The disappointed tourists of Yelp - CNN.com [View all]

[MattSh]

(CNN)The online review site Yelp isn't just a place to compare local dry cleaners or find out if anyone, ever, has patronized the shady, constantly shuttered takeaway joint on your corner.

It's also a handy tool for the international tourist, with users leaving feedback on everything from the quality of the eggs at Las Vegas casino breakfast buffets to the lines at Paris's Musee du Louvre.

Yelp's users are, primarily, an enthusiastic and appreciative bunch.

"Michelangelo, you really outdid yourself," user Kathryn W. of Long Island notes approvingly of the Sistine Chapel, in a characteristically positive review.

But for a small but vocal minority of Yelp's unhappiest travelers, the world is full of disappointing discoveries.

Such as:

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Old things sometimes look old

New York's Statue of Liberty: "As a proud American I wanted to love this, but was grossly underwhelmed... Old Lady Liberty is just that... old."
-- Nicholas H., San Francisco

Rome's Colosseum: "Yes, it looks great at night but put some lights up on that abandoned GM Assembly Plant in Detroit and you'd have about the same thing without any long visitor lines."
-- Marqus R., Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Istanbul's Hagia Sophia: "There is nothing much to see inside and the place is falling apart. I get that it is ancient but I have to ask where the entrance fee funds are going."
--Camie T., London


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