Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Much better:
Lisbon - among the most underrated cities in all of Europe
Istanbul - LOVED the architecture and food
Agreed. Loved both cities. Was in Istanbul for the first time a year ago and it was beautiful and the people very friendly, and Cappadocia after that was incredible.
I visited Lisbon two years ago and I so agree about it being underrated. The Calouste Gulbenkian museum was amazing.
I can't think of any city that has actively sent me into a total downward spiral on my arrival. However, Los Angeles consistently underwhelms me.
Buffalo, NY (also lived/visited there for years)
Asheville, NC
Chapel Hill, NC
Charleston, SC
Flagstaff, AZ
Calgary
Genoa
Aix-en-Provence
Athens (Greece, not Georgia!)
Malaga
Dunedin, NZ
Taipei
fell short:
Tucson, AZ
Athens, GA
Ann Arbor, MI
Buenos Aires
Seville
Venice
Istanbul
Pulla, Croatia (city-data won't let me spell it p-u-l-a b/c I guess that's a vulgar word in someone's language)
Auckland, NZ
I was disappointed with Paris; thought it was dirty,congested (although the people were fine, not rude). The cities of Ireland-Dublin, Cork, Belfast- were much nicer than I had expected.
- Krakow
- Bologna
- NYC, LA
- Kyoto
- Strasbourg (and almost any French city other than Paris)
- Trier (and almost any German city other than Berlin and Munich)
- Valencia (and almost any Spanish city other than the usual suspects)
Worse:
- San Francisco
- New Orleans
- Miami
- Tokyo
- Oostende
- Alicante
Decades ago, I loved Turkey. Istanbul is now the biggest city in Europe, horribly expensive, 7-million cars, and my last visit there had no redeeming qualities at all. Starting with needing USD-0.40 to get into a dirty and poorly furnished bathroom, running all the way to a USD-40 taxi fare to or from the airport to anywhere. People were rude and loud and unkempt, compared to where I had just come from in Central Asia. Rather than go back through there, I opted for a USD-130 flight right to Ataturk airport to connect with my onward flight, instead of my original plan to cross Turkey by bus..
You don't know how to travel at all. I took a bus from the airport to a central location for like ten bucks. Then took a taxi to my flat for another 10 bucks.
Istanbul was great. I was there late 2013, it was .50 USD to 1 Turkish Lira so it was amazing compared to dealing with the Euro at that time...about 1.25 USD to 1 Euro.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
