Underrated places in the world

All the shitholes.

Houston

Can you be more specific?

Don't give them away. Close thread.

Don't you dare close the thread!

Scotland

Places that are not commonly thought of as tourist destinations that I've enjoyed:

Pittsburgh

Richmond, VA

Raleigh-Durham

Baltimore

This thread will ruin those places for us. Slam shut this thread down now!

R8, are you also R4?

Yes dear r9

Jefferson Texas.

Verbier

My shithole.

Southern Utah

Litchfield CT

St Petersburg / Clearwater FL

utah... but people know about utah with Sundance

Kings Canyon National Park -- sort of the stepsister to the more well-known Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks. Just as beautiful with a fraction of the crowds.

Northern Italy. The Italian Alps.

Like R16 but with charming architecture and amazing food.

All of the towns around Lago di Garda. Heavenly.

The Andean corridor of Peru.

For Roman ruins, Algeria.

For stargazing into a clear night sky, Great Basin National Park in Nevada.

That looks gorgeous, R21.

Glasgow, Scotland

L’viv, Ukraine

Deerfield, Massachusetts

Jim Thorpe, PA

Portland, ME

Fredericksburg, VA

I was just in Algeria and it really is on par or maybe even exceed the more touristy Morocco. I guess it’s because it’s such a hassle to get a visa. I can’t fathom why they seem to discourage tourism.

Lisbon

Morocco

Panama

Croatia

Kotor, Montenegro

Medellin Colombia.

Lisbon Portugal.

[Quote]Scotland

Scotland is better than England or Ireland.

Scotland's Isle of Arran

Death Valley in the spring.

R31, does Scotland have better greenery than Ireland?

If Lisbon is underrated then it gets my vote. Beautiful city nice people interesting history

Quebec City.

Nicaragua has a very very low homicide rate compared to the rest of Latin America and I've heard it is just as beautiful as Costa Rica, but without all the tourists (but also without the tourist infrastructure).

Dominica

Bonaire

Islamorada, Florida

Wellington

newark NJ

detriot

[quote] detriot

Oh, Dearborn.

Islamabad--you'll have an explosively good time!

Kabul, afghanistan

excellent caves!

Osama to world: " Enter my big hole".

Novo Mesto, Slovenia. Known for birthing desperate, trashy, social climbing whores!

I really enjoyed Seoul and Busan, in South Korea.

David Archuleta's hole.

Black Hills, South Dakota

Michigan coast

Yukon Territory

R46, just don't get implant surgery there, you'll end up with nipples pointing in completely different directions!

Me.

Picos de Europa in the north of Spain

Ibiza, Mallorca, Zante and Corfu. So many unspoilt little coves and restaurants off the beaten track and away from the party towns and chav resorts.

Stewart Island/Rakiura in New Zealand. Hardly anyone goes there when they come to NZ on vacation and it's beautiful.

80 Mile Beach near Broome, Western Austalia. Fine talcum powder sand and warm turquoise ocean, plus the bluest sky you've ever seen. NO people.

I love how there are people on here who think Northern Italy and Lake Garda are "underrated"

Why should we take your word for it, r53. You’ve never even been there.

R19 Is that you in the photo?

Island of Skye, Scotland

Lisbon, Montreal. Houston and the whole of Texas is a shithole - Austin being the exception

Madison, Wisconsin

[quote]love how there are people on here who think Northern Italy and Lake Garda are "underrated"

The Italian Alps and Lago di Garda are not on the average American tourist's path.

Most of British Columbia.

Queens. Great ethnic restaurants and fun historical sites.

Aruba

Croatian coast

Estonia

The Mendip Hills and The Peak District in England

The Outer Hebrides (Scotland)

A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of meeting a friend of mine in Barra, one of the southern most islands. I flew in from Glasgow and landed at the Barra airport, being the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as the runway. My friend is also from the states and we were joined by a her friend, and friend's mother from the isle of Benbecula. The next day we drove, via causeways and ferries, up through the islands to Lewis. What an amazing couple of days. Landscapes and small villages that were remote and charming. The monoliths, around 5,000 year old, on Lewis were fun to explore.

The Rangeley Lakes region in Maine

Bimp

Olive Garden

Driving through hundreds of miles of undeveloped Texas scrub at sunrise or sunset is unique and arguably beautiful. The widest skies I’ve ever seen. Not sure “underrated” - more surprising beauty.

Tucson is an underrated US city for tourism, in my opinion. It is the only UNESCO city of gastronomy in the US, it has Saguaro National Park, plenty of art galleries, museums, hiking, hipster stuff and quirky charm.

And if you're lucky, you might see a speeding javelina!

Glasgow, Scotland.

Bozeman, Montana

One more vote for Lisbon - truly underrated

Captiva and Boca Grande, FL

Bald Peak Colony, NH

Morne Trois Pitons National Park, Dominica