Best/Most Disappointing Places You Have Visited

[Armaghtothebone]

Anyone else ever been to Jerusalem with high hopes only to have them well and truely shattered.

Went on a daytrip from Cyprus and found the whole place to be criminally commercialised. Not a very religious person at the best of times but there would make an atheist out of anyone.

[glens73]

Best.

1. Port Douglas
2. Ballinskelligs
3. Paris
4. The Glens Pub Crawl Of Distinction
5. Chamonix

Worst

1. Agree with Bondi - awful let down.
2. Longford
3. Slaughneil
4. Larne
5. Birmingham

You've never been up the Carn then?? I do enjoy your hate for anything related to slaughtneil

I'm assuming I haven't no, but I have no idea what being up the Carn means. I was in Slaughneil recently though for a funeral. The church was at Granahan.

I certainly don't hate everything related to Slaughneil, just have a mild dislike for young Billy. I work with one of your number - a former inter-county hurler.

And I would still put Slaughneil above Larne.

And I want to change Sugarloaf to Chamonix as well.

That's in Swatragh, not Slaughtneil

[tyssam5]

Anyone else ever been to Jerusalem with high hopes only to have them well and truely shattered.

Went on a daytrip from Cyprus and found the whole place to be criminally commercialised. Not a very religious person at the best of times but there would make an atheist out of anyone.

I thought Jerusalem was great, especially the Arab quarter.

[Armaghtothebone]

Anyone else ever been to Jerusalem with high hopes only to have them well and truely shattered.

Went on a daytrip from Cyprus and found the whole place to be criminally commercialised. Not a very religious person at the best of times but there would make an atheist out of anyone.

I thought Jerusalem was great, especially the Arab quarter.

Maybe my expectations were too high and thats why I came away disappointed. The Church of the Nativity broke my heart....Greedy Greek orthodox prists at the door with a collection basket. Put in Cypriot change and they blocked us. Tour guide explained they wanted notes only. Could'nt help but think of Jesus and the moneychangers in the Temple.

[Solomon Kane]

Best- Rome
        Edinburgh
        Amsterdam
        Jersey
        Vienna


Worst - Bundoran (by a country mile)
           Glasgow
           Falaraki
           Dungannon/Cookstown
           Anywhere in England


I don't know how anyone could describe Larne as disappointing. That implies you didn't think it was a shit-hole in the first place. It is indeed a shit-hole but it is still a lot nicer than Bundoran.     

[The Real Laoislad]

Best- Rome
        Edinburgh
        Amsterdam
        Jersey
        Vienna


Worst - Bundoran (by a country mile)
           Glasgow
           Falaraki
           Dungannon/Cookstown
           Anywhere in England


I don't know how anyone could describe Larne as disappointing. That implies you didn't think it was a shit-hole in the first place. It is indeed a shit-hole but it is still a lot nicer than Bundoran.     

Was never in Larne but i doubt anywhere could be as bad as Bundoran

[MW]

Carrying on the recent trend for lists here are my 5 best and most disappointing places I have visited:-


BEST

1 New York
2 Jerusalem (the place oozes history)

Funny enough when I saw the thread title I was going to say this, even without reading your post!

I thought it was amazing, just being in the Old City, actually walking its streets, going to the Western Wall, going up on the Temple Mount and thinking how much history is connected with it (and lets face it, how many millions of people would kill or die over that tiny piece of Earth) - and the Dome of the Rock, the most beautiful building I've ever seen

[MW]

Anyone else ever been to Jerusalem with high hopes only to have them well and truely shattered.

Went on a daytrip from Cyprus and found the whole place to be criminally commercialised. Not a very religious person at the best of times but there would make an atheist out of anyone.

I thought Jerusalem was great, especially the Arab quarter.

Maybe my expectations were too high and thats why I came away disappointed. The Church of the Nativity broke my heart....Greedy Greek orthodox prists at the door with a collection basket. Put in Cypriot change and they blocked us. Tour guide explained they wanted notes only. Could'nt help but think of Jesus and the moneychangers in the Temple.

The Church of the Nativity is in Bethlehem - do you mean the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?

OK I can sort of see where you're coming from with the Church of the Holy Sepulchre - though firstly as an agnostic I wasn't going for 'religious' reasons (but with a keen interest in the world's great religions, plus a religious-ish upbrining that meant I'd had mental maps of these places from my infancy)and also I knew beforehand that the Holy Sepulchre is a very 'unholy' feeling holy place. The competing denominations (no brotherhood among Christians there ) and the tourism see to that. But I tried to both look past and embrace it - to stand at Golgotha and think is is probably where Jesus of Nazareth the historical man actually died is pretty amazing - equally I found it fascinating (especially since we think in this part of the world that the much more recent divisions between Western Christianities are the be all and end all) to see the Latin, Greek Orthodox, Armenian, Coptic, Syriac Orthodox and Ethiopian Orthodox priests all uneasily occupying their own areas.

Thousands of years of history collide in the Old City - all those Biblical stories about Jerusalem too place here, you can see the remains of the 'City of David' from the very beginning of the Israelite presence, this is the city the Crusaders came all the way from Europe massacrinhg thousands on their way to hol, right through to the fact that as you enter the Old City by the Jaffa Gate, you've actually crossed the Green Line and under international law left Israel and entered occupied territory - something which of course Israel would hotly dispute.

You've got the holiest site in Judaism, the Western Wall, and right beside it the third holiest site in Islam - on the site of the Jewish Temple of Biblical fame. On the other side of the Temple Mount you've got the Mount of Olives - from where Jesus entered the city, from where the Arab conquerors first sighted the city, from where the Crusaders looked down before taking the city, and the Israelis did the same only 41 years ago. The same hill Jews, Muslims and Christians believe the 'Righteous' will be gathered on before the Last Judgement.

Sure there's commercialisation, lots of it, and eventually you get tired of yet another church were Jesus, Mary or a disciple is supposed to have done this or that - but I think it's an amazing place. And one you don't have to be religious to be impressed by - hey, maybe it helps not to be religious.

[MW]

Best:
Machu Pichu
Cinque Terre
Galapagos Islands
New York
Sistine Chapel
Buenos Aires

Most Disappointing:
Mchale Park, Castlebar(yesterday)

You weren't at these last year by any chance were you?

[Solomon Kane]

Best- Rome
        Edinburgh
        Amsterdam
        Jersey
        Vienna


Worst - Bundoran (by a country mile)
           Glasgow
           Falaraki
           Dungannon/Cookstown
           Anywhere in England


I don't know how anyone could describe Larne as disappointing. That implies you didn't think it was a shit-hole in the first place. It is indeed a shit-hole but it is still a lot nicer than Bundoran.     

Was never in Larne but i doubt anywhere could be as bad as Bundoran

Larne at least has a purpose for being on the planet - it has a ferry terminal. There is no reason at all for Bundoran to exist.

[Gold]

me and 3 mates are looking to book somewhere for 1 week in August. Somewhere where theres guarenteed sun, a beach and plenty to do day and night

Where do you's recommend?

Kusadasi seems to be gettin good press here although we had thought about Ibiza but people are writing it off here(we arnt into the disco biscuits so maybe Ibiza is not for us)

[the green man]

Best

New York
Prague
Brno
Rome
North Donegal

Worst

Coleraine
Blyth
Glasgow
Vienna

[Yes I Would]

Ayia Napa gold, you should get all on your wish list!!!

[the green man]

I forgot to add that Prague was a top one before all the cheap flights, and loud mouth limeys got their. It has went down hill since then. Was good 10 year ago mind.

[the green man]

In fact most places are sound, until the English find out about them