s/o Most underrated international destination?

[Anonymous]

Ok we should start. Separate thread for people who think Istanbul or Mexico City are undiscovered gems….

Back to the question in hand:

Northern Ireland
The area south of the Lake District in the UK, like Kirkby Lonsdale
Sumatra
Laos
Ljubljana
Pau and the French Pyrenees

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Anonymous wrote:Annecy, France. Super clean beautiful lake surrounded by mountains, warm enough to comfortably swim in in July and August. French food. 45 minutes from a major airport. 90 minutes from the heart of the French Alps. And yet I have met very few Americans or even Brits who have ever heard of it.

Went over 20 years ago on a People to People trip and LOVED it!

Yeah, it’s different now. Violence against children, especially babies & toddlers, is something I thought I would never see there.
I don’t know why pp wrote the above about Americans & Brits. There’s a small but mighty group of expats in Annecy, known as the “Venice of the Alps.”

Huh?

Do you read the news? The Syrian migrant that stabbed babies on an Annecy playground…

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Anonymous wrote:Annecy, France. Super clean beautiful lake surrounded by mountains, warm enough to comfortably swim in in July and August. French food. 45 minutes from a major airport. 90 minutes from the heart of the French Alps. And yet I have met very few Americans or even Brits who have ever heard of it.

Went over 20 years ago on a People to People trip and LOVED it!

Yeah, it’s different now. Violence against children, especially babies & toddlers, is something I thought I would never see there.
I don’t know why pp wrote the above about Americans & Brits. There’s a small but mighty group of expats in Annecy, known as the “Venice of the Alps.”

Huh?

Do you read the news? The Syrian migrant that stabbed babies on an Annecy playground…

You mean the mentally deranged person who stabbed babies on the playground?

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Estonia
Bulgaria
+1 Northern Ireland

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Anonymous wrote:Ok we should start. Separate thread for people who think Istanbul or Mexico City are undiscovered gems….

Back to the question in hand:

Northern Ireland
The area south of the Lake District in the UK, like Kirkby Lonsdale
Sumatra
Laos
Ljubljana
Pau and the French Pyrenees

Separate thread for a**holes might be a better idea

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Cuba

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Anonymous wrote:Please don’t think I am a troll but Russia, at least st Pete and Moscow.
Was there in 2019 and it blew me away. Hopefully there is still going back to what was.

I’ve been saying for years that it’s a terrible place to go because you are supporting an absouktelt psychotic regime and putting yourself at some risk. I lived there in the 90s and loved it but would not go since at least 2014. I’m not optimistic about returning anytime soon, or about what it will look like in decades. The soviets did many things badly but they did a pretty great job at maintaining national cultural institutions. The kleptokrat lunatics who run it now are only in it for themselves and prefer to vacation abroad anyway.

[Anonymous]

+1 on Northern Ireland and on Mexico’s interior colonial towns.

I think Chile does not get enough love. People flock to Europe and seem to prefer Peru, Columbia and Argentina, but Chile is beautiful and has a little bit of everything. And I think Santiago is not so overwhelming as many of the other South American capitals.

Also the baltics maybe? I’ve been to Riga and it was great. Like a cross between Sweden and Russia. Go now before outin starts getting an itch to travel north!

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Anonymous wrote:Palm Springs and Puerto Rico are not international.

My word…

lol you need refresh your geology. Puerto is its own island; of course it’s another country.

Please be a joke, please be a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:Ok we should start. Separate thread for people who think Istanbul or Mexico City are undiscovered gems….

Back to the question in hand:

Northern Ireland
The area south of the Lake District in the UK, like Kirkby Lonsdale
Sumatra
Laos
Ljubljana
Pau and the French Pyrenees

Read the OP. Underrated, not undiscovered.

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

So, I guess you don't spend anymore here in the US - where women are second class citizens.

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Peru

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

So, I guess you don't spend anymore here in the US - where women are second class citizens.

?
If the US ever becomes a country where women cannot drive, or go anywhere without permission or escort from a male relative, I might agree with you, but that isn't the case here.

As much as I am for women's choice, the US is nowhere near a country that treats its women like second class citizens.

You need to learn about how Qatar, Dubai, etc.. treats its women.

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

So, I guess you don't spend anymore here in the US - where women are second class citizens.

?
If the US ever becomes a country where women cannot drive, or go anywhere without permission or escort from a male relative, I might agree with you, but that isn't the case here.

As much as I am for women's choice, the US is nowhere near a country that treats its women like second class citizens.

You need to learn about how Qatar, Dubai, etc.. treats its women.

So, I'm not American and having lived in Bahrain I'm pretty sure I know how women are treated in the areas you mention. Why do I suspect you don't even have a passport.

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Anonymous wrote:Qatar. I think it is kind of a place most people wouldn't think to vacation. We absolutely loved it and I was pretty shocked by what a great time I had (i admittedly didn't know much about it before we went)

IDK.. I don't think I like the idea of spending my money in a country where women are second class citizens. Just doesn't feel right to me.

So, I guess you don't spend anymore here in the US - where women are second class citizens.

?
If the US ever becomes a country where women cannot drive, or go anywhere without permission or escort from a male relative, I might agree with you, but that isn't the case here.

As much as I am for women's choice, the US is nowhere near a country that treats its women like second class citizens.

You need to learn about how Qatar, Dubai, etc.. treats its women.

So, I'm not American and having lived in Bahrain I'm pretty sure I know how women are treated in the areas you mention. Why do I suspect you don't even have a passport.

Because you're kinda dumb.

I have been all over Europe; my spouse is European.

Certain countries in that region are better than others, and Bahrain is one, but it still has a long way to go regarding women's rights. They treat foreign women differently than locals. Being "not American", I would hope you know that.

But, places like Qatar? They are still backwards when it comes to women's rights.