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21 underrated destinations in Europe for 2025

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  • 1st November 2024 at 15:25
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    #711467
    freckles 245 posts

    Time out have published a list of lesser travelled destinations:

    https://www.timeout.com/europe/travel/most-underrated-travel-destinations-europe

    One that does surprise me is Pamukkale in Turkey – I’m sure Turkey themselves wanted to specifically limit numbers to avoid damage to the pools!

    Our friend Plovdiv makes an appearance – that could mean an end to quiet visits from Sofia trips.

    1st November 2024 at 23:27
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    MF176 251 posts

    What a horrible ad-riddled pop up nightmare of a website to scroll through!

    1st November 2024 at 23:34
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    #711722
    BA Flyer IHG Stayer 2,820 posts

    Next year they’ll be on a list of “21 destinations spoilt by over tourism”

    2nd November 2024 at 00:55
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    #711725
    TGLoyalty 1,229 posts
    MF176 wrote:

    What a horrible ad-riddled pop up nightmare of a website to scroll through!

    Exactly my thoughts

    2nd November 2024 at 07:08
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    #711741
    JDB 5,811 posts
    BA Flyer IHG Stayer wrote:

    Next year they’ll be on a list of “21 destinations spoilt by over tourism”

    Yes, I dread it when people publish these lists in case places one likes appear. Generally, they are also way behind the times or there’s a hidden reason somewhere isn’t popular. One is much better doing one’s own research / making ones own discoveries.

    2nd November 2024 at 10:33
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    #711812
    redlilly 145 posts

    Nooooooooo !! The dreaded lists. A bit like the Lonely Planet chosen countries by year. I scroll hoping that certain places aren’t listed.

    Thankfully a handful of the better places on this Time Out list are still quite difficult/time consuming to get too, so won’t be spoilt by over tourism any time soon.

    Agree with @JBD – best to make ones own discoveries.

    2nd November 2024 at 10:48
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    #711819
    masaccio 931 posts
    MF176 wrote:

    What a horrible ad-riddled pop up nightmare of a website to scroll through!

    Thought it was average on my iPad. There are plenty of worse offenders.

    Wanderlust used to be a great mag, but over half the articles are now sponsored content. I guess it’s hard to make the model work these days. Still, it’s not as bad as CN Traveller which seems to be entirely content free.

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