People Share What Travel Destinations Are Absolutely Overrated (30 Pics)

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

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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.

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.

For the way women have been treated here in the past and recently as well (foreign women, though I'm sure that the ones who live there are treated even worse), I don't want to go there. As a woman, if you're assaulted, then you're thrown into jail for it. Extramarital sex is frowned upon, and you CAN be jailed for that just as well (a year!!!). Don't go to Dubai honestly.

This place is a good example of all what is bad in human kind.

I haven't been to Dubai but my brother has and he said it's like Singapore on steroids in that it's a lot of malls you access underground and flashy expensive stuff. He liked it but said it was very vast and hot. That said I think as long as you can make it sustainable and not damage the environment then flashy places like this have their place in the world. I love Singapore and even though it's a little clinical feeling, I imagine I'd enjoy Dubai. I don't get people that 'hate' certain places. I've enjoyed some countries /places more than others but I have never ever hated anywhere I've travelled. There are good things and bad things about every place.

I’m sorry you had a bad experience. I hope you come in better weather when we don’t need ACs so much and go see the desert (non-touristy parts). Don’t stay in more flashy parts like all others and you might begin to see the real character of this small but large-hearted emirate. Xx

However, I would like to see it

I didn’t like LA at all. It just had a bad vibe and it was really dirty

Either this person really hates Hollywood or this person really hates Hollywood. Hollywood is full of s**t but it has its own beauties.

So true. Especially the Hollywood blvd. So dodgy and dirty

I used to live in West Hollywood and loved it, but as a tourist it was fun for about 5 minutes. Therer are much cooler places in L.A!

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

theres a doc on netflix about the terrible wages and treatment of the Sherpas, they deserve better wages without the Sherpas theres no climbing, some of the climbers treat them like slaves

Also, dead frozen bodies are used as navigational markers.

I'm surprised no one has built a gift shop on the peak with all that tourism. Imagine being able to buy a souvenir collector edition tea towel stating you made it to the top.

Yes, the pictures of the line to the summit are shocking, and make you think these people are insane! And the messes left behind are disgusting!

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.

Pisa is a lovely little university town, with lots of cool bars and eateries. Just steer clear of the tourist crowds and you'll be fine.

there's a cool small botanical garden nearby, established by the de Medici family in the XVI century, and has a species of tree that's extinct in the wild. almost nobody in there, very chill. the tower yes it's overrated. and entry tickets are expensive.

I absolutely loved Pisa! The buildings around the tower are definitely worth your attention and the town is lovely.

Being at the Leaning Tower shows you that there are 2 types of people: 1. People who hold the tower up in their picture. 2. People who knock it down in their picture.