V touristy things that are shite and you shouldn't bother

DiS Travel Guide
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Empire State Building.

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Julietā€™s Balcony, Verona

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Yeah, they looked a bit rubbish (and pricey) so was happy to pass on them! I liked the palace gardens they led down from though.

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Iā€™ll have to remember this

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I reckon if you went no later than 6am it would be quite nice but yeah there are plenty of other old streets in Japan

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The Alamo.

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Nah the empire state building fucks

Much preferred it to the rockefeller building

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Manneken Pis

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Need to unmute @colon_closed_bracket

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So tiny! So rubbish!

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That clockwork clock thing in Prague. Absolutely staggering how hundreds of people crush in to watch that shite

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Lots of these things would be great if only rhere were no other people there. Stone Henge (compared to other, less Hollywood stone circles), giantā€™s causeway, Snowdonā€¦

Leicester Square is obviously rubbish.

The Bronteā€™s house.

In fact virtually any house that gets visited because somebody famous once lived there imo.

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Not completely shite, but Iā€™d find it very hard to recommend a trip to Dublin at the moment with the state of the city

Itā€™s dirty, expensive, the food is shite, it canā€™t be bothered to home any of its own residents properly (whether in a home or not), the museums and attractions are fine, but not great.

Go to Belfast instead

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Scafel Pike. Unless you go up on like a week day in November or something, do any of the other neighbouring fells. You wonā€™t notice the extra few feet on top of the Pike but you will notice the crowds.

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Running the length of Africa

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The soulless wankhole that is Dubai

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Anyone said Venice? (but not the surrounding villages on the lagoon)

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Iā€™m gonna say Parc Guell here.

Summary

Went first time in 2013 with a bunch of mates - great. Free to get in as it was a public park, not too busy. Pretty in awe of how amazing a place it is.

Went back in 2015, took my ex lady who was quite into Gaudi and architecture. You had to pay a small fee to get into the central part where all the main pieces are but the rest of the park was free so you could get around the outer parts and up to the top for the view over the city. Good bit busier than last time I was there.

Went in 2023 with my current gf and it had become Disneyland. Charged to get into any part of the park with payment booths set up at every single gate. Full of tour groups (Iā€™m guessing a lot of parties from cruise ships), overpacked and Iā€™d say 90-95% of people are viewing the place through the screen on their phone which was usually on the end of a selfie stick.

Maybe itā€™s more the way tourism has become thatā€™s pissed me off and Iā€™d get a similar experience everywhere else these days but it really sucked to see that you couldnā€™t get into any part of the park without paying ā‚¬10 (I think?). I wanted to take her to Sagrada Familia but the experience at the park put us both right off.

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Walk past it on the way to Poechenellekelder so itā€™s fine

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The Spanish Steps

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