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Top ten disappointing tourist destinations
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Foxy, I jest but yeah it's just a tiny city. In summer very much at capacity. Half the centre's been bought by people who do not live there, most of it occupied by air bnb. The city not able and or unwilling to deal with the latter. The red-light bit is a plain travesty. Whole streets with people shoulder to shoulder as if in line for something they never arrive at. Like Disney World on a bad day, but with lots of beer
Im not bitter If you do intend to go you're much better off out of season. Particularly if you'd like to visit any museum |
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Ponte Carlo
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To be honest nofx there are now so many places to visit I’ll give it a miss,as I said earlier I did go in 89 ,I suppose I couldn’t back then have been that impressed or I would have gone back sooner.
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So much to see out there you could spend a lifetime of just exploring new places. I would go to Porto or Barcelona again or stay there for a while but that's an atmosphere and culture and food and all that thing, not really about new sights
Fingers crossed there'll still be affordable plane tickets |
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Barcelona residents suffer from the same problem that Amsterdam residents suffer from, overtourism,
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexledsom/2019/07/12/barcelona-is-ready-to-shut-out-tourists/#3a2ad2645546 also messages like this from locals "tourist, your luxury trip, my daily misery "https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jun/25/tourists-go-home-refugees-welcome-why-barcelona-chose-migrants-over-visitors |
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David Brent - 'Alton Towers. Next question?'.
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I stayed in Barcelona with a family member so got to eat and drink at the "local" cafes, bars & restaurants. It was so different to the usual tourist places you can find yourself being steered towards
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Yes Ramblas Barcelona for one is about as bad as it gets. And all popular destinations suffer these problems. Hell even local places most of us never heard of or thought obscure enough get people brought in by the bus loads because they for instance happen to be listed at some Chinese travel agent
And, bar a pandemic or two, it's only going to get worse |
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Cleethorpes!
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German Christmas Markets, Warm spicy wine and rip off food prices. They even charge you for entry, robbing
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Can not believe someone said Vegas, best place on Earth, each to their own though.
Vegas Ibiza Deptford Best 3 places on the planet. |
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Look out for the men in white coats Deptford,they will be coming for you very soon
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Cairo
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No charge Hamburg Cooperman. Hamburg good for a visit, better than Amsterdam(although slightly on the quite side nowadays compared to years gone by)
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moon, is that for 1 or 2?
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was me deptford re vegas, just a wind up. was there in october, can only handle small doses though, and us itas base to get to desert and national parks
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Best thing about Deptford was Squeeze, even though they didn't actually come from Deptford.
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morpeth, I was there in October, the first week, meant to be going this October but doubt happen now
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aye, was there for couple of nights, had been to death valley.
usually go to states sept/oct, duffing it this year, think could be too much grief, will wait till settles down. also need to see flight prices, car hire,, hotels and insurance. will go year after ( somewhere in us or canada ) |
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Pembroke Dock
...stayed at mates mums gaff, got pissed came home and put some Lard on toast, thought it was butter (who the fook still buys Lard)......lots of birds with tattoos and missing teeth in the pubs (since i was there i thought be rude not to interact with the natives) |
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Did you finish the toast
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Didn't really like Benidorm, Sunny version of Blackpool. Culture clash gone wrong. Tacky hole.
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Barcelona hot ? it is 6c warmer than London year round , 10 v 16 winter & 23 v 29 summer and one of those places that rarely gets any extreme heat or cold ..it's a perfect climate
for sunshine it's similar to how it's been here for the last 3-4 months , 700-800 hours MrApMy 'here' means southern or south eastern England , not the grotty northern **** end of the UK that has similar weather to Norway  |
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I can't believe anyone thinks of Benidorm as any different to Blackpool tbf .... it's THE stereotype of tacky resorts
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or Brexit on sea as it's affectionately known these days
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Luton no explanation needed
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those 6 degrees make a massive difference.
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not really darren ... Barcelona doesn't get that hot ... the hottest day there this year wont be as hot as Paris's or even London's
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isn't disappointing meant to mean some place where you have high hopes of it ? Jaywick and Luton ?
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What and you had high hopes of Blackpool and Benidorm?
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If you live in Burnley for example Bendidorm is still a lovely place to visit ...all a matter of degree .
I can't imagine anyone from Cornwall for example thinking Benidorm or a dozen other resorts are nice . that's why all the people there on holiday are from the grim cities . |
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Barcelona is by the sea, you're not going to get as hot as inland areas or searing temps
But it's average temperature of 6 degrees warmer makes it a more reliable place to visit for good weather, in London in summer you tend to get more dramatic swings, well over 30°c one day, 19 degrees the next. |
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obviously the further south you travel towards the equator it will get hotter by the coast. Barcelona's location makes it a good year round climate.
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obviously the further south you travel towards the equator it will get hotter by the coast
_________________ generally speaking yes ...but there are exceptions... Vigo,Santander and La Coruna in Spain will have cloudier cooler conditions in Summer than say Bournemouth . But yes, Barcelona will be a lot more reliable than London .... it's just the sweeping generalisation amongst people that Spain is this hot country lol ..... it does get very hot in summer in the southern interior mind you |
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Barcelona is around 40N Latitude ..so very much a northerly location ...about the same as NYC ...but i find the climate there is good apart from the lack of rain ...something i'm starting to actually dislike about east anglia .... it hasn't rained for weeks and weeks and i'm missing the rain ,as are the gardens
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Spain has the only desert in Europe, Coach, average temperature is important, though yes it can be very rainy in the north, remember when I was in South Spain in September time, a lot of Spanish people staying there, thought it was strange, til I realised they were bused down from the north.
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yes averages do add up of course ... day averages (max for each day) to give you an average idea ...Barcelona is the mid way point between Seville and London for day time warmth ...
Khartoum is 37c Seville 25c Barcelona is 20c Paris is 16c London is 15.5c |
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yeah 4.6 is the average and not 6c
 ... i was roughly guessing at the time .London is a bit warmer than i thought |
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London's is blanketed in smoke and smog, keeping warmth in. London like any big city is always warmer than it's surrounding countryside areas.
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thats a myth lol .... London no warmer than say Southampton
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