There are many cities, that I not just want to visit again, but I am already excited for a future hypothetical revisiting. But there are also cities, that I would probably not «waste» a travel to see them again. There are many many cities and not much time to visit them all, so these are the ones, I would (probably) not go again to.
- Bucharest
To start off on a positive note, Romania is beautiful. The city of Cluj-Napoca and the county of Maramureș with its picturesque monasteries made a great impression on me, when I visited them, but the country’s capital did not. From my point of view, it was not very beautiful and a little bit chaotic. It had a «used-to-be-communist» feeling and not many beautiful buildings or spaces of green. The only reason I would think about visiting again, was because I was quite young, when I first visited, so maybe I would have a different perspective now, but for the most part, if you plan to visit Romania, another place would be better, in my opinion.
- Bratislava
It’s not a bad city for one visit, that is certain. It has the beauty of Central Europe, with its castle and interesting architecture and it also has modern buildings, like the UFO tower. The reason why I wouldn’t be revisiting, is that it is quite a small city, and with not much to set it apart from other Central European cities. So if you go there once you will probably see most, if not all, the things you are planning to and another visit would not be worth it.
- Düsseldorf
A city in Germany, I ended up at for a day, waiting for a flight. It is not a very pretty city, but it has its nice spots, like near the river and in some green parks, but it doesn’t have that many things to do, so you will be seeing most things you want the first time, no need for repeats.
- Kaunas
The second biggest city in Lithuania. I enjoyed my time there, as it is a small beautiful city, with its riverside, castle, churches and even some weird museums, like the Devil Museum. But is it worth more than one visit? I would say no, a couple of days will probably be enough for most to do all of the exploring.
- Riga
The capital of Latvia and probably the one I will be quite negative about. It has its charm,mostly within the old town and the House of the Black Heads, where I was spending most of my time. When I was leaving that spot, the city had a completely different feeling, it was rather sad, with «communist» style buildings, in dark soulless colors, it was not a pretty sight. There were still nice spots, baroque houses and a pretty interesting library, but it is, in whole, a city I won’t be going back soon.
- Kuala Lumpur
I have a whole article on that city on this website if you want more details, but, briefly, except for the Petronas Twin Towers and the area around them and the Batu Caves which were a little outside of the city (maybe some others buildings here and there as well), there is really not much to do, for more than two or three days. My advice, just use it as a hub, walk around for two days and then continue to your next destination.
- Bangkok
Amazing Buddhist temples, the most beautiful ones I have ever seen, but apart from that, you will be greeted, with mostly western, tourists letting loose and many, many tourists traps, as well as, for me, feeling the most unsafe I have ever felt in a city (although not a lot in general). But if that sounds like something you would enjoy then go ahead, but I think if I would ever visit Thailand again, it would not be for Bangkok (again there is a whole article if you want more details).
- (Singapore)
That is not a straightforward «not traveling again» city (/country for this one), hence the parenthesis. Singapore is one of the most extraordinary and futuristic places I have ever been to and I am excited to go again, but it is small. Changi airport is a big hub, so if you pass often just stay a day in Singapore and walk around, next time do the same and every time I am sure something new will come up. Singapore might not be for a full time visit, but for many small ones, it is perfect.
Closing off this list, I want to say that this is my opinion and my preferences, which cities are going to be your favorite, really depends on personal taste. I have even changed my opinion on Athens, a city that I really disliked the first time, after visiting again, so nothing stops me changing it for these places, too. I made this list as some short of opinion guide that might help someone looking into which cities to visit. Finally, a city is not a whole country (I guess except for when it is, eg. Singapore). Like I said in the begging I might not have liked Bucharest, but I did like Cluj-Napoca, so every country has more and less interesting parts to show. So, travel safely!
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