Florence, Dublin, Venice, Milan, Dubrovnik. The consensus? They're top city-break destinations. Worthy of crossing the globe to visit.
But try telling that to the travellers on Reddit contributing to a thread about Europe's worst cities. They hurled critiques at the aforementioned destinations and more besides in response to poster 'friendlyflee' asking: 'What cities in Europe are not worth coming back to?' One city is derided as being a 'shadow of its former self', another as a 'pensioner's dream' and one renowned spot is, apparently, a 'tourist trap'. Read on for more.
.. Bratislava, Slovakia Reddit users have been sharing the cities they'd never go back to.
One traveller describes Bratislava (pictured above) as 'the most boring city I've ever been to' Bratislava has a striking bridge with an observation deck that looks like a UFO. Despite this, many Redditors were left unimpressed by the capital of Slovakia. One contributor described it as 'the most boring city I've ever been to', and user 'Blue1994a' wrote: 'The UFO bridge looks unusual but isn't worth a special trip for.
' 'Bkittred' remarked: 'Had a two-hour tour. It was 1.5 hours too long.
' 'ConfidentLem0n' replied: 'Agree! Also the people were really cold and everyone looked a bit angry or depressed.' However, 'OneNo7285' pleaded for understanding, commenting: 'That is just how Slovakian people are. Don't take it personally.
We love holding grudges.' It might be the centre of Europe's fashion world, but it wasn't the right fit for Reddit user 'Rustywings', who remarked: 'Milan was fairly underwhelming. I wouldn't rush back other than as a gateway to the lakes.
' Venice, Italy The Floating City didn't float user NArcadia11's boat, who said: 'After spending five days in Venice, I see no need to go back. 'It's an incredibly beautiful, unique, architecturally artistic city and I'm so glad I saw it. But also it's incredibly annoying to get around, the food is not as good as in other parts of Italy.
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