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  • Eiffel Tower 'most disappointing' tourist spot

    08/16/2007 11:15:51 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 240 replies · 4,919+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 8/17/2007 | Natalie Paris
    The Eiffel Tower is "frustratingly overcrowded and overpriced" while Stonehenge is "just a load of old rocks" according to a report which has named the top ten most disappointing tourist spots. The Eiffel Tower topped the blacklist The Louvre's Mona Lisa and New York's Times Square also have difficulty enticing tourists to rush back, the survey reveals. Even Egypt's great pyramids, the eighth wonder of the world, made the list of underwhelming and overrated attractions, because of the oppressive heat and the persistent hawkers. But top of the list was Paris's famous tower, which almost a quarter of the 1,000...