Worst Holiday Destination Ever

sbsquarepants

Went to mayo once for a week - rained about 18 hours a day the rest of the time i was eaten alive by midges. The beaches were stinking. I hope that fúcking gas pipeline explodes, what a shít hole!

MonkeyTennis

you people have weird taste in places to go on holidays

pickarooney

biko wrote: »

The title of the thread was "worst holiday you have been on?" which to me is the same as "Worst Holiday Destination Ever".
Since destination and what happened there are intrically linked I merged them
If you like you can PM me about this.

In fairness, I'm not going to avoid Spain just because Dave broke up with his missus there but if ten people tell me they got mugged in Magaluff I might reconsider it as a destination.

daveyeh

Turkey is a dirty 3rd world aggressive racist hatefilled nasty ****pit full of nasty ****s.

jester77

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Most of Vietnam

wtf?? Vietnam is fantastic. You got to put it in perspective, if you are going there looking for something equivalent to Europe then you are going to the wrong place.

biko

I drank "Bangla alcohol" (poteen) in India, cue 2 days of sitting on the toilet.
Lethal stuff. Or it could have been the chicken I ate...

Nothingbetter2d

biko wrote: »

I drank "Bangla alcohol" (poteen) in India, cue 2 days of sitting on the toilet.
Lethal stuff. Or it could have been the chicken I ate...

banga alcohol sounds like a brand name for rohypnol... no wonder you had a ring of fire for 2 days

old hippy

MonkeyTennis wrote: »

you people have weird taste in places to go on holidays

Can you be more specific?

ArnoldJRimmer

Most disappointing holiday was Barcelona without a doubt, smelly, boring and unfriendly. Also got robbed which didn't help, but the streets were full of dealers and hookers. Madrid, on the other hand, I found to be lovely.

Lasted 6 hours in Tangiers, Morocco before I jumped on the boat back to Spain. Genuinely feared for my safety

Did a lot of travelling around India, and found it to be a fantastic place once you're used to it. My arsehole never quite got used to it unfortunately

tan11ie

Bulgaria - filthy place,bad food and rotten beer ...

Isle of man.
Jaysus that was like a week in hell.

EI2011

santa ponsa for a group of lads last summer auful place

Teyla Emmagan

Ah, it's my favourite thread.

The answer is STILL Turkey!

EI2011

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Ah, it's my favourite thread.

The answer is STILL Turkey!

haha is turkey really that bad? never appealed to me the place

Teyla Emmagan

EI2011 wrote: »

haha is turkey really that bad? never appealed to me the place

****in' desperate place.

klose

EI2011 wrote: »

haha is turkey really that bad? never appealed to me the place

Pre euro twas the **** :cool: we hadta buy another suitcase over there to haul back all the counterfit stuff we got. Football jerseys where everywhere there, meanta be expensive enough these days.

Unbelievably hot in june/july and of course everywhere had tiles..

HavingCrack

In fairness to Turkey everyone complaining about it went to kips like Kusadasi which is like saying you went to Spain when you visited Benidorm. Did anyone go to Istanbul etc. by any chance?

Funnily enough, I was intending to go to Turkey on my next holiday. After meeting loads of Turkish people at work (about 60 in the last 2 or 3 months), I now have no intention of ever visiting the place. I've never met such rude, arrogant, selfish, lazy human beings. Only one or two haven't been like that. I have classes full of students from different countries, from Spain to Yemen to Thailand and I've never had as many problems or felt as miserable as I do when I have several Turks in a class. I think I'll save myself the misery and pain of having to interact with them on holiday and go elsewhere.

Smidge

Playa Del Ingles, Gran Canaria in the 90's




/thread

Teyla Emmagan

HavingCrack wrote: »

In fairness to Turkey everyone complaining about it went to kips like Kusadasi which is like saying you went to Spain when you visited Benidorm. Did anyone go to Istanbul etc. by any chance?

I would still love to visit Istanbul in fairness. I just have to get over the fact it's bound to be full of people from, erm, Turkey. Supposed to be an amazing city though.

buyer95

My parents got a mad notion when we were young that we needed a change from the standard Spain, France or Canary holidays, which we had gone on for the previous years. The destination of choice? Inis Maan, the least densely populated of the 3 Aran Islands, something like 150 people live there. The parents said it would be great, one week in almost complete solitude, with time to fish, cycle our bikes and go for long walks.

We stayed in a crappy hotel,(which unsurprisingly has since gone into liquidation) to call it a hotel is a disservice to all hotels.The rooms were tiny, the 5 of us were put in one big room with a double bed and 2 singles... The food too was awful, the only thing it had going for it was the pool table the hotel bar, which really was the only way we passed the time for the week, with mamoth sessions of pool against my brother. I was too young to take advantage of the other thing the hotel had going for it, apparently the bar didn't used to close untill well into the wee hours, its fair to say thats were da spent his nights!

It lashed rain for the week, the people spoke Irish as their 1st language as its a gaeltacht area and although most would speak to you in english, they would always make a point of beginning every conversation as ghaeilge and force you to interrupt them and point out that you were not a speaker of the native tongue. This ofcourse they were only too well aware of but they took great satisfaction in forcing you to draw attention to it.

I was only a kid at the time, but I will always remember Inis Maan for the wrong reasons

girlonfire

Donegal town. Traumatic

blingrhino

Bangkok- rats the size of cats

Tenerife- Manchester with sun

Agadir- only when Ramadan is on or your mrs will be tortured

USA - plastic people and tipping drives u insane

Rome- full of beggars and architecture covered in spray painting

Venice - usually smelly and foggy

New Ross - wat is there to do here - keep going to Wexford

mandrake04

youcancallmeal wrote: »

Most of Vietnam

No way

I thought Vietnam was brilliant and the people were really nice, although they can be a bit annoying trying to sell me stuff all the time but in general it's a fantastic place. Same for Laos and Cambodia.

The Big Red Button

Naples. Horrible place ... avoid!!!

fryup

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Went to mayo once for a week - rained about 18 hours a day the rest of the time i was eaten alive by midges. The beaches were stinking. I hope that fúcking gas pipeline explodes, what a shít hole!

i don't know about Mayo, but that line had me in stitches:D class!!

Radharc na Sleibhte

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Went to mayo once for a week - rained about 18 hours a day the rest of the time i was eaten alive by midges. The beaches were stinking. I hope that fúcking gas pipeline explodes, what a shít hole!

Mayo is pretty big in fairness...
Where'd you go?

Salou in Spain has to be the worst €800 i ever spent.
Never ever ever again.
If i won a holiday there, i wouldnt go.

dmcronin

Found Egypt to have the capacity to be a nightmare destination, being hassled on streets with ppl trying to rip you off/sell you sh*t you don't want etc., but discovered a massive change walking the streets unhassled by not wearing the T-shirt/shorts combo beloved of tourists. Pasty white legs in shorts are like a beacon. Most touts didn't cop me until I had passed them out.

Nothingbetter2d

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Have been to Barcelona a few times, and on one memorable occasion had my bag knicked only an hour after getting there. Place is lethal for pickpockets.

The last time the place seemed REALLY seedy though - so many prostitutes and drug dealers, was pretty horrible.

i was once in barcelona and some guy tried to mug me for my wallet.... i knocked him out with a lucky but well placed punch hehe (i guess i hit the glass jaw) but yes your right barcelona is crawling with pickpockets and muggers.

still though i liked barcelona... just dont go out late at night on your own

Nothingbetter2d

blingrhino wrote: »

Rome- full of beggars and architecture covered in spray painting

ROMANES EUNT DOMUS?

mikemac1

Brussels

Unfriendly people
Quite expensive
Lots of seedy and rundown streets
Felt unsafe walking around

Though I picked a bad weekend, Galatasaray were in town for the UEFA Cup Final and the Turks were causing all sorts of problems for the police
Sinister tone around all weekend

mikemac1

mikemac1 wrote: »

Brussels

Unfriendly people
Quite expensive
Lots of seedy and rundown streets
Felt unsafe walking around

This is absolutely true but the place has a funny way of growing on you when you actually live there. It's really laid back, great beer/cafe culture, some lovely, charming areas and most of the people are nice when you get to know them. I was sad to leave. Would never recommend it as a weekend destination though. First impressions are awful, particularly if you arrive by train and have to witness the monstrosity that is the Gare Centrale.

mikemac1

Glasgow is grand for a lads football and drinking weekend
But you'd never bring the missus there!

The East End is poorer and more run down then anything you'd ever see in Ireland, just pure poverty. Depressing to be around
Not a lot in the city centre either, nothing you can't get here.

Head to Edinburgh of course
Mr Obvious here, I feel I'm typing what everyone already knows



I loved Rome but +1 on the post on the last page about beggars.
Roma is overrun with the Roma, there is a pun there somewhere. You're almost tripping over them on the Metro
Not a huge deal. And watch for pickpockets

tin79

buyer95 wrote: »

they would always make a point of beginning every conversation as ghaeilge and force you to interrupt them and point out that you were not a speaker of the native tongue.

They were not making "a point" they were speaking their native language. Do you "make a point" of posting in English. No you just do it because that is the language you speak. Ever been to France? They keep making a point of speaking French there.

Lollipops23

Egypt was great, but the locals were defo a lot to take. I know it's a different world, but there's no excuse for aggression and rudeness (such as when myself and my friend walked into a shop, the male assistants shut the door behind us). They also tried to grab money straight out of our purses. I know they're a poor nation, so I rarely tried to haggle when buying stuff, as it meant a lot more to them than me.

zara100

HavingCrack wrote: »

In fairness to Turkey everyone complaining about it went to kips like Kusadasi which is like saying you went to Spain when you visited Benidorm. Did anyone go to Istanbul etc. by any chance?

went to a place called akyaka in turkey not so well known as kusadasi etc and it was still an awful place

youcancallmeal

mandrake04 wrote: »

No way

I thought Vietnam was brilliant and the people were really nice, although they can be a bit annoying trying to sell me stuff all the time but in general it's a fantastic place. Same for Laos and Cambodia.

I loved Laos and Cambodia. Main reason for hating Vietnam is the locals, didnt manage to meet one friendly person who wasn't trying to sell me something. Absolutely zero social skills with foreigners and was generally made to feel unwelcome throughout my 3 weeks backpacking there. Met many others who felt the exact same and couldn't get out of there quick enough. Having said that I did enjoy Hanoi and HCMC.

cutty9

Nairobi - was there last summer and all the men leer at the women and the airport is horrendous

c28omzk7ihsxv0

From reading this thread I no longer want to travel anywhere.

Nothingbetter2d

Sylvie Scarce Sampler wrote: »

From reading this thread I no longer want to travel anywhere.

go to downtown bagdad... i hear its a blast this time of year

endabob1

Tunisia was probably the worst holiday destination I've been to, hard sell everywhere you go, travelled through Asia and it didn't bother me like it did in Tunisia.
Kenya wasn't great either the game parks were cool but the beach resorts we're uninspiring, especially compared to Mauritius or other Indian ocean resort destinations that I've been to.
The Costa Del Sol, wouldn't be on my return list either, we travelled along the coast as far as Gibraltar and once you get past Marbella it improves immeasurably but Torremolinos, Benalmedena, Fuengirola are like a bad English seaside resort in Spain.

Surprised at the negativity for Turkey, went to Marmaris a few years back and had a great holiday. The hate for Barcelona amazes me, one of my favourite cities in Europe.
Reallyy surprised at someone putting Vietnam on there, one of the best holidays ever was travelling through Vietnam 7 or 8 years ago, scared out of my wits on the busses mind you, but I found it a beautiful friendly place, a bit like Thailand before it got over-run.

gabsdot40

Trabolgan

I am pie

Torremolinos / Fuengirola / Benidorm etc

Horrible. Full of morons and containing Irish / British bars which you wouldn't go within a mile of at home and rotten 'british/irish' food.

Real sh1tholes. No wonder the spanish keep shctum about the lovely parts of Spain that they enjoy on holidays and write off the over developed brain dead zones as csah cows for our morons to invade and p1ss money away in.

kelle

Went to Portugal the first week in May a few years ago. The weather was glorious in Ireland, but there it rained 5 out of the 7 days and the remaining 2 days were cold and cloudy - while the sun was splitting the stones back home!

gracehopper

Egypt - definitely the worst for me. feckin flee-ridden kip!

Flight attendants stopping older passengers from using the toilet because they wanted to finish their smokes.

Every local is a thief in Sharm El Sheik. they are all on the make, got the coach to the hotel and your man wanted a tip for taking my bag off the coach for me even though i could reach it he insisted and got thick with me when i said no.

The harassment on the streets is a whole new level to spain or other parts of the Med.

Food was ****e! paid for all inclusive and went out every night for food. Went to the hard rock cafe which was 120 quid for 2 people for burgers and chips.
What amazed me was that lots of English tourists were happy with the food in the hotel. they srved beer in slim gim glasses, muppets!

We went to an Egyptian restaurant one night and it was lovely. The best night while we were there! why do resorts/hotels feel the need to cook british/irish food badly? why not cook your own food and not cave in to the uncultured mob.

Its sad really, for a country with amazing culture and history what it has turned into, sad to say it but its a feckin dive of a place.

working fool

Turkey ! Again
Went to kusadasi god aweful place
Couldent even take a whizz without some creap trying to sell you something .
And the Irish 50+ old biddys horned up with young fellas was gross .
It was like a Daniel o donnell concert in Harvey Normans .

rocketchick

Enniscrone this easter..
it rained non stop didnt even realise the house was beside a beach because you couldn't see anything through the dense rain clouds, and the only station that worked was ITV and only that if someone held onto the aerial.to add insult to injury ITV had a special Lionel Ritchie weekend on.
No this did not happen in the dark wilds of the 80's but earlier this year.. never again

yellowtrout

James__10 wrote: »

As the thread title goes

What is the worst holiday destination you've ever went on?

Mine would be Calas de Mallorca and Pontins Wales bloody awful places!

Ooh Pontins, Wales, we went there as kids and we loved it but there was nothing to do in the daytime.
When was the last time you went, out of curiosity? Recently?
Be interested to know if it's still boring in the daytime.
I'd never go back unless I had kids myself and it had picked up the pace a bit, but good times as a youngster.

yellowtrout

Tunisia.
Beautiful beach, beautiful weather, gorgeous hotel but the place was like a slum. Buildings falling down, roads unfinished and the people had very little.
Made me feel guilty for enjoying a holiday-we rarely left the hotel.

yuppies

I predict it'll be about the year 2200 before the rest of the world stops being all poor, unfriendly, miserable and angrily forcing you to buy stuff and starts being pleasant, westernised and comfortably-off like us. Culture-shock is one thing that really pisses me off... stop being poor and rude for f'uck sake and just copy everything we in the west do and be like us! So many countries in the world I don't intend on going to because the sh'it condition of the population just makes you feel guilty.