And can be appreciated at leisure, closer to the works and without the sea of phones in your face

There are a lot more to the Louvre than the Mona Lisa. I recommend buying a museum pass if you go to Paris and NOT trying to see the whole thing in one day. Take two or three trips instead. You'll enjoy it more. ...///... Cameras will be banned there in the future. Morons shoving cameras in your face have destroyed a lot of museum experiences for people. If you want a picture of something, BUY IT.

Absolutely. I was a bit dissapointed by the crowds. I like to see the whole painting, but also look at the details, brush marks, etc. There are many other great pieces of work ignored, because they are not Mona Lisa. Sad.

Before visiting the Louvre, it's interesting to discover some artworks online. You can learn something more about the artist and it's possible to zoom in to see all the details. If you visit the Louvre afterwards, you will appreciate the artwork even more.

The Louvre itself is absolutely NOT overrated, though.

I saw it in NYC at the Met in 1963. The scene was very much like the photo above, minus the cellphones and that's about as close as I got. I didn't mind and it was cool to see the iconic painting, even from a distance. But there was no travel to get there and that was an important difference.

Duh! The worse part is the person who wrote that most likely does not even know t he reason why Mona Lisa is special....

Give me the d'Orsay and l'orangerie any day.

She's just a masterpiece. and who wouldn't wanna see her?

Documentaries are better

Thanks for sharing!

I was extremely disappointed in the Mona Lisa. With as much hype as it gets, I thought it would be much more impressive. I agree that the other artworks were much nicer.

Even on the days where there isn't a crowd, the security measures force you to stand so far back that you can't really get a good look anyways

school tour

I think you can make an appointment to see it early. Plus, it’s a significant painting inasmuch as it’s daVinci’s technique of layering glazes that makes it amazing.

It's a replica, for show

I've never thought there was anything beautiful about that painting.

My feelings exactly. In fact, I thought the da Vinci hanging next to it was far better, as was much of the art there.

Really? Huh

It's famous because it became the most-reproduced picture in early newsprint - worldwide - when it was stolen in 1911.

Absolutely. It's a waste to go to such an extensive museum to see only one painting.

Usual French bad organisation in public buildings (sorry but true) why not organise a slow line like at airports etc?? Because local pickpocket gangs that infest the area pay off the guards maybe? Hundreds of visitors crowded into a small room with bad exits - no place to have a fire drill!

All these people bunched together without masks and social distancing are giving me anxiety. Heck, times have changed...

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As The Lonely island eloquently stated in their song: "Mona Lisa, you're an overrated piece of s**t, With your terrible style and your dead shark eyes, And a smirk like you're hiding a d**k"

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.

However, I would like to see it

Plus, they leave tons and tons of waste, plastic bags and garbage everywhere, it's awful and sad.

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.

And... you are going there to see a walkway with people's names on it

not to mention the rubbish and dog s**t in the streets.

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.

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.

Most new year parties are awful all over the world... the best I have had in the past few years is a bit of alcohol, a fire outside, music and friends. (December is full on summer here)

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.

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.

I lived in Munich for a decade and haven’t ever been there. For a reason.

I have been there, and I like it. As I like beers, Dublin, and Ireland, in general. Btw, I'm from Balkans

I agree completely. It was like they went out of their way to make everything as generic as possible.

photoshop is quicker and easier. One I've put together in just 2 minutes- bean-60813...33d598.jpg

The history of Taj Mahal is also dark.

Brussels is actually really nice, especially in the spring. But Bruges is simply magical.

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.

I can almost see will smith getting s**t while racing martin lawrence

German here. The island itself is gorgeous and should not be confused with that one place on Mallorca called "Ballermann".

I dunno if it's true or not but my mum says Six flags is heaps better than Disneyland.

So “Paul” lied to us? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1092026/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_53

and in all the pics, they show just what we see above and fail to show that the hill is about 3 times what you see here and when you're on the observation deck, you're far. (I spend way too much on google earth finding places I see on TV)

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.

Malls are a temple to capitalism.

Been there, done that; tourist trap indeed...

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.

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