r/travel • u/Obstetrix • 5d ago

Question What is a “slept on” destination you loved?

What it says on the tin, what is a place you traveled to that you absolutely loved but which isn’t commonly recommended as a destination? A place where if you tell people you enjoyed visiting XYZ they say “you went where?”

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u/MastiffArmy 5d ago

I loved that it’s a coastal city with a huge waterfront. I enjoyed walking around for hours through the city and along the water. I found it to be very colorful, lots of great food, beautiful water, friendly people, just overall very vibrant. And easy access to ferries to Zanzibar. I’ll add that I have been to many African cities and have mostly enjoyed wandering around most of them. I’m not saying I want to live there. But to visit, yes.

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u/a_gish 5d ago

That’s good to know! I’ll have to check it out a bit more if I make it back there. We stayed near the waterfront but I wasn’t quite so adventurous as I usually am because I had my kid with me. We did drive around quite a bit and looked for things we usually like (local museums, markets, etc), but didn’t find a ton to do. But we loooooved Zanzibar and our time at the parks!