People Are Sharing The Tourist Destinations That Are Actually Worth The Hype

“Spent 6 days in Venice on 3.5 week trip to Italy a couple of years ago. Despite travelling a decent amount I’d never been to Italy, so we hit the obvious main spots (Florence, Rome) but also a couple of slightly (slightly) less touristed spots (Bologna, Orvieto).

I was shocked that Venice ended up being my favourite of the trip, because my expectations were ‘tourist hell hole’. What a gorgeous and utterly unique place. We cranked out all the ‘top’ tourist spots in a day so we could just take it easy and enjoy wandering the rest of the time. Stayed in a quiet residential area and just wandered backstreets, ate, wandered, ate, etc.

I don’t mean to yuck anyone’s yum, but I think this is the only sane way to see a lot of these must-see hyper touristed spots. Stay longer in fewer locations, try to soak in as much of the fabric of the place that you can.”

—moostodon