The most not disappointing tourist attractions

[sam86]

Thankfully the Glass Floor hadn't been fitted when we visited back in 1984

What, you mean this one?

Don't look down Sam. Don't look down.

 

[Eastleigh Seagull]

Interlaken.

We spent a week there last year (in the summer mind) and thought it was OK - but paled into insignifcance the second week when we stayed in Zermatt - that place was super cool with the most amazing mountain views.

 

[Herne Hill Seagull]

The Grand Canyon.

We're of one mind once again, Mr ace. Absolutely awesome in the truest, genuine sense of the word. Showed Las Vegas up for the Toytown it is, for me.

 

[Mackenzie]

Dan Yr Ogof caves near Brecon. I like caves, and these were good.

 

[Daffy Duck]

Mount Rushmore. Just amazing and you can sit in the restaurant on site and eat breakfast with a full view of the monument through huge plate glass windows.

Oh, and the magnificent Rockie Mountains, wherever you can see them. The most wonderful sight in the world!! Almost brings a tear to the eye, bit like our new stadium.
You just go "wow".

 

[WhingForPresident]

Brussels Atomium.
Absolutely mental.

 

[Mackenzie]

Big Pit (and its free)

 

[shingle]

Kruger National Park

 

[house your seagull]

thread closed.

 

[Simster]

We're of one mind once again, Mr ace. Absolutely awesome in the truest, genuine sense of the word. Showed Las Vegas up for the Toytown it is, for me.

I don't think you can comprehend what a vast whole in the ground looks like until you've been there. It's sensational.

But Vegas is also well worth a visit. Just thinking about the idea of putting a city of that size in the middle of the desert, and glitzing it up to that extent. Absolutely mental place, well worth a visit, but for no more than a long weekend IMO.

 

[AlbionKebabs]

The Taj Mahal

Agra, near to where it's located, is an utter hole, and you get hassled by beggars, hawkers and touts from the moment you arrive until the moment you leave. The river is full of filth and there are slums all over the place.

Went last year with Mendoza, Marty McFly and Carrot Cruncher, and we went to the Red Fort in Agra first up. When you climb to the top of the fort, you look across the river plains and clock the Taj in the distance, and it's like something out of Aladdin or some such movie, miles of flat ground and then the shape of the domes rising out of the mist. Absolutely breathtaking, I found I kept turning away then looking back just because I couldn't quite believe it was there.

Then when you get close up, it's every bit as stunning. I've never experienced a building that's evoked quite such emotions. Utterly beautiful. Even more so for the few brief moments of our day when the sun emerged from behind the clouds and lit up the marble in incredible fashion.

We had a great time in Agra, I think we were the only tourists ever to do so! Met a local guy, took us into his family home and showed us around. Was a shit hole though, the highlight being the butchers over the open sewer (below).

The Taj is immense though, rumour has it that the guy wanted to build a black mirror image Taj Mahal on the other side of the river. Now that would of been the shiznit!

 

[Northstander]

Kruger National Park

9 weeks and counting!!!

 

[Tooting Gull]

In no particular order...

Grand Canyon
Taj Mahal
Paignton Zoo

 

[essbee]

Legoland.

But in its defence....
a) I shouldn't have gone there on my own
b) more germane, I'm over 30.

 

[Jookbeard Eagle]

So the least disappointing, then.

The Grand Canyon (as already mentioned elsewhere)
Las Vegas
Italy - why do people go to Spain or Greece for sun more than Italy?

costs , Italy is eye watering expensive,never been but the Pyramids would be my next trip if the nippers had not come along recently

 

[Jookbeard Eagle]

Paris is a stunning city so is York and Edinburgh, you may laugh but I thought The Cheddar Gorge was great

 

[Hotchilidog]

Mount St Helens, what's left of it, and the surrounding area. Utterly awesome and a real reminder of the power of nature.

 

[Juan Albion]

This place, in the middle of nowhere:

Complete with friendly razorbacks:

 

[sam86]

Barcelona Magic Fountain was pretty f***ing spectacular for a freebie -

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

Great Barrier Reef