Underrated Travel List

January 28, 2023

This list was crowd-sourced from Farcaster users in early 2023. It’s a collection of underrated and overlooked places to visit — a travel aficionado’s bucket list.

US & Canada

• Auburn, AL
• Nelson, BC
• Squamish, BC
• Tofino, BC
• Victoria, BC
• Big Sur, CA
• Calistoga, CA
• Carmel, CA
• Encinitas, CA
• Half Moon Bay, CA
• Mammoth Lakes, CA
• South Pasadena, CA
• Crested Butte, CO
• Ouray, CO
• Salida, CO
• Telluride, CO
• Pāʻia, HI
• Stanley, ID
• Noblesville, IN
• Portland, ME
• Traverse City, MI
• Starkville, MS
• Bozeman, MT
• Helena, MT
• Whitefish, MT
• Beaufort, NC
• Cary, NC
• Hanover, NH
• Taos, NM
• East Aurora, NY
• Red Hook, NY
• Ashland, OR
• Bend, OR
• Charleston, SC
• Townsend, TN
• Marfa, TX
• Eastsound, Orcas Island, WA
• Leavenworth, WA
• Lynden, WA
• Jackson, WY

Europe

• Zell am See, Austria
• Bruges, Belgium
• Odense, Denmark
• Aix-en-Provence, France
• Metz, France
• Bergamo, Italy
• Lucca, Italy
• Maranello, Italy
• Merano, Italy
• Modena, Italy
• San Gimignano, Italy
• Tropea, Italy
• Varenna, Italy
• Užupis, Vilnius, Lithuania
• Ålesund, Norway
• Aveiro, Portugal
• San Sebastián, Spain
• Santander, Spain
• Santiago de Compostela, Spain
• Lugano, Switzerland
• Montreux, Switzerland
• Zermatt, Switzerland

Asia Pacific

• Cairns, Australia
• Perth, Australia
• Paro, Bhutan
• Punakha, Bhutan
• Kampot, Cambodia
• Siem Reap, Cambodia
• Almora, India
• Amritsar, India
• Dharamshala, India
• Fort Kochi, India
• McLeodganj, India
• Ubud, Bali, Indonesia
• Kanazawa, Japan
• Koyasan, Japan
• Nozawa Onsen, Japan
• Takayama, Japan
• Luang Prabang, Laos
• Pokhara, Nepal
• Queenstown, New Zealand
• Raglan, New Zealand
• Busan, South Korea
• Gyeongju, South Korea
• Jeonju, South Korea
• Ella, Sri Lanka
• Jaffna, Sri Lanka
• Jiufen, Taiwan
• Taitung, Taiwan
• Chiang Khan, Thailand
• Pai, Thailand
• Hội An, Vietnam

Central & South America

• Colonia Suiza, Bariloche, Argentina
• El Bolsón, Argentina
• San Martín de los Andes, Argentina
• Tigre Delta, Argentina
• Villa La Angostura, Argentina
• Brasília, Brazil
• Paraty, Brazil
• Cochamó, Chile
• Frutillar, Chile
• Pucón, Chile
• Barichara, Colombia
• Jardín, Colombia
• Salento, Colombia
• Villa de Leyva, Colombia
• Montezuma, Costa Rica
• Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
• Cuenca, Ecuador
• Mindo, Ecuador
• Vilcabamba, Ecuador
• Sayulita, Mexico
• Tepoztlán, Mexico
• Valle de Bravo, Mexico
• Ollantaytambo, Peru
• Pisac, Peru
• Urubamba, Peru
• Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay

Africa

• Ouidah, Benin
• Lamu, Kenya
• Nanyuki, Kenya
• Watamu, Kenya
• Fianarantsoa, Madagascar
• Nosy Be, Madagascar
• Asilah, Morocco
• Chefchaouen, Morocco
• El Jadida, Morocco
• Essaouira, Morocco
• Marrakech, Morocco
• Taroudant, Morocco
• Saint-Louis, Senegal
• Clarens, South Africa
• Franschhoek, South Africa
• Hermanus, South Africa
• Paternoster, South Africa
• Prince Albert, South Africa
• Arusha, Tanzania
• Moshi, Tanzania
• Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania