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“The thing is standing in some corner and is not even two meters tall.”
The online language learning platform Preply has found out in a study the most overrated travel destinations in the world. Based on online reviews, it was analyzed which of the most popular travel destinations have disappointed the most people and whose reviews include the terms “tourist trap”, “disappointing” or “overrated”.
So you can definitely save yourself a visit to Times Square in New York City, Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin and the Eiffel Tower.
On Reddit In turn, users have shared their own personal experiences of disappointment on vacation. People would have preferred to avoid these 14 travel destinations and attractions:
1. “I was personally very disappointed by the Manneken Pis in Brussels. The thing is standing in some corner, surrounded by tourists and souvenir shops and is not even two meters tall.”
– NoMercyForMayhem
2. “The view from the Empire State Building is not as good as from the Rockefeller Centerwhich is also cheaper. You have a much better view of Central Park and … the Empire State Building.”
– Cudder87
![People walk in Manhattan as the city is shrouded in haze.](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/31/964/31964703-menschen-gehen-in-manhattan-waehrend-die-stadt-in-dunst-gehuellt-ist-PZBG.jpg)
3. “Stonehenge. Massively overpriced shuttle buses take you there and you end up walking two laps around some large but not particularly impressive rocks.”
– Heisenberg2310
![The Secrets of Stonehenge Wild Blue Media/ZDFInfo](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/994/32994613-die-geheimnisse-von-stonehenge-wild-blue-media-zdfinfo-O0BG.jpg)
4. “Paris left mixed feelings. Sure, the Eiffel Tower is great. Everything else is only moderately interesting, and everything is full of tourists and pushy beggars and sellers.”
– BHJK90
![The view of the Eiffel Tower from the Seine](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/647/32647219-der-blick-auf-den-eiffelturm-von-der-seine-O5BG.jpg)
5. “I don’t understand why everyone always wants to go to the Reeperbahn in Hamburg. Bad music, high prices, just assholes.”
– Curious_Croton
![Hardly any visitors on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/144/32144482-kaum-besucher-auf-der-reeperbahn-in-hamburg-PLBG.jpg)
6. “The Vienna Prater made a rather run-down, sad impression on me.”
– redchindi
![People standing in front of a shooting range in Vienna's Prater](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/586/32586430-leute-stehen-vor-einem-schiessstand-im-wiener-prater-PXBG.jpg)
7. “I was extremely disappointed with the Walk of Fame in Los Angeles. I had planned several hours for it, but the whole thing was so unspectacular that we were done after 30 minutes and didn’t feel like doing it any more.”
– Dirkmuc
![Singer P!nk poses with her family in 2019 as she inaugurates a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/879/32879719-saengerin-nk-posiert-2019-mit-ihrer-familie-als-sie-einen-stern-auf-dem-hollywood-walk-of-fame-in-los-angeles-einweiht-OoBG.jpg)
8. “Niagara Falls. Especially the Canadian open-air amusement park that they built for American day-trippers.”
– OpusL
![Niagara Falls](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/0/17/17314-851146780-niagara-faelle-PoBG.jpg)
9. “Naples. A very poor city, the mafia is in charge of garbage disposal and doesn’t pick it up, so the garbage piles up and in general it’s a very, very ugly, poor city with a lot of crime.”
– Pristine Assistant 3
![Viewing terrace of Castel Sant Elmo with city center by the sea, Naples](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/483/32483586-aussichtsterrasse-vom-castel-sant-elmo-mit-stadtzentrum-am-meer-neapel-PYBG.jpg)
10. “Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo. It’s really just a big intersection.”
– two-dee
![IMAGO Nature: Our Earth, environmental problems, overpopulation From above unrecognizable people walking on zebra crossing o](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/30/982/30982969-zebrastreifen-psyche-R6BG.jpg)
11. “The Statue of Liberty can be seen from afar. There’s no point in climbing up. It takes hours to get up because of the crowd, and at the top there’s a little porthole through which you can look for a few seconds before the next person pushes you further on.”
– fireproof_bunny
![Fires in Canada - Smoke billows over New York](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/31/963/31963629-braende-in-kanada-rauchschwaden-ueber-new-york-3bnslFwTAIBG.jpg)
12. “The Bremen Town Musicians are just as disappointing as Manneken Pis. Very small statue somewhere on the edge.”
– Anonymous
![Statue of the Bremen Town Musicians in the Old Town, Hanseatic City, Bremen, Germany](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/32/741/32741075-statue-der-bremer-stadtmusikanten-in-der-altstadt-hansestadt-bremen-deutschland-Q3BG.jpg)
13. “Buckingham Palace. An ugly little grey block.”
– Responsible-Tank1333
![Buckingham Palace exterior view.](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/24/941/24941937-buckingham-palast-aussenansicht-2qZoLsOuaqBG.jpg)
14. “The Potsdamer Platz in Berlin is the ultimate waste of time. Absurd. Alexanderplatz too.”
– Esist1996
![I let ChatGPT plan my summer vacation. One of the destinations: Berlin.](https://www.merkur.de/assets/images/31/795/31795766-ich-lasse-chatgpt-meinen-sommerurlaub-planen-eines-der-reiseziele-berlin-RuBG.jpg)
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