The latest TripAdvisor survey has put Moscow right behind Londonfor offering travelers the worst cuisine in Europe.
As compared to the 10 percent of respondents disgusted byLondon’s fish and chips, Moscowdid rather well, with just 7 percent of travelers unhappy about borsch and blinis. Closely following Moscow wasWarsaw, with 6 percent of the vote.
The survey of travelers' perceptions of European cities conducted by TripAdvisor, one of the world's most popular and largest travel communities, also singled out Moscow as one of the least friendly cities with the worst dressed people. Altogether, 2,376 European travelers participated in the poll.
The survey participants voted Dublin the city of the friendliest locals, while Moscow was rated third for the least friendly inhabitants. Compared to leaders Paris (36 percent) andLondon (17 percent) Moscow and its six percent look almost friendly, although the low figure may come from the considerably lower flow of tourists to Moscow.
Moscow came third again in the category of worst-dressed cities: it followed London with 20 percent of votes and Dublin with 6 percent. The best-dressed cities according to the survey were Paris and Rome.
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