Cities you'd never return to

dan1895 · 11-07-2015 11:13AM

dan1895 wrote: »

The falls are amazing but other than that Niagra in Canada. The only way of the describing it is as the illegitimate love child of Las Vegas and Bray.

So I went back on my word and actually returned here last week. Tramore on steroids was a description someone in our group gave it.

mfceiling · 11-07-2015 05:08PM

Stockholm...cannot think or remember anything about it.

Dubrovnik...7 days there...what was I thinking?

Generic Dreadhead · 11-07-2015 05:10PM

Dusseldorf

Menas · 11-07-2015 05:15PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Stockholm...cannot think or remember anything about it.

Dubrovnik...7 days there...what was I thinking?

I dunno, I liked Stockholm. Was there with work a lot a couple of years ago. The old city was nice...and some great bars and restaurants. But pricey for the beer though.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 12-07-2015 04:39PM

Santa Cruz in Bolivia is the grimmest dullest city I've been to.

gingernut79 · 12-07-2015 04:56PM

Paris; lots of great things in it but once was enough. It takes so long to get between all the attractions. 3 and a bit days was plenty.

Axel Lamp · 12-07-2015 04:59PM

Dublin. New Orleans. Moscow. Limerick. Belfast. Hong Kong. Bangkok. Mexico. Tijuana.

tom tit tot · 12-07-2015 05:05PM

Dubai. I'm (relatively) well travelled and also pretty easy going... but Dubai is the worst city I've ever had the displeasure of visiting and the only place in the world I'd never go back to.

road_high · 12-07-2015 05:07PM

I visited Derry a few years ago for a day..I didnt think much of the place. Despite the hype and efforts to promote the place, culturally and historically all I could see were a lot of dodgy looking people and pound shops and cash converter places. To find somewhere decent for lunch was a struggle. Mainly fast food kips. Very down market city.

road_high · 12-07-2015 05:09PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Stockholm...cannot think or remember anything about it.

Dubrovnik...7 days there...what was I thinking?

Serious? I had Dubrovnik on my radar for hols? I thought it was a great place?!

donegal_man · 12-07-2015 05:10PM

Riyadh. I'm on my way home from it atm and while I can generally think of something positive about everywhere I've been it's got nothing I would recommend to anyone

anti-venom · 12-07-2015 06:21PM

Tegucigalpa in Honduras. Got stuck there for nearly a week once because I was too ill to travel by bus. It's a dangerous tip and I can't think of anything redeeming about the place. Shuddering at the memory..........

Jotunheim · 12-07-2015 06:27PM

Did anyone say Marrakech yet? If not, they should have. Aggressive, horrible kip.

Duff · 12-07-2015 06:27PM

Sacramento. Strangest place I've ever been. It's like there's a curfew once the sun goes down. Whole city is like a ghost town at night.

smurgen · 12-07-2015 06:33PM

Pisa,Alasio (also in Italy), NY,Tijuana.

smurgen · 12-07-2015 06:34PM

donegal_man wrote: »

Riyadh. I'm on my way home from it atm and while I can generally think of something positive about everywhere I've been it's got nothing I would recommend to anyone

I wouldn't go there for love or money.Horrible people.

seamusk84 · 12-07-2015 06:35PM

Jotunheim wrote: »

Did anyone say Marrakech yet? If not, they should have. Aggressive, horrible kip.

Awful awful place. Spent a week there last August. Constantly got chased by taxi drivers and people who wanted to "help" me see the city. Just constantly trying to extract money from you.
Don't talk about the general filth of the place too. Also food poisoning galore if you eat outside your hotel. The whole place is overcrowded to a new level.
Shockingly bad City, very few redeeming features.

catbear · 12-07-2015 06:45PM

Piura, north Peru. Went there to explore ancient pyramid complexes, abandoned that idea when I saw that the local police wore balaclavas on duty. I have travelled in a lot of poorer places in the world but the sense of menace in this place was like nothing I'd encountered before.
It was far more dangerous than my research had suggested but the reason was that a lot of Columbian drug lords had moved to Peru recently and were trying to take over the local towns.
I was never so glad to get the fook out anywhere quicker.

Cody montana · 12-07-2015 07:06PM

Dubai

MadDog76 · 12-07-2015 07:13PM

Jotunheim wrote: »

Did anyone say Marrakech yet? If not, they should have. Aggressive, horrible kip.

Times 928,850 .......... a close second to Hell.

Brian? · 12-07-2015 07:23PM

Los Angeles. I try to find the good in every city and it has some lovely bits; Santa Monica, Beverly Hills etc. . But in order to see them you'll be stuck in a traffic jam, even at 1am.

Cody montana · 12-07-2015 07:25PM

Brian? wrote: »

Los Angeles. I try to find the good in every city and it has some lovely bits; Santa Monica, Beverly Hills etc. . But in order to see them you'll be stuck in a traffic jam, even at 1am.

Public transport is shocking as well.
Walk of Fame is just dirty.

Brian? · 12-07-2015 07:28PM

Cody montana wrote: »

Public transport is shocking as well.
Walk of Fame is just dirty.

Public transport is so bad it's hilarious. The walk of fame is almost tragic it was such a let down.

wakka12 · 12-07-2015 07:35PM

Im surprised by all the posts about Paris. I wasnt expecting much going to paris because of people saying things like that but I still went because I just felt like I needed to see paris at least once!
Anyway, it really impressed me overall! It was so ridiculously beautiful and I found everyone I interacted with to be as friendly as anybody in Dublin, at least.I was actually embarrassed by how little french I had yet nobody seemed to mind that and were happy to help me out.

The venders are incredibly annoying yes but sometimes its fun taking the piss out of them. I was very wary of pick pockets due to all the fuss you hear about them but yeh never seemed to have any problems with them. (I wore a money belt which was very helpful)

The only thing I was disappointed by was the food ironically, every restaurant sold extortionately priced food and none of it was even slightly memorable, some of it I would even call bad.

Brian? · 12-07-2015 07:54PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Im surprised by all the posts about Paris. I wasnt expecting much going to paris because of people saying things like that but I still went because I just felt like I needed to see paris at least once!
Anyway, it really impressed me overall! It was so ridiculously beautiful and I found everyone I interacted with to be as friendly as anybody in Dublin, at least.I was actually embarrassed by how little french I had yet nobody seemed to mind that and were happy to help me out.

The venders are incredibly annoying yes but sometimes its fun taking the piss out of them. I was very wary of pick pockets due to all the fuss you hear about them but yeh never seemed to have any problems with them. (I wore a money belt which was very helpful)

The only thing I was disappointed by was the food ironically, every restaurant sold extortionately priced food and none of it was even slightly memorable, some of it I would even call bad.

Paris is my favourite city in the world. I didn't find Parisians the slightest bit rude, I had many jovial exchanges in my pigeon French. Admittedly the wife's fluent French( the French Canadian flavour) probably oiled the exchanges.

As for the food, best walking around food in the world. I rarely actually sit down in a restaurant there, the street food is way too tasty.

Every inch of the city is beautiful.

cml387 · 12-07-2015 09:19PM

mfceiling wrote: »

Stockholm...cannot think or remember anything about it.

Dubrovnik...7 days there...what was I thinking?

Dubrovnik??? You must be thinking of somewhere else.

Cody montana · 12-07-2015 10:01PM

Bali, dirty and over populated.

irish_goat · 12-07-2015 10:03PM

road_high wrote: »

I visited Derry a few years ago for a day..I didnt think much of the place. Despite the hype and efforts to promote the place, culturally and historically all I could see were a lot of dodgy looking people and pound shops and cash converter places. To find somewhere decent for lunch was a struggle. Mainly fast food kips. Very down market city.

Shoulda come on the Derry forum and asked, there's lots of nice little places, albeit hidden away somewhat. It has improved drastically in the past few years as well.

Zaph · 12-07-2015 10:09PM

road_high wrote: »

Serious? I had Dubrovnik on my radar for hols? I thought it was a great place?!

Dubrovnik is a lovely city, but I'd agree with the other poster that 7 days is too long there. But Croatia is a beautiful country so I'd recommend travelling to some of the islands after a couple of days in Dubrovnik.

Probably the only cities I'd never go back to are:

Perpignan - for a city the size of Limerick, it shouldn't take nearly two hours of walking around at 9pm to find an open bar.
Tijuana - only city I ever felt uneasy walking around, and that was at lunchtime. I'd hate to see it at night.
Valencia - couldn't find any proper centre in the city where there were decent bars and restaurants. And the heat was a killer.

irish_goat · 12-07-2015 10:14PM

Milan - Aside from the nice city centre architecture there is feck all to do unless you like expensive clothes. Outside of the city centre is very industrial and concrete and it's a nightmare finding a bar.
Tijuana - Basically one big tack market with cheap chemist shops.
Stockholm - Feck all to do there as well apart from have your wallet gouged by bars and restaurants.

Cities you'd never return to

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