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Edinburgh Castle ranked as Europe’s busiest tourist destination

Edinburgh Castle is the most overcrowded tourist attraction in Europe, with the likes of Buckingham Palace, Venice’s Grand Canal and the iconic Louvre all making the top 10.






Edinburgh Castle is the most overcrowded tourist attraction in Europe, with the likes of Buckingham Palace, Venice’s Grand Canal and the iconic Louvre all making the top 10.

Travel website The Thinking Traveller conducted the analysis using Tripadvisor reviews, filtering by keywords and phrases linked to overcrowding, such as “too busy”. Through this method, each landmark got a score for combined references to overcrowding.

Edinburgh Castle ranked top of the list with 1,184, while Buckingham Palace came second with 1,112. Siam Park in Tenerife on the Canary Islands was third with 1,096.

The top 10 include:

1: Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. 1184.
2: Buckingham Palace, England. 1112.
3: Siam Park, Tenerife, Spain. 1096.
4: Canal Grande, Venice, Italy. 992.
5: The Roman Baths, Bath, England. 990.
6: Tower of London, England. 965.
7: Louvre Museum, Paris, France. 924.
8: Acropolis, Athens, Greece. 905.
9: The British Museum, London, England. 900.
10: Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France. 899.


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Edinburgh Castle ranked as Europe’s busiest tourist destination

Edinburgh Castle is the most overcrowded tourist attraction in Europe, with the likes of Buckingham Palace, Venice’s Grand Canal and the iconic Louvre all making the top 10.






Edinburgh Castle is the most overcrowded tourist attraction in Europe, with the likes of Buckingham Palace, Venice’s Grand Canal and the iconic Louvre all making the top 10.

Travel website The Thinking Traveller conducted the analysis using Tripadvisor reviews, filtering by keywords and phrases linked to overcrowding, such as “too busy”. Through this method, each landmark got a score for combined references to overcrowding.

Edinburgh Castle ranked top of the list with 1,184, while Buckingham Palace came second with 1,112. Siam Park in Tenerife on the Canary Islands was third with 1,096.

The top 10 include:

1: Edinburgh Castle, Scotland. 1184.
2: Buckingham Palace, England. 1112.
3: Siam Park, Tenerife, Spain. 1096.
4: Canal Grande, Venice, Italy. 992.
5: The Roman Baths, Bath, England. 990.
6: Tower of London, England. 965.
7: Louvre Museum, Paris, France. 924.
8: Acropolis, Athens, Greece. 905.
9: The British Museum, London, England. 900.
10: Musee d’Orsay, Paris, France. 899.


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