Hi,<br/><br/>I didn't realize how beautiful it is until I visited the place.<br/><br/>1.Does 'visit' mean 'to go sightseeing in the place' here?<br/><br/>2.Can we use 'find out' or 'discover' instead of 'realize' here without changing its meaning?<br/><br/>3.Can we use past tense instead as in 'I didn't realize how beautiful <b>it was</b> until I visited the place'?<br/><br/>Many thanks