# Where do you really want to go sightseeing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 22, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059 "2019-08-22T14:49:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/1 "2019-08-22T14:49:51Z")
Let’s say you get a free week to go sightseeing anywhere in the world, and it has to be somewhere you’ve never been to before: Where do you go? I would love to spend a week relaxing and sightseeing in Catalonia. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/2 "2019-08-22T14:53:00Z")
African safari. I like looking at wild animals. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/3 "2019-08-22T14:54:22Z")
A week only? ☹ If I can get teleported there, Sidney with side trips to not-so-built-up areas relatively close by\*. If not, Cartagena de Indias (Colombia) has been in my bucket list for ages. - Some of the people on Instant Hotel are absolutely smackable, or at least playing it so. But damn, Australia has some seriously pretty places that I’d never heard of. Would need at least one year to have a really good look, though. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/4 "2019-08-22T15:56:24Z")
Bali. I want to see terraced rice paddies, decorated penjor poles, and tropical fruit or flowers growing. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/5 "2019-08-22T16:01:45Z")
London ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/6 "2019-08-22T16:03:33Z")
The moon? Apollo 11 took a bit over 8 days, but I’m assuming with technological improvements over the last 50 years, they can speed up the journey by 15.5%. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/7 "2019-08-22T16:04:35Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > African safari. I like looking at wild animals. This is the first thing that came to mind. It’s on my bucket list. Cairo, Copenhagen, and a return trip to Washington DC would also be good. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/8 "2019-08-22T16:08:01Z")
Scotland and Ireland ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/9 "2019-08-22T16:38:49Z")
I’ve already done the African Safari thing, but I wouldn’t mind doing it again. But my first choice would probably be to go to the Galapagos Islands and look at different wild animals. New Zealand would be fun, too. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/10 "2019-08-22T16:44:12Z")
Norway/Sweden/Poland/Iceland. One of those countries to see the Northern Lights. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/11 "2019-08-22T16:51:07Z")
Iceland — a high ratio of scenic places per square mile. gImages, Iceland scenery — [https://is.gd/w5qhsj](https://is.gd/w5qhsj) ETA, I had a military stopover in Keflavik NAS, for 2 hours. I walked around the tarmac a bit. So while I’ve been there, I really haven’t _been_ to Iceland. I hope this counts! ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/12 "2019-08-22T18:54:35Z")
Only a week? Probably Belize or Costa Rica, since those aren’t too far away for a week-long trip to be worthwhile. If I could teleport, like someone else suggested, I’d like to go to Petra or Angkor Wat. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/13 "2019-08-22T19:00:06Z")
You get to stay at your chosen location for a week-travel time is not counted. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/14 "2019-08-22T19:35:23Z")
Slovakia. Wanna see where my people come from (I kinda feel like it’s much like western Pennsylvania, where they went to. but with prettier views). ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/15 "2019-08-22T20:00:34Z")
I want to ride a horse across the Tibetan plateau. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/16 "2019-08-22T20:23:38Z")
Either Istanbul or the Orkney Islands. I’ll see them both before I die. Hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/17 "2019-08-22T20:38:49Z")
Just been watching the Arctic Race Of Norway on TV. Lordy, what a landscape. (It’s cycling, BTW - [here’s a sample so you can see what I mean.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6bJ_U3P3F4)) I was going to say that it’s pretty impractical, but if other options are teleportation to Sidney, and the Moon, then arctic Norway isn’t that unreasonable. All that amazing scenery - and a bike race. I’m sold. j ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/18 "2019-08-22T20:38:55Z")
The immediate places that come to mind for me are New Zealand or Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/19 "2019-08-22T21:23:42Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Slovakia. A true gem. Stunning alpine scenery, wonderful food & drink, (Slovakian beer in particular is one of the world’s “Undiscovered Treasures”) and warm, friendly people, all surrounded by a half-dozen other countries all with thier own unique cultures, languages and histories, making Slovakia ideal for a base to explore and discover Central and Eastern Europe. (The capital, Bratislava, is only an hour from Vienna, likely making them the two geographically closest national capitals on Earth) ---
**Author:** ![Wrenching\_Spanners](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecb155/32.png) [@Wrenching\_Spanners](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wrenching_Spanners)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2019, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059/20 "2019-08-22T22:21:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > You get to stay at your chosen location for a week-travel time is not counted. Oh, in that case K2-311b. I am, of course, ignoring the “in the world” stipulation in the OP. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-really-want-to-go-sightseeing/839059.md?page=2)