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Read the dregs of Tripadvisor and you’ll find a negative spin on anything. Taj Mahal? Too spacious. The Red Sea? Too wet. Ocean Beach? Too sandy. New York? Too many buildings.
When it comes to Australia, some of the worst offenders are: The Sydney Opera House (111 ‘terrible’ Tripadvisor reviews), The Sydney Harbour Bridge (18 ‘terrible’ Tripadvisor reviews) and the Sydney Tower Eye Observation deck (103 ‘terrible’ Tripadvisor reviews).
If you’re sensing a common theme, it’s Sydney.
While other Tripadvisor attractions, like Melbourne’s National Gallery of Victoria, don’t escape unscathed (at the time of writing it has 42 ‘terrible’ Tripadvisor reviews), Sydney’s reputation for being ‘all show no go’ precedes itself, with a small minority of Tripadvisor critics gagging to ‘destroy’ it with their three clicks of fame.