Place(s) you would never go back to?

stimpson · 13-05-2016 08:50AM

Arsemageddon wrote: »

Swansea - calling it a sh1thole makes it sound to grandiose

My lasting memory of Swansea was a nightclub that had a KFC in it.

OldMrBrennan83 · 13-05-2016 08:54AM

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13-05-2016 09:54AM

Geneva, crazily expensive and boring particularly at night.

d2ww · 13-05-2016 10:12AM

Could we not just copy and paste the last thread on this exact same topic?

ohnonotgmail · 13-05-2016 11:30AM

PARlance wrote: »

Agadir, Morocco.
A beach that you could never fully relax on, the missus was constantly creeped out by creeps, very little in the form of entertainment in the evenings.

We just chilled in the confines of the hotel for the most part. Day trips etc were very welcome. Nice country but won't be venturing back to Agadir any time soon.

Agreed , a total kip. the haze in the morning was terrible as well. you couldnt even see the sun until the afternoon. the best part of that trip was the 3 days we spent in Marrakesh.

MarcoAntonio23 · 13-05-2016 12:04PM

Minsk Belarus, literally a corrupt police state.

Birneybau · 13-05-2016 01:02PM

Cool Cool wrote: »

Can you also tell why?

(don't know if this type of thread has been posted before or not, so delete it if you'd like)

Is this lazy journalism?

Olishi4 · 13-05-2016 01:22PM

PARlance wrote: »

Agadir, Morocco.
A beach that you could never fully relax on, the missus was constantly creeped out by creeps, very little in the form of entertainment in the evenings.

We just chilled in the confines of the hotel for the most part. Day trips etc were very welcome. Nice country but won't be venturing back to Agadir any time soon.

Went there a few years ago and it wasn't great. We mainly stayed in the hotel resort because it was hard to find your way around.

Two women in their forties were holidaying together. We were only in our mid twenties but they would sometimes have a chat at the pool and once or twice we had a drink with them at the bar. They were a bit like those two from Ab Fab. Always arguing amongst themselfs, drunk and smelled of cheap perfume. Anyway they were alright and sometimes funny but could be a bit annoying too.

When getting the plane, one of them held it up for ages because she was drunk and forgot to change her Dirham money before checking in so the money was worthless outside the country and she was freaking out which pissed off all the passengers.

Anyway forgot all about them, then six months later, around Christmas time, my husband rings me from work saying that one of them arrived at his job reception at about 10 in the morning asking for him and she was off her face and falling around the place. She said that she was out that way and remembered him saying in conversation that he worked there and thought he might want to go for a drink. Ha! He was going mad. He asked her if she was joking and told her to go home and had no interest in going for a drink.

One lad that he worked with who doesn't have the best of luck with the ladies told her that he'd go for a drink with her at lunch time but she must have headed home because she stood him up

Red King · 13-05-2016 02:14PM

Brussels.

I spent a night there in 2003. Ran out of the place. A depressing grey ****hole of a place. I don't think I interacting with a single Belgian the whole time I was there, it was all Turks everywhere I went.

harry Bailey esq · 13-05-2016 02:40PM

Brussels could do with a lick of paint, especially around gar du nord.Very sketchy.

The King of Moo · 13-05-2016 03:20PM

I honestly can't fathom people saying they'd never go back to Paris.
The only reason I can think they might say that is because they booked a cheap hotel way out in the outskirts and stayed in the area looking for pubs.

The city is absolutely beautiful, with incredible palaces, museums, monuments and cathedrals all over the place, and the people are very friendly if you make the slightest effort to speak French.

The food and drink's not the worst either.

lee_baby_simms · 13-05-2016 03:22PM

Kilrush, Co Clare. Hell on tits.

MarcoAntonio23 · 13-05-2016 03:28PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

I honestly can't fathom people saying they'd never go back to Paris.
The only reason I can think they might say that is because they booked a cheap hotel way out in the outskirts and stayed in the area looking for pubs.

The city is absolutely beautiful, with incredible palaces, museums, monuments and cathedrals all over the place, and the people are very friendly if you make the slightest effort to speak French.

The food and drink's not the worst either.

It helps to have a penchant for dog-****.

uch · 13-05-2016 03:54PM

Barcellona, smelly Kip

Radharc na Sleibhte · 13-05-2016 03:57PM

Salou and Miami.
Two kips I felt uneasy and unsafe in.

waraf · 13-05-2016 04:09PM

Glasgow. An absolute ****hole occupied exclusively at night by drunken violent thugs

bnt · 13-05-2016 04:40PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

I honestly can't fathom people saying they'd never go back to Paris.
The only reason I can think they might say that is because they booked a cheap hotel way out in the outskirts and stayed in the area looking for pubs.

The city is absolutely beautiful, with incredible palaces, museums, monuments and cathedrals all over the place, and the people are very friendly if you make the slightest effort to speak French.

The food and drink's not the worst either.

You must have gotten lucky with the people you met, because while the city is beautiful, the people are the reason I won't go back on my own dime. (If someone else wants to pay for it, I'll muddle through.) I've been to several other parts of France since then, the people were more normal.

As I said on the other thread: Bangalore, and (by extension) anywhere else in India. I could hardly see Bangalore itself for the sheer crush of humanity.

Pinch Flat · 13-05-2016 04:43PM

Red King wrote: »

it was all Turks everywhere I went.

How did you know they were Turkish? I was in Brussels about 10 years ago. I arrived there by Euro Star from Waterloo, the areas around the Gare is not that pleasant. We spent a few days there and although it's not the most exciting city on earth, but we still had a pleasant few days. The beer is to die for an we enjoyed the Belgian food - I speak a bit of French, so it helped.

Corvo · 13-05-2016 04:51PM

The King of Moo wrote: »

I honestly can't fathom people saying they'd never go back to Paris.
The only reason I can think they might say that is because they booked a cheap hotel way out in the outskirts and stayed in the area looking for pubs.

The city is absolutely beautiful, with incredible palaces, museums, monuments and cathedrals all over the place, and the people are very friendly if you make the slightest effort to speak French.

The food and drink's not the worst either.

In total agreement with you here, went a few years back with the now ex-girlfriend. Absolutely loved the place. Don't have a bad thing to say.

endabob1 · 13-05-2016 05:00PM

Tunisia, probably the one place I would never go back to. Found it unfriendly and ugly and completely based on screwing as much from tourists as they could while ignoring the culture that we actually came to experience.

People saying Paris, Barcelona, even Brussels I find bizarre, yes these are big cities with areas to avoid, but in general as a tourist you will find fantastic places to see, eat and enjoy in all 3; Barcelona in particular is one of my favourite cities in the world, hard to beat an afternoon at a nice tapas bar watching the world go by drinking sangria and eating delicious titbits

catbear · 13-05-2016 05:05PM

North Peru, actually most of Peru although the more andean it got the less dangerous it felt. When local cops wear balaclavas on foot patrol then you know you need to get out of there asap. Scary place.

Hawaii was really depressing, to see all the tent cities on the edge on waikiki was a real eye opener. You think we have a homelessness problem but then you see americans working in the hotels and homeless and it's thought of there as normal! Plus the food there was awful, their palate still hasn't moved off army ration spam!

DEFTLEFTHAND · 13-05-2016 05:05PM

Had a few bad experiences in Milan. Not a very friendly place.

13-05-2016 05:24PM

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Had a few bad experiences in Milan. Not a very friendly place.

Said Milan on the previous thread on this, and sticking with it. The Duomo and a few streets are nice, the rest is industrial sprawl.

JackieBauer · 13-05-2016 05:27PM

Staten Island, NYC. It's just a place where people live, there's nothing there. I saw a Taco Bell though, I didn't see one in Manhattan.

dfx- · 13-05-2016 05:40PM

Johannesburg and Monaco.

An unsettling, dangerous place and a dour, characterless place. Would actually rather take my chances back in Johannesburg than Monaco tbh.

Spanish Eyes · 13-05-2016 06:23PM

As a female, any Muslim country to be frank.

So Turkey (although secular, somewhat, it was OMG anyway), Tunisia (went to see the Roman ruins at Carthage har har), Morocco, a total kip, and anywhere on the Gulf.

I was younger then, never ever ever ever again. Did you hear me?

catbear · 13-05-2016 06:29PM

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

As a female, any Muslim country to be frank.

So Turkey (although secular, somewhat, it was OMG anyway), Tunisia (went to see the Roman ruins at Carthage har har), Morocco, a total kip, and anywhere on the Gulf.

I was younger then, never ever ever ever again. Did you hear me?

I was in Carthage with my then girlfriend when this guy offered me six camels for her.

Obviously I told him he was bang out of order, it just wasn't proper behaviour.

I told him I'd have to see the camels before we could even discuss a sale!

As I said she was my girlfriend. We're still friends......I think.
BTW I found out later a camel was worth $600.

Joking aside I share your aversion for the whole arab women being property thing. wouldn't be arsed going back although I would love to explore more ancient Roman sites in North africa.

Arsemageddon · 13-05-2016 06:43PM

uch wrote: »

Barcellona, smelly Kip

Ya what!?

somefeen · 13-05-2016 08:06PM

Kilrush, Co. Clare.

Unbelievably scummy, its like South Central LA with ponies instead of Low-riders.

Holyhead, Wales

Just depressing and lifeless more so than any other transit or port town I've been to

Thurso and Ft. William in Scotland

These two go together because its a problem particular to Scotland. How can towns surrounded by so much beautiful scenery look so depressing and have such boring locals?

e.r · 13-05-2016 08:12PM

Patww79 wrote: »

Killarney. Nothing but nightclubs and boy racer scrotes doing laps of the town all day and night. The surrounding area is lovely but the town is awful.

Dublin too if I could help it as every turn you take you're being harassed by someone looking for something.

Smoke on ya bud !!

Place(s) you would never go back to?

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