Unpopular places to go on holidays

Atoms for Peace · 19-04-2019 10:52pm #1

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

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-04-2019 10:52pm

Navan.

poisonated · 19-04-2019 10:52pm

Moldova.

Stephen15 · 19-04-2019 10:53pm

I hear South Sudan is nice this time of year

Pretty Polky · 19-04-2019 10:53pm

Leitrim

Allinall · 19-04-2019 10:57pm

Termonfeckin.

I spent a week there one night.

cameramonkey · 19-04-2019 10:57pm

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

Ashgabat

Capt'n Midnight · 19-04-2019 11:00pm

Holiday in Cambodia ?

kowloon · 19-04-2019 11:00pm

Venezuela

Ken. · 19-04-2019 11:00pm

Pretty Polky wrote: »

Leitrim

Narnia. I can name madey up places too.

kowloon · 19-04-2019 11:00pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Holiday in Cambodia ?

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

biko · 19-04-2019 11:01pm

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

Strumms · 19-04-2019 11:02pm

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

19-04-2019 11:07pm

Iraq is da bomb.

touts · 19-04-2019 11:10pm

Air b&b in Moyross Limerick.

TheAnalyst_ · 19-04-2019 11:11pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:12pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:13pm

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

19-04-2019 11:14pm

biko · 19-04-2019 11:16pm

Holiday in the sun

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

jk23 · 19-04-2019 11:18pm

There is a lovely island off the coast of Suriname

kowloon · 19-04-2019 11:20pm

Strumms wrote: »

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

All I remember is how expensive it is for everything.

poisonated · 19-04-2019 11:23pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:24pm

lebanon

Cobretti · 19-04-2019 11:25pm

Serbia

For Forks Sake · 19-04-2019 11:27pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:29pm

Crimea

ancapailldorcha · 19-04-2019 11:33pm

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.

19-04-2019 11:36pm

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).

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road_high · 19-04-2019 11:42pm

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_ · 19-04-2019 11:47pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:47pm

Sarajevo or Minsk.

Gael23 · 19-04-2019 11:48pm

Syria

road_high · 19-04-2019 11:51pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:51pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:52pm

Yemen.

19-04-2019 11:52pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:54pm

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 · 19-04-2019 11:58pm

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 · 20-04-2019 12:02am

Nuuk

RMAOK · 20-04-2019 12:02am

The sea of tranquility

lbc2019 · 20-04-2019 12:03am

Laos

Ten of Swords · 20-04-2019 12:05am

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 · 20-04-2019 12:06am

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 funnyðŸ˜‚

road_high · 20-04-2019 12:07am

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 · 20-04-2019 12:10am

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&#55357;&#56834;

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 · 20-04-2019 12:20am

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 · 20-04-2019 12:22am

We’re only making plans for Niger

Yeah right...

Stephen15 · 20-04-2019 12:32am

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 · 20-04-2019 12:37am

Sokovia

branie2 · 20-04-2019 12:39am

Iraq

Unpopular places to go on holidays

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