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  • adjective Not touristy.

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un- +‎ touristy

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Examples

  • Some simply offer homely bed and breakfast while others veer towards the boutique hotel (which is reflected in the price), but the ones to look for are those that invite you to join the family, sample home-cooked regional food and explore the suburbs, hilltops and backwaters of those untouristy corners of India you might never otherwise see.

    Ten top homestays in India Lesley Gillilan 2010

  • I spent one night in Compostela years ago just to see what it was like and it was very quiet and untouristy.

    San Miguel de Allende to Puerto Vallarta March 14Th 2008

  • I spent one night in Compostela years ago just to see what it was like and it was very quiet and untouristy.

    San Miguel de Allende to Puerto Vallarta March 14Th 2008

  • I spent one night in Compostela years ago just to see what it was like and it was very quiet and untouristy.

    San Miguel de Allende to Puerto Vallarta March 14Th 2008

  • As you might expect, as Alex and I luckily found ourselves at some untouristy eateries in Vienna–without a waitstaff that catered to the language-deficient or menus reprinted in 16 world languages–quite a bit of Hilarity Ensued.

    mushroom strudel | smitten kitchen 2008

  • It turned out to be near the island's main village and port, a lovely and quite untouristy place that was just what we were looking for, and best of all, the islanders were preparing for their annual Heiva i Tahiti, or Bastille Day, with a dance.

    The Macphersons: Week 51: All Things French 2007

  • Bernstein, a Miami native, was first attracted to MiMo, part of Miami's broader Upper East Side, as an untouristy place to experiment with her menu.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • The town, once neatly divided by a dirt road, was the childhood home of Zora Neale Hurston, the anthropologist, writer and Harlem Renaissance troubadour best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," a 1937 roman à clef about a black woman's search for love in a decidedly untouristy Florida.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • The town, once neatly divided by a dirt road, was the childhood home of Zora Neale Hurston, the anthropologist, writer and Harlem Renaissance troubadour best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," a 1937 roman à clef about a black woman's search for love in a decidedly untouristy Florida.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • The town, once neatly divided by a dirt road, was the childhood home of Zora Neale Hurston, the anthropologist, writer and Harlem Renaissance troubadour best known for her novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God," a 1937 roman à clef about a black woman's search for love in a decidedly untouristy Florida.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

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