30 “Tourist Traps” That People Say Actually Live Up To The Hype

Gaudi was amazing.

I travelled a few times to Barcelona for business purposes, and there was not enough time to see Sagrada in the inside. So I planned a vacation to Barcelona just for that - to see Sagrada and all of Gaudi's work. And yes, I gasped loudly too :)

The colors from the stained glass lighting up the inside is amazing

La Sagrada Familia is simply stunning. I could have spent all day admiring the otherworldly architecture. I highly recommend going in the evening before sunset. If you go right before closing you’re treated to the sun filtering through the stained glass windows which creates all these beautiful rainbows on the walls and ground of the church. Gaudí was a truly spectacular architecture.

Yes! Visiting the Sagrada Familia is *expensive*, but you really can't see the incredible details from outside the fence.

I’ve never seen the movies but I’d still love to see that it looks so cool.

They have lord of the rings movie site walking tours too. It's so cool. So many filming sites are right in Wellington.

Me wants to go there!

I've been there, and I super agree! It's absolutely magical and doesn't feel like a movie set at all.

I'm very much NOT into LOTR or The Hobbit, but it was still very cool to visit! The valley is so picturesque and lush, and the detail in (and on) all the structures is incredible. (for example, the lichen and moss on the fences was made with sawdust mixed into paint for a very realistic texture).

..And take a brolly if it's in the UK!

Thank you from Boston! (says a driver of one of those trolleys!)

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Saved our butts in Paris. Kids got to see so many incredible things. The guide was knowledgeable and charming too. Highly recommended.

As someone who lived in Glasgow, I thoroughly enjoyed taking the Glasgow tour with my girlfriend, years later. I can also highly recommend the Pafos one, and if you can get a live tour on the green ones in Dublin, they are fantastic.

I recommend the ones in Malta, a great way to see the island, just keep an eye out on the top deck, they don't cut back the trees regularly.

I live on the edge of the desert. Niagara Falls is a miracle.

Cave of the Winds in Niagara Falls was one of the coolest things I have ever done

Beautiful but I slept badly there because I kept waking up thinking someone left the water running

As Oscar Wilde said after visiting "..the waterfall must be the second greatest disappointment in American married life."

Very special place to my family ❤️

Was there with my wife, and friends. After touring all around it we ended up outside, chatting with two of the guys who dress up as Centurions, for photos with tourists. One friend stepped away to buy a cheap pair of sunglasses from one of the touts, after forgetting hers, back at the B&B. A whistle shrills out, the touts scatter, and we all look around. A uniformed cop has our friend by the arm, and her sunglasses in his other hand (didn't know at the time, that Rome cops don't arrest the touts, and street sellers. They "arrest" the tourists, but let you go if you pay a "fine"). Without thinking, I stalk up to the two of them...all I saw was a man restraining my female friend...I knocked his hand off her arm, grabbed the sunglasses out of his other hand, shock them once in his face, saying, "No!" You know, like you do with a naughty dog. Took my friend by the arm (and yes, I do get the irony), and lead us back to my wife, and other friend, and two Centurions, laughing their asses off.

Yes, stunning in real life.

TOP TIP to "Ivan" ....

It was HOT tho

no big difference from the outside than the inside, but for free

Fushimi Inari is 100% worth the visit, yes, it's always packed with tourists at the base of the shrine and the "tunnel of Torii gates" but once you hike some way up the mountain, it's much quieter and incredibly peaceful, and the views are beautiful!

I love Kyoto. Tokyo was great too, but Kyoto's got more charm and history. Breathtaking sights everywhere. Wonderful people and so much amazing food. I miss the few weeks we've spent in Japan and hopefully can go back somewhen.

This looks photoshopped !

I think they are trying to ban bags with wheels because the noise is supposedly awful,

I had (sob) 1-1/2 days there in 1983. That's like getting one lick of gelato and having to give it back. Hope to go next year as a 75th birthday present for myself.

It might be amazing, but only if you manage to see anything through the crowds. The place is absolutely packed with tourists all year round. All you see are selfie sticks. The pickpockets are nearly as rife as they are in Naples, and they congregate around the tourist areas-the Rialto bridge is notorious for it. It takes half an hour to actually fight your way across the bridge through the crowds, and avoid all the street sellers flogging junk and designer knock-offs. And avoid the cafes and restaurants on the main piazzas-their prices (which you won't find anywhere) are ridiculous, find somewhere down a side street and save yourself a fortune.

Was lucky enough to spend a week (to include Christmas) in Venice. Now I am not a soppy/romantic kind of person but I swear, I skipped and floated across the entire week! So beautiful and so many incredible sights and architecture and art. It was less crowded as it was winter and I really enjoyed getting lost, finding my way, meeting locals and sharing food, finding little stores away from the Tourist track. Thoroughly enjoyed myself.

It's beautiful

I went there with my parents for my dad's 60th birthday and it was beautiful but overpriced.

If anybody finds my dad's hat at Wadi Rum, would they please return it. It blew off when we were barrelling across the desert in the back of a pick-up. Both worth the effort, though I enjoyed Petra more.

If you ride you can can hire a horse and ride up to the cliff top, which is where the iconic photos looking down on the Treasury (the building in the photo, though the photo BP used is from the ground) are taken. No other tourists there. Petra is huge and tourists gather mainly in that one spot, the site is large enough to not feel crowded.

Yes, and not far from there is Little Petra. It’s worth a visit, there are ancient caves and beautiful sights up the mountain/steps.

I really want to go there

But be careful. Only the penitent man shall pass.

I've toured two of King Ludwig's castles. The interiors are decorated with a lot of gold and gaudy colors. He single-handedly almost bankrupted Bavaria. He was taken out on a lake to fish, but he never returned.