Tourists have slammed a popular UK beach for having "the wrong sort of sand" and for being "noisy" in rather peculiar reviews on TripAdvisor.
Two guests who recently visited Porthminster Beach in St Ives, Cornwall, were left unimpressed and took to the website to share their scathing opinion.
One man, who goes by the username Phillip H, wrote: "Very cold water. We visited the beach yesterday. We had to walk ages to the sea because the tide was out and when we got there it was freezing and very windy.
"The sand was awful as it is the wrong sort of sand and very sticky. It got everywhere and I’m still finding bits today! Won't be back next year."
Another tourist described the beauty spot as "crowded" and "noisy" despite being in an upmarket town with seven beaches.
WendyAH8 posted: "Hideous, overcrowded, noisy, covered in litter. Why would anyone with any sense want to go to this place which is hell on earth?
"Crowded, noisy, nothing to eat but bad fish and chips and Cornish pasties, and the beach packed full of the morbidly obese, screaming sunburnt children in buggies and people with tattoos. The place to go to see parenting at its worst and cardiovascular disease waiting to happen."
The critiques are just two of several scathing reviews of attractions across the southwest county, Cornwall Live reports.
The publication lists other beaches, including others near St Ives and one near Newquay, which have been criticised by recent tourists.
Carbis Bay was described as "Garbage Bay" while Porthgwidden Beach was branded "contaminated" on TripAdvisor.
Porth Beach in Newquay has been slated as "smelly" in a further review.
One guest was even disappointed by Truro Cathedral, a beautiful Gothic Revival building.
But nearly one quarter of Cornwall's gross domestic product comes from the tourism industry, it is estimated.
It receives around five million visitors each year, many of whom flock to - and enjoy - the endless golden sands.
Newquay and Porthtowan are particularly popular with surfers, for instance, and rely on tourism.
