Tourist traps: Why you should skip Stonehenge, Times Square and the Leaning Tower of Pisa

Taylor Bell
Read this before spending your time and money to visit Stonehenge, the Empire State Building and the Mona Lisa.

Vacation time is precious — many people save money throughout the year to take a trip that will hopefully satisfy their wanderlust and tick some items off the bucket list. So, nothing feels worse than when the reality of your destination is a huge drop-off from your fantasy.

Perhaps you fell for the hype or didn’t do enough research, but after laying down your hard-earned cash to see disappointing tourist attractions, you have every right to feel a little peeved.

Save yourself the sour grapes by avoiding the most overrated tourist attractions. GoBankingRates.com calls out 14 tourist traps that you should skip.

Their overrated list includes:

1. Stonehenge — Stonehenge, England

2. Blarney Stone — County Cork, Ireland

3. Empire State Building — New York City

4. Times Square — New York City

5. 'Mona Lisa' — Paris

6. Trevi Fountain — Rome

7. Pyramids of Giza — Cairo, Egypt

8. The Alamo — San Antonio

9. The Leaning Tower of Pisa — Pisa, Italy

10. Hobbiton — Hamilton, New Zealand

11. Sydney Fish Market — Sydney

12. Hollywood Walk of Fame — Los Angeles

13. Cancun — Mexico

14. Big Ben — London

GoBankingRates.com also have a list of 20 sites that are actually worth it your time and money.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 14 tourist traps you should skip: Stonehenge, Pisa, Times Square