S/O Places you’ve visited with an amazing vibe/energy

[Anonymous]

I am not really for the tropics but I fell in love with Manuel Antonio CR. I just love the people and the little beaches there. I love the food of MA and pretty much everything about it. I've been to a lot of places, far and wide, some reason MA is where I feel most comfortable. I speak 4 languages but not even Spanish! Hahaha.

I studied in Europe and speak French from school years, native Mandarin as my family from China. I had a Russian au pair more or less raise me from ages 6-12 so speak some Russian and of course English.

There are many beautiful and interesting places I've enjoyed but MA for me is what I call the ultimate good energy place. Can't really explain it because I wasn't smitten with all of CR - just MA.

[Anonymous]

London
Tel Aviv
Belgrade
Rio de Janeiro
Montreal
Vienna
Tokyo

[Anonymous]

Crete has amazing vibes.

[Anonymous]

Paris - loved it so much I moved there

Cinque Terre 20 years ago, wish I could go back in time

Hanoi

Seville

Big Sur

[Anonymous]

Anegada in the British Virgin Islands with the most amazing beach (cow wreck) that I’ve ever been to just had a vibe of both joy and peacefulness I’ve never experienced elsewhere.

Ghent Belgium something about the river and castles just had a swept back in time vibe more so than other places.

And probably my most controversial choice: Cleveland: there is just a heart to Cleveland and surprising vibrancy.

[Anonymous]

Porto was better than Lisbon imho.

Basically everywhere on the water in Croatia is awesome…especially after dark.

Walking around Rome after dinner in the dark on summer nights—lively and fun.

Benidorm is the bomb if you like to party. No place like it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is such a DCUM thread. Oozing privilege and one upsmanship.

It's a thread about something "amazing" that stands out in the world. Some posters are likely writing about once-in-a-lifetime trips, whereas others may go more frequently, but nobody seems to be specifying.

Are you unable to read about globally amazing places without either expecting them to be cheap and easy to access, or without jealousy? Then the title of the thread should have been enough.

I grew up poor and live very frugally myself, but I've been to a couple of these places. I can also read well enough to avoid the thread, if I don't like it.

[Anonymous]

Brazil.

[Anonymous]

Sintra, Portugal. Breathtakingly beautiful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brazil.

+1

[Anonymous]

Iceland. The whole country is amazing.

[Anonymous]

Vienna: Upscale, festive, scale of architecture (buildings a few stories taller than Paris), wide pedestrian malls, all the Hapsburg imperial buildings, arts and music. We've been and summer and Thanksgiving week, and loved it both times -- but I would say it was even more vibrant in late November, with the Christmas lights and markets, festive crowds who seem to come from all over Europe to do their holiday shopping, go to concerts, etc. A really wonderful energy there. Hope to return again and again.

Luxembourg (city): Fantastic place; so nice that I wonder whether people intentionally try to keep it a secret, because no one ever seems to write about it. Like Vienna, it is very upscale with its shops, restaurants, etc., but on a much smaller scale. Old town is lovely, wonderful squares. Stunning setting -- on a huge gorge with remnants of the once-massive fortifications. Beautiful. Kind and extremely welcoming to tourists. Public transit (trams, buses) is clean, frequent and completely free. Saturdays are full of families coming out for market on Place d'Armes, walking, shopping and just enjoying the sidewalk cafes.

Split: There's nothing like sitting in a cafe on the Riva, sipping an Aperol spritz and watching the boats sailing by in the harbor. The beautiful white stone of the pedestrianized old town, which is built right into and among the substantial ruins of Diocletian's Palace. Just a lovely place to wander and explore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is such a DCUM thread. Oozing privilege and one upsmanship.

It's a thread about something "amazing" that stands out in the world. Some posters are likely writing about once-in-a-lifetime trips, whereas others may go more frequently, but nobody seems to be specifying.

Are you unable to read about globally amazing places without either expecting them to be cheap and easy to access, or without jealousy? Then the title of the thread should have been enough.

I grew up poor and live very frugally myself, but I've been to a couple of these places. I can also read well enough to avoid the thread, if I don't like it.

I could dazzle most people, including most on this thread, with a list of the "amazing" places I have visited all over the world, but I'm not that pretentious.

[Anonymous]

I think Lebanon/Beirut have a great vibe despite all their troubles.
Mexico City
Ibiza

[Anonymous]

Queenstown, New Zealand. It is an outdoor sports junkie heaven.