Our awesome Sportsnet staff this week let us know…What’s the best place you’ve found off the tourist track while on holiday?

Sarah – In Mexico we walked off the main strip one night and encountered a local festival with food stalls and rides for kids and it happens only once a year for all the locals

Ornella - The police station in Mexico when my bag got stolen (SN: Sorry Ornella!)

Ian – Gibb River Road

Craig – cant think of one…

Adrian – Barramundi Gorge, NT. You break through the trees and are faced by one of the most beautiful scenes in the country as far as I am concerned! Recommend to any and everyone…

Daniel – Some amazing walking tracks in Scotland up near Lochness. Such a beautiful part of the world.

Rebecca – Don’t think I have found one yet.

David – I cannot really state I ‘found’ it because it was a place I was visiting to see friends but Kimberley, BC in Canada so far. It’s a small skiing town with some of the best snow I have ever seen. Because it’s relatively unknown there are rarely tourists, only locals, and the runs last 15-20 mins. The perfect mix of powder and ice, it was fantastic. I stayed there for Xmas – as an Aussie wanting a white Christmas – and got it in spades. It truly resembled a postcard.

Brooke – Nothing beats lying in a hammock with a Chang Beer at Sang Tong Huts in Mae Hong Son, Thailand…

Amelia – Honeymoon island- Fiji. Best snorkelling in the world. Its a tiny island and you cant stay there because its tiny but WOW!

Casey – On our way to Kiyomizu-dera in eastern Kyoto, Japan – I wandered off into  the backstreets and found myself in this very old village built from wood only with a cobblestone road running through it. While I stood taking photos, I was lucky to see a Gaisha and her Maiko shuffle across the road before darting into one of the buildings. It was a very surreal moment and I’m told it’s a rarity to see them nowadays.

Rob – Djuma Game Reserve, South Africa

Sue – Lake Como….well it is on the tourist track but it’s stunning

What’s the best place you’ve found off the tourist track while on holiday?

Barramundi Gorge, Northern Territory

Gibb River Road, Northern Territory

Honeymoon Island, Fiji

Sang Tong Huts - Mae Hong Son, Thailand

Djuma Game Reserve - Mpumalanga, South Africa

For this week’s Q&A our staff answered for us, what’s your favourite “tourist attraction”?

Sarah – Too Many Too choose – Cigar Plantation Cuba

Ornella – Machu Picchu

Ian – Grand Canyon

Craig – Great Barrier Reef

Adrian – Anzac Cove…the emotion is amazing even when empty!

Daniel – So many, so many. Sossusvlei in Nambia, Table Mountain in Capetown, Pyramids in Egypt, John Hancock Centre in Chicago, Petra in Jordan, where do I stop?

Rebecca – Sunshine Coast Beaches

David – Probably Times Square, NYC. I love New York City and the buzz of Times Square. So much to look at, such life and a great place to just stroll.

Brooke – Angkor Wat – or more specifically the Bayon Temple or La Sagrada Familia

Amelia – Singapore Zoo. What an amazing place!

Casey – My favourite is Disneyland! As soon as you walk in the gates, it’s like you become a child again.

Rob – The streets of New York…

Sue – The Opera House

What’s your favourite tourist attraction?

Tobacco Plantation Cuba

Machu Picchu

Grand Canyon

Great Barrier Reef

Anzac Cove

Sossusvlei

Shelley Beach, Sunshine Coast

Time Square

Bayon Temple

Singapore Zoo

Disneyland

Streets of New York

The Opera House