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Five destinations you only need to visit once
Once you've seen the Leaning Tower, there's no other reason to spend time in Pisa.Credit: Shutterstock
Some destinations give you little reason to return. Here are five places you won't want to revisit.
AGRA, INDIA
AgraCredit: Alamy
It's hard to overstate just how impressive the Taj Mahal is in real life. This marble mausoleum is truly dazzling; everyone should see it. However, once that's out of the way, there's no need to spend time in its shabby home city, Agra. And no reason to return.
JAKARTA, INDONESIA
Jakarta's famous traffic.Credit: Alamy
Perhaps you like traffic jams. In that case, Jakarta is going to rock your world. You'll spend more time trying to get to places than actually being there. For everyone else, the Indonesian capital is a place to call through once and then swear to avoid.
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL
Sao Paolo: A sprawling metropolisCredit: Alamy
Sao Paulo is great. It's big and bustling and lively. It has an edge to it. It has style. It has character. It's also, however, a sprawling megalopolis with a serious crime problem. Worth seeing once, but probably not again.
ULAN BAATOR, MONGOLIA
UB: Not worth itCredit: Shutterstock
You should visit Mongolia's capital city to access everything that makes Mongolia amazing: the wide-open spaces of the Steppe, the nomadic culture of its people, the history of a once-feared nation. Those things are worth experiencing again. But UB? No.
PISA, ITALY
Pisa: Little to hold your attentionCredit: Shutterstock
Obviously, you want to see the Leaning Tower. And you should, too, as it's pretty spectacular. However, this is purely an exercise in box-ticking. Once you've seen the tower you've seen it, and there's little else in Pisa to hold your attention.
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