Bob Parda Profile
I am a retired U.S. Navy officer. My wife Cathy and I own Advantage Travel & Tours. We have toured every UN recognized country (most several times) but I believe the best way to see a country is to visit the highlights it promotes. WHS destinations are the most tested places and should be a focus of personal travel.
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Profile Data
- Name
- Bob Parda
- Country
- USA
- Most Impressive
- Too many to name. China and India have several.
- Proposal
- Several tentative list submissions such as Bagan in Myanmar have been overlooked for too long.
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 31.12.69
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- Galapagos Islands
- Belfries
- Quito
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Brugge
- Major Town Houses
- Drottningholm
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Ayutthaya
- Sukhothai
- Palenque
- Teotihuacan
- Kathmandu Valley
- Oporto
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Granada
- Anuradhapura
- Polonnaruva
- Sigiriya
- Kandy
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Cologne Cathedral
- Tikal National Park
- Antigua Guatemala
- Vatican City
- Taj Mahal
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Rome
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Ancient Kyoto
- Genbaku Dome
- Ancient Nara
- Djenné
- Timbuktu
- Cliff of Bandiagara
- Visby
- Ban Chiang
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Istanbul
- Göreme NP
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- Troy
- Sian Ka'an
- Chitwan National Park
- Belem
- Sintra
- Keoladeo National Park
- Agra Fort
- National History Park
- Quirigua
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- St. Petersburg
- Kizhi Pogost
- Altamira Cave
- Asturian Monuments
- Cordoba
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Seville
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Vall de Boi
- Atapuerca
- Sinharaja Forest
- Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad
- Djémila
- Tipasa
- Timgad
- Kasbah of Algiers
- Los Glaciares
- Iguazu National Park
- Peninsula Valdes
- Haghpat and Sanahin
- Monastery of Geghard
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots
- Great Barrier Reef
- Lord Howe Island
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Shark Bay
- Macquarie Island
- Salzburg
- Walled City of Baku
- Bagerhat
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Royal Palaces of Abomey
- Potosi
- Sucre
- Tiwanaku
- Ouro Preto
- Olinda
- Salvador de Bahia
- Congonhas
- Brasilia
- Discovery Coast
- Atlantic Forest South-East
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex
- Pantanal
- Iguacu
- Willemstad
- Ancient Merv
- Yellowstone
- Everglades
- Independence Hall
- Redwood
- Mammoth Cave
- Cahokia Mounds
- Great Smoky Mountains
- La Fortaleza
- Statue of Liberty
- Yosemite National Park
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Monticello
- Carlsbad Caverns
- Itchan Kala
- Bukhara
- Shakhrisyabz
- Victoria Falls
- City of Luxembourg
- Ohrid Region
- Central Suriname Nature Reserve
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Vilnius
- Curonian Spit
- Lake Malawi
- Kinabalu Park
- Gunung Mulu
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Valletta
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Santo Domingo
- Morne Trois Pitons
- Joya de Ceren
- Tallinn
- Potsdam
- Classical Weimar
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Reichenau
- Burgos Cathedral
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Toledo
- Ibiza
- Poblet Monastery
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Rock-Art of the Mediterranean Basin
- Tarraco
- Humayun's Tomb
- Qutb Minar
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Pattadakal
- Hampi
- Ajanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Elephanta Caves
- Sun Temple, Konarak
- Mahabalipuram
- Chola Temples
- Kaziranga National Park
- Mountain Railways of India
- Petra
- Quseir Amra
- Luang Prabang
- Riga
- Angkor
- Island of Mozambique
- Ruins of León Viejo
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Rapa Nui
- Bryggen
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park
- Bellinzone
- Stone Town of Zanzibar
- Loire Valley
- St. George, Bermuda
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan
- Longmen Grottoes
- Gyeongju
- Kronborg Castle
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Island of Saint-Louis
- Imperial Tombs
- Arequipa
- Verona
- Old City of Berne
- Abbey of St Gall
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Paphos
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Great Wall
- Imperial Palace
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Peking Man Site
- Jiuzhaigou Valley
- Huanglong
- Wulingyuan
- Potala Palace
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
- Ping Yao
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Summer Palace
- Temple of Heaven
- Mount Wuyi
- Dazu Rock Carvings
- Shibam
- Sana'a
- Zabid
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hué
- Hoi An
- My Son
- Bahla Fort
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Mount Kenya
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Haeinsa Temple
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Durmitor National Park
- Kotor
- Stonehenge
- Westminster
- City of Bath
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Tower of London
- Virunga National Park
- Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Rwenzori Mountains
- Island of Gorée
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex
- Simien National Park
- Guanacaste
- Persepolis
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan
- Mtskheta
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast
- Vallée de Mai
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Acropolis
- Thessalonika
- Rhodes
- Olympia
- Delos
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Island of Patmos
- Damascus
- Aleppo
- Bosra
- Palmyra
- Kyiv
- Banc d'Arguin
- Cuzco
- Machu Picchu
- Chavin
- Huascaran National Park
- Lima
- Nasca Lines
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo
- Panamá
- Taxila
- Takht-i-Bahi
- Rohtas Fort
- Te Wahipounamu
- Sub-Antarctic Islands
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Tétouan
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Chichen-Itza
- Paquimé
- Campeche
- Medina of Tunis
- Carthage
- Amphitheater of El Jem
- Kerkuane
- Medina of Sousse
- Kairouan
- Danube Delta
- Angra do Heroismo
- Anjar
- Baalbek
- Byblos
- Qadisha Valley
- Borobudur
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- Prambanan
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Florence
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Old Havana
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios
- Viñales Valley
- Dubrovnik
- Split
- Plitvice Lakes
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Warsaw
- Leptis Magna
- Sabratha
- Cyrene
- Budapest
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Ancient Thebes
- Nubian Monuments
- Historic Cairo
- Abu Mena
- Cartagena
- Baroque Churches
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Chartres Cathedral
- Versailles
- Vézelay
- Vézère Valley
- Fontainebleau
- Orange
- Arles
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Strasbourg
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Reims
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- San Gimignano
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Siena
- Naples
- Ferrara
- Ravenna
- Pienza
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Modena
- Urbino
- Pompei
- Agrigento
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Tiya
- Aksum
- Lower Valley of the Omo
- Lalibela
- Fasil Ghebbi
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Avignon
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Pont du Gard
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Canal du Midi
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Lyon
- Saint-Emilion
- Prague
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Glacier parks
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
- Québec
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
- Old Town Lunenburg
- Grand Canyon
- Vienna
- Provins
- Masada
- Old City of Acre
- Villa d'Este
- Vat Phou
- Ambohimanga
- Alto Douro
- Tombs of Buganda Kings
- Samarkand
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Saint Catherine Area
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Paramaribo
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
- Monte San Giorgio
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Valparaiso
- Kunta Kinteh Island
- Ashur
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Mapungubwe
- Gebel Barkal
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Pitons Management Area
- Cape Floral Region
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Koguryo Tombs
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- Pasargadae
- Um er-Rasas
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Thingvellir
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
- Wadi Al-Hitan
- Gulf of California
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Dong Phayayen
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Mostar
- Macao
- Cienfuegos
- Le Havre
- Biblical Tells
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Osun-Osogbo
- Yaroslavl
- Kunya-Urgench
- Qal'at al-Bahrain
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
- Yin Xu
- Aapravasi Ghat
- Crac des Chevaliers
- Genoa
- Regensburg
- Aflaj irrigation system
- Chongoni Rock Art
- South China Karst
- Jeju
- Teide National Park
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
- Sydney Opera House
- Kaiping Diaolou
- Bordeaux
- Corfu
- Red Fort
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Nisa
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM
- Samarra
- Fujian Tulou
- Le Morne
- Madā ͐ in Ṣāliḥ
- Melaka and George Town
- Kuk
- Stari Grad Plain
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Mijikenda Kaya Forests
- Rhaetian Railway
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Socotra Archipelago
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Cidade Velha
- Wadden Sea
- Dolomites
- Sulaiman-Too
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Caral-Supe
- Central Highlands
- Turaif Quarter
- Australian Convict Sites
- Jantar Mantar
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Albi
- Sarazm
- Dengfeng
- China Danxia
- Pitons of Reunion
- Kenya Lake System
- Ningaloo Coast
- Ogasawara Islands
- West Lake
- Wadi Rum
- Bridgetown
- Longobards in Italy
- Meroe
- Persian Garden
- Al Ain
- Ancient villages of Northern Syria
- Serra de Tramuntana
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Konso
- Fort Jesus
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- Causses and Cévennes
- León Cathedral
- Bethlehem
- Mount Carmel Caves
- Rock Islands
- Bali Subak system
- Rabat
- Grand-Bassam
- Pearling
- Masjed-e Jâme'
- Grand Pré
- Rio de Janeiro
- Çatalhöyük
- Western Ghats
- Namib Sand Sea
- Xinjiang Tianshan
- Mount Etna
- El Pinacate
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Fujisan
- Al Zubarah
- University of Coimbra
- Tauric Chersonese
- Golestan Palace
- Kaesong
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Battir
- Erbil Citadel
- Historic Jeddah
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Namhansanseong
- Grand Canal
- Silk Roads Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Pyu Ancient Cities
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Pergamon
- Trang An
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