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Quotes About Sightseeing

of Bloemendaal was said to be one of the most beautiful in Holland. I had never seen it, only the trees at
~ Corrie Ten Boom
I have never been to a museum in Hong Kong, or a movie or a play. I've never gone club-hopping. I've never taken the tram to Victoria Peak.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing."
~ Daniel J. Boorstin
I've been to Madame Tussaud's. Three times.
~ David Luiz
Wherever I go, I try to see all the local markets and places which are popular in the city.
~ Mukesh Rishi
Tourism is the march of stupidity.
~ Don DeLillo
He was determined to be the most touristy tourist who had ever touristed
~ John Scalzi
The vacation month On August 15, the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin, known as Ferragosto , is a signal for working life to come to a standstill. Families head for the beaches or go walking in the hills. Vacation villas such as this one, in the Italian Alps, are popular with Italians and tourists alike, for skiing or sightseeing vacations.
~ Unknown
Most of the other visitors were chained to their audio guides, looking only at what their little headsets told them was worth seeing.
~ Dara Horn, The World to Come
Turistii se adunau de acum in batalioane organizate inaintea catedralei, mitraliindu-I fatada cu o docilitate unaninma. In sort sau in bermude atacau plini de hotarare locurile sfinte, cu degetul pe tragaciul camerei de luat vederi, gata sa-l surprinda pe Dumnezeu in flagrant delict. Turistul nu crede in lucruri decat dupa ce le-a transfigurat in poze.
~ Pascal Bruckner
Not much of a day for sight-seeing," Pamela said, "but that's Trafalgar Square off to the right." I looked over my shoulder and caught sight of the National Gallery on one side and Buckingham Palace on the other and figured I had filled my culture quota for the trip.
~ Paul Levine
It was a funny thing, he thought, that when you live all your life in a place, you almost never do the things that tourists go there to do—like walk on the beach or go swimming in the ocean. He couldn't remember the last time he went swimming. He wasn't even sure he still owned a bathing suit. It was like something he had heard about New York—that half the people who live in the city never go to the top of the Empire State Building or visit the Statue of Liberty.
~ Peter Benchley