'The Alhambra in Granada': Real-Life Travelers Share What Tourist Attractions Are Actually Worth the Hype

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    M Tourist Attractions That Are NOT Overrated
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    _jump_yossarian • 19h ago The Alhambra in Granada, Spain ... especially at night. 3K Reply ↑ Share avantgardengnome 18h ago It's king incredible. For those who are unfamiliar, in Game of Thrones most of the Dorne Palace scenes were filmed in the Alcázar, which is like the Alhambra's little brother. 742 Reply ↑ Share
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    The Velvet_Bulldozer • 18h ago . Machu Picchu. It's truly breathtaking. Most of Peru is absolutely stunning. 8.7K Reply ↑ Share ... Dinkerdoo 17h ago Edited 16h ago Especially if you have the nerve to climb up the deathtrap staircase to the top of Huayna Picchu. Absolutely stunning landscape and ruins. 1.8K Uh_oh_Nikita Reply ↑ Share ... 16h ago We didn't do the Inca trail but did this hike the day of. I thought I was going to die but the view was 900000/10 worth it! 604 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    reido • 12h ago If you're going via the Inca Trail, hustle on your way to the Sun Gate. It's way better to have extra time there in case it's cloudy. I hurried and after 15 minutes the clouds parted and I got the view of Machu Picchu I'd been hoping for for 20 years. The rest of the people in my group didn't hurry and missed it. If you're not going via the Inca Trail, make sure you wear a hat and take some water. It's a big place and there's a lot of stairs to climb while you explore the site. E
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    GrimeyTimey • 18h ago Edited 17h ago • All those museums in DC by the capitol. They're free and range from pretty good to world class amazing. Edit: The Smithsonians, can't believe I forgot the name. Reply ↑ Share 14K oeking77 16h ago • ... It was insane going from the natural history museum, where everyone was pretty talkative and loud, then going to the holocaust museum where you could hear a pin drop. both were incredible experiences 757 Reply ↑ Share
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    chargethatsquare • 19h ago Mont Saint Michel in Normandy, France. It looks like the home of a particularly prosperous wizard. 3.8K Reply ↑ Share RcTestSubject10 18h ago It is an actual registered/legal village with a mayor and city services with a population of 29. Until a few years past 2005 you could get caught up by the water going to it 646 Reply ↑ Share
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    Costcorocks 19h ago The terracotta soldiers in xian. Very unimpressive low key entrance and then you come around a corner and it's just jaw dropping. Dunno if they've changed the entry but it's very much "under promise, over deliver". Quite awesome. ↑ Share 3.9K Reply Big RedNutcase • 16h ago Only thing is, do not go during the three main holidays in China around May 1st, Oct 1st and Chinese New Year. The crowds during these periods will be their own type of incredible but not in a good way. 833
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    acryforhelp99 18h ago The Grand Teton, Yellowstone and The Redwoods 4.4K HerelsMsB Reply ↑ Share 18h ago The Redwoods!! Absolutely amazing!! 784 ⇓ Reply ↑ Share 17h ago Quiet_Stranger_5622 You can't truly appreciate their size until your standing next to them, seeing wrinkles in the bark wider than your body, and hearing the sap popping and creaking as it works it's way up the tree. It just hits you all at once and you feel... tiny. 655 Reply ↑ Share
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    VerySluttyTurtle 20h ago Arches National Park in Utah. Seems like a different planet 3.9K Reply ↑ Share Kato_Potatoes • 18h ago Arches is great, but Zion! I have never been somewhere so beautiful. 1.5K Reply ↑ Share 18h ago InvisibleBlueUnicorn Both are great, I equally liked the Bryce national park. 663 Reply ↑ Share Adorable-Lack-3578 • 18h ago I raise you Monument Valley during sunset and a lightning storm. I've never seen anything more stunning. It's why Forrest Gump stopped running.
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    Megalocerus • 17h ago Not all the same trip, but the national parks of the west don't disappoint. We did a road trip in Utah through the national parks, which were all great, but the drive from Capitol Reef through Escalante to Bryce was what I remember most. Wonderful trip. Mesa Verde was special too. Not just the ruins, which are fascinating, but what surprised me was how beautiful it was. And Yellowstone is unreal. The geysers and pools, the animals, the wild flowers and views. I'm slighting
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    Aggressive_Salt_4545 • 19h ago The Architecture Boat Tour in Chicago. Such a great time and something a little different from typical tourist activities. 2.4K Reply ↑ Share ... Specialist_Usual1524 17h ago Just don't go when Dave Matthew's band is in town. 634 ⇓ Reply ↑ Share oswaldcopperpot • 16h ago Amazing how after a long career that's one of the main things he'll be known for.. Sitting on a bunch of people in Chicago. 91 Reply ↑ Share
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    Electronic_Job1998 18h ago We visited the Grand Canyon for the first time last month. There are no words to describe it, and pictures don't come close to capturing its awesomeness. We also visited and hiked in Arches and Sedona. Both of which are amazing but not as breathtaking as The Grand Canyon. 63 Reply ↑ Share
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    01 tralfamadoriest 19h ago The Duomo in Florence is freaking amazing. We went right before sunset when the crowd was basically gone, and it was incredible. 1.9K Reply ↑ Share the_real_eel • 17h ago I nearly died climbing up there but the views made it worth the struggle. 294 Reply ↑ Share Malthus1 17h ago • That climb is not for anyone who is either claustrophobic, not in good shape, or has a fear of heights. 198 Reply ↑ Share
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    • Prank_Owl 18h ago The Louvre in Paris has a well deserved reputation. There is SO MUCH in there that nobody ever talks about. When I visited, I spent hours just looking at sculptures and barely even got to any of the paintings. The nearby Musée d'Orsay is also pretty dope. The museum itself was originally built as a train station in the late 19th century and I had a great time just admiring its architecture in addition to the art on display there. 1.9K Reply ↑ Share ...
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    Twikxer 18h ago Yosemite • 1.2K Reply ↑ Share LateDelivery3935 16h ago • We just won the Half Dome pre-season lottery (really it was a group effort). and absolutely cannot wait (my knees and back probably can)! 144 Reply ↑ Share Silly Bonsai 15h ago • Bring gloves (like gardening gloves) for the section with cables- your hands will thank you 90 ⇓ Reply ↑ Share
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    • 19h ago Panelak_Cadillac Catacombs in Paris. 1.1K Reply ↑ Share • ana_conda 16h ago I like creepy/morbid things and was so excited for the catacombs but I found them very upsetting once I was actually down there. It sunk in that I was basically in a mass grave and it spooked me. 230 grantrules Reply ↑ Share 14h ago What really got me is that we just got to see a fraction of what's down there. 193 Reply ↑ Share
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    onyxanderson 18h ago Kyoto. All of it 1K Reply ↑ Share • 17h ago Prestigious-Pop-4200 Ryo Anji zen garden and the Kiyomiza Dera (temple) are my two favorites in Kyoto. 123 Reply Share RicelsBliss 14h ago Fushimi Inari is absolutely stunning. Proposed to my fiancée there! Reply ↑ Share 75⇓ quebeker4lif 8h ago Really nice place for that. On my part I proposed in front of of Mount Fuji, also a great spot. 13 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    nolawnchairs Angkor Wat > 912 ⇓ • 17h ago Reply ↑ Share chizid 14h ago Second this. Some may think it's just Angkor Wat (which is amazing in itself) but there is basically a whole city worth of ruins and walls and man made lakes. It's insane. Best place I've ever been to and I've been to a few places. 236 Reply ↑ Share
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    • Disastrous_Total_503 19h ago Pompeii 670 Reply ↑ Share sombreroenthusiast 18h ago Go to Herculaneum instead. Much less crowded and much more interesting, imo. 139 ☐ Reply ↑ Share 23 more replies luckyyduckky 16h ago I dragged my family there. They did not want to go but they didn't want me to go alone. They were wow'd. 88 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    valandsend ⚫ 18h ago Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Went for the first time last year and barely had time to see everything in a day. It's like the Smithsonian crossed with Disney World, with creative exhibitions of actual spacecraft. We even got to speak with actual astronauts. 396 Reply ↑ Share • tylerjehenna 15h ago The space shuttle Atlantis experience will absolutely blow anyone away, doesn't matter how into space stuff you are 53 Reply ↑ Share ...
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    pancakecel · 18h ago I think that the underground tour in Seattle is worth the money, and I am a native of WA State. At least the last time that I went it was worth the price of the ticket. It is so unique and the guides do a good job. Also, Pike Place Market is a place that I as a local genuinely enjoy and visit for my own purposes. I go there to eat at the Sound View Cafe and buy incense at Tenzing Momo. There are some things that are overpriced but there are some things that locals love. 193

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