50 Times Tourists Visited Popular Spots Only To Realize They’re Not Quite What They Imagined

You have to be up hella early to find popular spots uncrowded.

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Okay I love this one. Its hilarious. The seagull in the back of the second picture. It's expression is pure "what ya gonna do about it, mate?"

Looks like you've been "living" exclusively on social media if you thought this was real life

That reality shot is hilarious. Would definitely rather see that!

Instagram looks like the game Myst

icelander here, it is deep turquoise as the first picture when the sky is blue and there is sun, if you come outside summer months will always be gray and rough.

Obviously it’s been edited for brightness but they visited at a rainy time of year. I’m sure in the hotter months it’s not muddy.

I would be really scared if a swamp was florescent green

It’s all about the angle…..

If every influencer/wannabe removed one piece of trash for each picture they take (not what they post, but the entire roll that they take), in addition to hauling out their own debris, the problem would not exist.

Well duh! You have to wait till the trees turn pink 🤦(/j)

That stairway to heaven looks really unsafe - ensuring a good chance you'll get there.

Now that's a unique perspective!

Think this may be pamukkale, it dries out sometimes. And there are different spots

Wow, SHOCKING, that you are not alone in a touristy place! You want that very photo? Wait your turn in the line, and use the filters.

It's called another angle and filters. Like 100% on this post's insta-photos.

No shít! Filters and photoshop don't apply in REAL LIFE?

People use Instagram filters on everything. Isn't reality impressive enough?

I've watched walking tours of Santorini. It looks nice but crowded af. Some parts are a claustrophobes nightmare.

Frankly, both those pictures look pretty darn "Instagram" to me.

So you're saying that there are DIFFERENT LOCATIONS in Bali? Shocking!

Comparing the tides 😂

Wow, other insta-warriors exist?

Sun angles and cloud coverage. There are photographers who know just when to take to photos based on the weather and time of day. They plan it out, and set up their camera just so. If done just right there's no need for filters. Filters does the work of months and months of a professional photographer's labour of yore.

Well that’s clearly not the same location

Omg nature, algae, how unsavory

Looks like a good fishing spot 😁

Still super cool!

That's called false advertising ...

Pretty sure you could find a pile of garbage anywhere you go.

People?

Camera lenses and sunshine. What a difference!

Well yeah. Why would you post a picture of trash? There's beauty and ugliness everywhere. Would much rather see the beautiful stuff.

Not the same location/angle. Also: tide.

I would have never thought about, trash is an existing thing ....

Wow, people are littering being a POS.

That’s shipwreck beach Zakinthos, after a landslide from the cliffs it’s now off limits to people, bet the turtles are praising their turtley gods 🙏

What an other angle may do ...

OMG Do you mean that these amazing resorts in Bali don't occur naturally, but are CONSTRUCTED by PEOPLE! And that this doesn't occur magically during the wee hours, but during the actual daytime when tourists might SEE them?! Shocked, I am! Utterly shocked!

OMG OTHER PEOPLE EXIST!

PEOPLE! DID YOU SEE? THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE HERE!

These pictures would be more impactful if the picture actually showed the pyramids in relation to the town.

So...different camera angles exist. Good to know.

Again, what's your freaking problem? Pay enough to have that specific spot just for you.

I went first thing in the morning when there were less people but it's a highly popular place so less people just means you can move without squeezing past people. It was getting pretty crowded as we were heading out of there

Well, if you showed up at sunset after a rain storm I imagine it'd be close.

This is what all cities are like.

Pretty sure there are people on the beach in the instagram photo, too. Not sure what the point of this is.

Hey, Sherlock ... would have you been thought, you are not alone on this planet?

Go closer to the fall....