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Overrated European City and Underrated European City
What do you think is the most overrated and underrated European city.
—Anonymous (2757 views)

224 replies08/19/2015
Most overrated: Budapest. That corny "the new Prague" nickname is very misleading and set my expectations way too high. Good museums and some wonderful buildings, but the city as a whole just isn't very inviting.

Most underrated: Naples. Most people connect it with garbage problems and mafia and only use it as a jump-off point to the Amalfi Coast and Capri, but the city itself is also gorgeous and has some of the best and cheapest restaurants I've ever visited. And the city's breathtaking natural setting in the bay of Naples beneath the Mount Vesuvius is second only to that of Rio in my opinion.

—Anonymous

reply 108/19/2015
And I would say the MOST underrated is Budapest. Much more inviting that Prague, with great food, baths, and truly the Paris of the East.

Most over rated Prague. Loaded with people trying to sell you everything at every turn, truly tacky.

—Anonymous

reply 208/19/2015
I never, ever, ever, ever want to travel with [R1]. What appalling taste!

—Anonymous

reply 308/19/2015
Overrated: London, Madrid, Rome, Brussels

Underrated: Lyon, Thessaloniki, Split, Trieste, Antwerp

Never found Euro capital cities worth a look (ok, except for Paris). The smaller cities provide much better insight into the country's culture and beauty.

—Anonymous

reply 408/19/2015
I found Zurich unbearably clean and Naples unbearable dirty.

—Anonymous

reply 508/19/2015
Underrated: Madrid

Overrated: Barcelona

—Anonymous

reply 608/19/2015
Plus one for Zurich. That city is so restrictive that you could put coal up a Zurchite's arse and get a diamond. Underrated...I'll say Palma de Mallorca, Lisbon and Lyon.

—Anonymous

reply 708/19/2015
Underrated: Lisbon Overrated: Venice

—Anonymous

reply 808/19/2015
Walking around Zurich, I thought, "OK, now I know what it was like to live in Nazi Germany."

—Anonymous

reply 908/19/2015
I agree with many of these.

—Anonymous

reply 1008/19/2015
Never found Euro capital cities worth a look.
Rome... with it's centuries of art and architecture? Not worth a look? Oh dear...

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[R8] Venice is a chore during tourist season, but see it in the winter. It delivers and there is no place like it on earth.

—Anonymous

reply 1108/19/2015
Most underrated: MIlan.

—Anonymous

reply 1208/19/2015
ooops...Milan

—Anonymous

reply 1308/19/2015
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