While someone’s idea of paradise is someone else’s impression of holiday hell, check out www.worstholidays.com for inspiration on places to avoid when booking a break. Don’t forget to take with a large pinch of salt.

According to the website, Norway tops the list as the world’s worst holiday destination, billed as the most expensive place in the world.

You can expect to pay $660 for hiring a small car, then easily pour $70 into crossing toll bridges.  And eating out on a budget is great, if you like hot dogs, which at  $7 a pop are the cheapest food around (and that’s from the street vendors).

However, if you’re looking for a chav free holiday, this is the place to go.  Another reader writes “I imagine the ‘pricey-ness’ would keep the rif-raff out, and that’s good thing.”

Other least favoured destinations include bizarrely Costa Rica, which is also blamed for being overpriced and touristy.  In France, the website claims people are arrogant, especially when it comes to visitors inability to speak French, and blasts the the country’s scenery as being unspectacular and urban areas as dirty.

Indonesia is blacklisted for being overly humid, while India is said to be swamped by bureaucracy making moving around a challenge, and where everyone’s out to make a fast buck.

Most bizarrely, creeping into numbers nine and ten in the websites “top ten” of worst places to go is Iraq and Afghanistan. Looks like you’ll be dodging a bullet if you avoid booking a break to these destinations.

Friday 4 September 2009 12:47 | Published by a.smith | Categoriy: Interesting Stuff