One solo traveller who often shares tips and clips from his overseas adventures with his online followers has named the five cities he’d ‘never go back to if his life depended on it’
Cathedral of León, Nicaragua(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Many people are often looking for new places to explore if they’re planning to go travelling, whether that be alone or in a group. However, one solo traveller who says he’s been to 60 countries has advised against the places you definitely shouldn’t go – according to him.
Lucas Brancatisano, who is known as @alocalguide_ on Instagram, often shares travel tips, experiences and clips from his overseas adventures with his 6,300 followers on the site. In one of his latest reels, he named the five cities he’s visited during his travels that he’d ‘never go back to if his life depended on it’.
1. New Delhi, India
Lucas described the Indian capital as a ‘whole new level of overstimulation’, saying that there’s pollution, noise, busses, horns and cows on the road, and claims that the sky is ‘filled with smog’.
He exclaimed: “It’s not for me, I don’t think I’ll ever go back.
“The rest of India in parts is absolutely lovely, but New Delhi… not for me.”
2. León, Nicaragua
The solo traveller described León as “sweaty and dangerous at night”. Lucas said Nicaragua itself is fantastic and he had a “great time” there in 2024, but that he just didn’t enjoy going to León. “I’ll never go back,” he said.
3. Oia, Santorini
Lucas exclaimed: “This place is my definition of hell,” as he describe the holiday spot.
He added: “In summer, getting sunburnt, 1,000 selfie sticks with everyone getting the same sunset photo.
“You can just look at it online, you don’t have to go and get a photo of it.
“Don’t go there, you’ll have a really bad time.”
4. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Lucas said he went to Phnom Penh in Cambodia “a long time ago”, but said that when he went there, all he remembers is a very built up city with lots of tyre shops and “not much going on”.
He added: “I could be wrong, and please let me know in the comment if I am wrong, because Phnom Penh maybe I would go back to.
5. Benidorm, Spain
The traveller descried Benidorm as “hell”, adding: “If you find yourself there and you’re not British, you’re in hell.
Lucas said there’s English breakfasts on every single menu there and loads of British people “rolling around”, as well as “pasty skin everywhere”, saying that it’s just “not a very nice place”.
He added: “If you’re in Spain and you’re going to Benidorm, you need tor rethink all the life choices you’ve made up to that point, because your’e in the wrong spot.”
Concluding his reel, Lucas exclaimed: “That’s my list, there’s not many I wouldn’t go back to, but they are five of them.”
Despite the post racking up more than 6,000 likes, some people had differing views.
One person wrote: “Will definitely go back to León in Nicaragua.”
While another added: “I was in Phnom Penh last year. It was very cool. Great riverside markets, river cruise, pubs and restaurants, temples. Beauty everywhere.”
A third chimed in: “I loved Oia!”
While a fourth added: “Benidorm to Brits is Cancun to Americans.”
A fifth chimed in: “Went to India, New Delhi, 10 years ago; the taxi just dropped me off in the city centre and left. I was so overwhelmed with everything going on that I sat down on the footpath and started to cry, a cow came out of nowhere and started to eat a cardboard box beside me.
“Locals stopped and started pointing at me and taking photos. Weirdest and best travel story I think I have, would I do it again? Hell ya haha.”