The beautiful European city so crowded visitors say it's 'like Disneyland'

The beauteous historical metropolis was 1 of the filming locations for Game of Thrones, but visitors person described it arsenic 'horribly touristy' and 'crowded'

Dubrovnik, the famed mediaeval pearl of Croatia, has been blasted by visitors connected Reddit arsenic overpriced and overrun with tourists. The historical city, celebrated for its walled Old Town - and much precocious for its appearances successful "Game of Thrones" - is struggling nether the value of its popularity.

Despite attempts to bounds numbers, it's not uncommon for implicit 1,000 cruise passengers to flood its streets each day. One unimpressed traveller posted: "Beautiful place, but it's horribly touristy, crowded and filled with cruise rider tours."

They added: "It's fundamentally Balkans Disneyworld successful each of the worst ways, with immoderate Croatian civilization that was determination agelong abandoned."

Another professional echoed these sentiments, saying: "Croatia is astonishing but this metropolis doesn't correspond it well. It's ace costly and very, precise touristy. Even worse erstwhile cruise ships rotation in. Explore the remainder of the state too."

For those wanting to acquisition Croatia without the chaos of Dubrovnik, the off-peak seasons oregon lesser-known spots mightiness beryllium the solution, reports the Express.

Rastoke, a hidden jewel conscionable 2 hours from Zagreb, offers enactment taking waterfalls and is an perfect spot for quality lovers dreaming of a fairy communicative escape.

Rastoke's enchanting landscapes person people spawned a big of legends, often featuring fairies said to person resided successful the locale. The Croatian tourism tract declares that these mystical beings are rumoured to person settled successful the municipality from "ancient times."

On their portal, it's mentioned: "These timid wood creatures person lived successful the Rastoke country since past times, and are mostly progressive astatine night, arsenic they usually debar people."

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