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With the pandemic having put our lives on unprecedented hold, many are dreaming of returning to norm… Who are we lying to? The sole, okay, one of the little things, we truly miss badly is traveling. And I can bet that at any given opportunity, you’d be up and rolling with a fedora to any place in the world just to sip on a pina colada and forget the comfort-turned-hell of your four home walls.
And it’s no secret that many thirsty travelers have must-see travel bucket lists somewhere in the drawer waiting for the borders to open up. For some, it’s Times Square and Hollywood, for others, it’s all about dinner with a view at the Eiffel Tower, but as you’re about to plan your next big post-pandemic trip, you may as well take some good advice from people who have been to those places, but would likely travel back in time to not go there.
So below, ladies and gents, are the most overrated travel destinations shared in one r/AskReddit thread to help us reflect on our sightseeing must-dos before its too late.
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#1
The Mona Lisa in Louvre in Paris. It's just a small painting hanging quite far away in a really crowded room full of tourists. Don't get me wrong, it's a beautiful, iconic painting, but it's not worth visiting the Louvre only for the Mona Lisa. The majority of the other artworks in that museum are more impressive than the Mona Lisa.
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#2
Dubai.
Unless you're really into spending all day in an air conditioned building, then going to the air conditioned basement to get in an air conditioned car to travel to the air conditioned basement of another air conditioned building in which case, do I have a city for you!
JennyLaRue 3 years ago
Yes! From a business travel point of view, it was great as everything was easy and you can get anything you might be missing from home, but anything to do for leisure or tourism just feels completely synthetic.
#3
Hollywood. The most disappointing garbage and pee covered place on earth.
#4
The peak of Mount Everest. People just pay sherpas to carry all their gear, and navigate the dangerous areas. Many have heated tents. The line to wait to get a picture at the top can be extremely long, and dangerous because people aren’t used to the altitude.
If I could I would live under water 3 years ago
Plus, they leave tons and tons of waste, plastic bags and garbage everywhere, it's awful and sad.
#5
Pisa.
Besides the small square with the tower where everyone is taking the same stupid joke pic. And guys tryna sell you toys.
The rest of the town is pretty lame. You're in Tuscany, go to ANY small town and you'll enjoy it far more.
lenka 3 years ago
This is true. Pisa is wierd and kinda cool but very much a tourist trap. That said, I had one of my best Italian meals in a tiny restaurant in Pisa. I asked my taxi driver where he takes his wife for thier anniversary. It was reasonably priced, really nice atmosphere and amazingly good food.
#7
Japan has such a romanticized view of France that they actually have a term, "Paris Syndrome", for the sudden shock suffered by Japanese tourists when they see that France isn't how they imagined.
#8
I didn’t get anything out of Las Vegas. It was cool to see the themed hotels but besides that it was just an overpriced cultureless soulless city designed to entertain you.
Cupcake168 3 years ago (edited)
I have been there 23 years ago, and than you had at least HUGE pools in the morning for you all alone and delicious food for little money. Didn’t spend a single dollar at gambling.
#9
Egypt, all the beauty and awe of the ancient civilisation is completely outshone by how absolutely horrible the modern civilisation is. Think of all the worst parts of India and then add sand to it.
Elle Malkamäki 3 years ago
So true! Cairo is horrifying. All the pics you see of the pyramids are taken from this side, if you’re standing on the other side, shithole Cairo is right there in all it’s dirty glory. Whatever you do don’t drink the water!! I forgot on my last day and rinsed my toothbrush under the tap. Never been so ill in my life. The museum is incredible, but full of people trying to scam you.
#11
Bali. It was beautiful 10 years ago but now it's been ruined by influencers.
Cupcake168 3 years ago
Same with most famous nature spots on earth. I recently saw a picture of a mountaintop where people stand in a line to get THAT one picture. It’s a pity.
#12
Stonehenge. They don't let you get very close to it to help preserve it. Either way you get just about as good a view of it from the Highway going by it as you do by waiting in line and paying to go see it. I appreciate what it represents, but if you put on a youtube video of it you will get a more personal and close experience of it then if you actually go there.
Kirsten Kerkhof 3 years ago
I went there in the mid-90s and I was very disappointed (probably served me right as I should've known). It's a bunch of standing stones in a field. Don't get me wrong, it is incredibly important historically, but ... stones in a field. Plus, Britain is littered with stone circles. This one just happens to be more famous.
#13
Oktoberfest
You can get the same brand and amount of beer for a third of the price literally anywhere else in Munich. The carnival rides are also overcrowded and overpriced, the food is decent but also overpriced... I could go on. Oktoberfest is over-everything.
Cupcake168 3 years ago
I lived in Munich for a decade and haven’t ever been there. For a reason.
#14
If you're in Dublin, stay away from the Temple Bar area, it's ridiculously overpriced and is not at all what a real Irish bar is like at all
Bardhi's Dad 3 years ago
I have been there, and I like it. As I like beers, Dublin, and Ireland, in general. Btw, I'm from Balkans
#15
UAE, it's the most culturally deficient place you will ever see in your life!!
GirlFriday 3 years ago
I agree completely. It was like they went out of their way to make everything as generic as possible.
#16
That wing mural in Nashville.. there is literally a line that takes an hour to go take a picture with a pair of wings on a wall.
Andrew Gibb 3 years ago
photoshop is quicker and easier. One I've put together in just 2 minutes- bean-60813...33d598.jpg 
#17
The Taj Mahal. Yes, it's beautiful but it's also overcrowded which ruins any serenity and every thing that there's to see is visible on the pictures you've seen a thousand times before. The inside is dark, surprisingly small and you're rushed through. Agra Fort, overlooking the Taj Mahal, by contrast is equally gorgeous, vibrant and teeming with history. I enjoyed it much more.
#19
Romeo & Juliet balcony & house in Verona, Italy. Pure tourism BS
JennyLaRue 3 years ago
This one has always baffled me as surely it's just a random balcony that just happens to be in the town where someone in England wrote a fictitious story that also had a balcony in it.
#20
South Beach/Miami
Over priced bars and clubs, if youre a dude and you dont have a fine group of women with you, be ready to drop serious cash for a night out if youre there. There are better beaches up and down the coast, that wont force you into the terrible traffic and parking SB has.
#21
definitely Mallorca - I'm German enough, I don't want to hear 90% German on holiday in Spain as well. The quieter, less central parts of Mallorca are gorgeous, especially for snorkeling and diving, but the Playa de Palma, or at least that part, is horrendously German lol
If I could I would live under water 3 years ago
German here. The island itself is gorgeous and should not be confused with that one place on Mallorca called "Ballermann".
#22
Disneyland. It's just a lot of waiting for bad rides.
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago
I dunno if it's true or not but my mum says Six flags is heaps better than Disneyland.
#23
Whatever expectation you have of Roswell, New Mexico- it’s worse
Olivier Caissy 3 years ago
So “Paul” lied to us? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_53
#24
Mount Rushmore. It's faces on a rock basically and smaller than you think.
#25
Bourbon Street, New Orleans. It's really just the same as any other bar district in any other large city around the world. Same old cover bands playing the same old songs that you'd hear anywhere. You can experience all you need just by walking down the street for an hour and not going in anywhere.
Anna Banana 3 years ago
To me the purpose of Bourbon Street, just like the Red Lights District in Amsterdam, is to host all the loud bachelor/birthday destination parties, letting the others chill in any other bar in the city.
#26
Mall of America. It just a Mall with a lot of stuff in it. My opinion would’ve probably be different if I didn't live in Minnesota.
#27
Blue lagoon in Iceland. Always super crowded and you have to book it super early. There are a lot of better lagoons in Iceland that are just as pretty (or even prettier), more isolated, definitely less crowded, and just as "blue".
#28
Bondi beach in Sydney. Overcrowded, everything there is way overpriced
Foxxy (The Original) 3 years ago (edited)
Seeing as Bondi Beach is the most famous beach in Australia, what do you expect. I wouldn't even bother to go there, especially when we have sooooo many amazing beaches that don't get anywhere as busy.
#29
I did a Mount Fuji tour in Japan in March. It was hands down the worst part of the trip. No point to go up the actual mountain. It was like 12 hours on a bus. Then I saw it from a train like 3 days later, and that was a better view than anything I got on the tour.
Draaideur 3 years ago
I disagree, I climbed Fuji-san (in September) on a longer but less crowded track. We started at 20:00 to catch the sunrise at 05:30. The view was breathtaking and only the last part on top got crowded. I wouldn't do it twice, but wouldn't have missed out on the experience either. IMG_201909...f3697d.jpg 
#30
Toyosu Fish Market. The one that replaced Tsukiji as the fish auction central of Tokyo in 2018. You get to watch the auction process, but only if you go early in the morning. And even then, only through small glass windows two stories above the auction block. If there are more than a couple dozen other visitors, you will not be able to see anything.
What do you think ?
Anna Banana 3 years ago
A lot of these people go to the most famous tourist destinations and complain that they're overcrowded by tourists. What were you expecting? You're one of those tourists overcrowding it!
Monty Is Fiennes 3 years ago
And I went at peak times and in peak seasons when everyone else goes...
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Michelle M 3 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks that this post does not do justice to these places?
BorPand8 3 years ago
Yeah, it sounds like a lot of over-privileged and entitled people whining.
Load More Replies... Anna Banana 3 years ago
A lot of these people go to the most famous tourist destinations and complain that they're overcrowded by tourists. What were you expecting? You're one of those tourists overcrowding it!
Monty Is Fiennes 3 years ago
And I went at peak times and in peak seasons when everyone else goes...
Load More Replies... Michelle M 3 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks that this post does not do justice to these places?
BorPand8 3 years ago
Yeah, it sounds like a lot of over-privileged and entitled people whining.
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