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When we visited Iceland a few years ago in January, I was amazed at the busloads of tourists hitting the most popular spots. Apparently, it's no less popular in January than July.
Anyway, it wasn't the number of tourists that I found annoying. It was their general poor behavior. Crossing chains with "DANGER" signs around Geysir and waterfalls, getting too close to the ocean near the black sands, etc. Just dumb **** that gets people killed (and access for the rest of us limited).
That and selfie sticks. Holy crap. SO MANY SELFIE STICKS. Though I gotta admit watching Gucci-shoe-wearing-Chinese tourists sprint out of their buses across muddy/gravelly terrain to get a selfie without a crowd in the scene was humorous.
Anyways, if you want to visit someplace that's famous (either for real, or just Instagram-famous), go off-hours/off-season. Or just go someplace else. When we did our Italy trip, we just got to the big sites well before opening so we were near first in line. Getting into the Coliseum before organized tours started was worth the early wake-up. Same for Uffizi.
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10-07-2024, 12:09 PM
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