in Dublin. Your friend was probably bringing you to the fancy places. There is a huge college population so I can assure you there are cheap bars about. The places are divided up a lot so if you stay to one area you miss a lot.

He lived in Chelsea, bit of a dive really. We went out in Cambridge which was nice. But yeah I'm more of a dive bar or "old man" pub type person when it comes to bars.
Anyway yeah, usually downtown in US cities is dead at night, just business districts really. Like Canary Wharf.

Roadtoad · 05-11-2018 09:03PM

Bruges, especially the Belfort tower. Full of fat Americans threatening to have a heart attack!

Sonovagun · 05-11-2018 09:04PM

Earth, absolute **** hole

Conservative · 05-11-2018 09:05PM

RebelButtMunch wrote: »

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

I guess alot of people don't actually read the thread title before they post........

More like someone in the internet thinks differently to me... must refute their post immediately regardless of thread title

Can you post the one about custard tarts and Lidl again, please?

Very entertaining.

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