Alftand is horrible. It is a complete and utter monotonous slog.
The last part of the Thieves Guild quest in Irkingthand is a massive slog, too - if only because your supposedly competent Nightingale friends are complete and utter morons thanks to their bad AI, so they ruin your sneak attempts and get mobbed by Falmer.
Touching the Sky feels like work, too, at least after the initial "omfg new area, new art direction" wears off...especially going to the last Wayshrine, and everything is Falmer. Falmer falmer falmer everywhere, non-stop, yay.
In fact, I hate dungeons/quests with Falmer in them as a whole. No good loot, and I just find them boring.