Clyde Profile
I love travelling to experience different cultures and new places. Apart from the well-known iconic places and landmarks, I love visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the list also includes places that are quite off the beaten track or places I would have never visited or even read about.
My favourite WHS are a combination of cultural WHS and spectacular nature WHS. I'm not a fan of industrial WHS or modern architecture WHS but I'm always open to visit to learn something new. Since the last few years I try to cover as many top WHS as possible on the longer trips while I try to cover the remaining European WHS on shorter trips or as road trips.
Recent Reviews Clyde
Orheiul Vechi Archaeological Landscape (T)
Clyde Malta - 27-Feb-24
I visited what can be described as Moldova's best tWHS (much better than its sole WHS Struve location for sure!) in 2023. The Archaeological Landscape of Old Orhei or Orheiul Vechi in Romanian is a perfect half day trip from Moldova's capital Chisinau, approximately 60 kilometres away.
The ancient city of Orheiul Vechi is a natural and historical complex located on a narrow bend of the Raut River. It is best visited by car as the different components are quite far from each other on foot. The natural landscape of limestone rock, eroded by the river, is combined with archaeological vestiges of the ancient Trypillian civilization. As a result of archaeological excavations, cultural layers were discovered from different epochs, such as the Paleolithic, Eneolithic, and Iron Age, so it really has potential as a Cultural Landscape. In theory, a ticket must be paid once you approach Orheiul Vechi, but this is only applied for its main component, the Orthodox monastery and the several caves with inscriptions
Read OnRila Monastery
Clyde Malta - 26-Feb-24
I visited this WHS in 2023 as a full day trip between Sofia and Pirin. Since I was convinced to leave my car outside the monastery overnight, I decided against sleeping at the monastery, so I drove out of Sofia very early on purpose and I arrived at the monastery before the parking officials on duty (after around an hour and a half of exploring the place practically on my own, I went back outside to pay for a parking ticket when they arrived) and well before the improvised security officials who make sure tourists don't climb upstairs in the monastery or take photos inside) - well I obeyed them since I had already took more than enough photos from every angle possible
Read OnThe Ancient Plovdiv (T)
Clyde Malta - 27-Feb-24
As mentioned in my previous review of the tWHS of Plovdiv's Roman mosaics, that tWHS combined to this tWHS in my opinion would make more sense and would stand a better chance at getting inscribed as a positive cultural representation of a city with 8,000 years of history. I covered the Roman mosaics quite extensively in the review of Plovdiv's other tWHS. Instead, in this review I'll focus on the various Ottoman houses worth visiting and on the Church of St. Constantine and Helena and the Metropolitan Church of St. Marina.
Read OnBishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Philippopolis, Roman Province of Thrace (T)
Clyde Malta - 27-Feb-24
I visited this tWHS in 2023. It is made up of 3 fine locations quite close to each other, each with its own modern museum setting, information panels and ongoing research labs attached: the Domus Eirene, the Small Basilica and the Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis (modern Plovdiv).
Situated on three hills by the Maritsa River, Philippopolis had already existed for millenia when the Romans included it into their empire in 45 AD. Under the Romans, the city quickly transformed itself. Settlers, imperial administrators and investments flocked into it. Its population reach up to 100,000 people, including Thracians, Greeks, Jews, Roman army veterans, craftsmen from Asia Minor and merchants from the Middle East. In the 4th century, when Christianity became the official religion, Philippopolis turned into a major religious centre, with its own bishop. New churches were built to cater for the increasing number of Christians
Read OnPirin National Park
Clyde Malta - 26-Feb-24
I visited this WHS in 2023 using Bansko as my base for 2 nights. From there we woke up early and drove straight to the Vihren Hut, stopping en route to see the impressive Baikushev's Pine, Bulgaria's oldest tree. It was really great to appreciate the changing scenery with the first bright rays of sunlight, from meadows in low altitude, to woodlands full of different kinds of coniferous trees in mid-high altitude, to low coniferous trees, streams, rock and some ice at high altitude. Knowing that the Vihren Hut parking (free) would likely be crowded throughout the day, we parked a couple of metres away along one of the few wider sides of the mountain road to avoid getting blocked by double parking
Read OnProfile Data
- Name
- Clyde
- Country
- Malta
- Most Impressive
- Rapa Nui, Florence, Venice, Borobodur, Komodo NP, Skellig Michael, Angkor Wat, Pyramids of Giza, Taj Mahal, Petra, Great Wall, Rome, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Tasmanian Wilderness, Galapagos, Machu Picchu, Nemrut Dagi, Goreme NP, Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves
- Proposal
- Drift Passes of Rangiroa
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 17.03.24
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Reviewed WHS
- Rila Monastery
- Nessebar
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Pirin National Park
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Madara Rider
- Boyana Church
- Wooden Churches of Maramures
- Churches of Moldavia
- Danube Delta
- Villages with Fortified Churches
- Sighisoara
- Roșia Montană
- Monastery of Horezu
- Dacian Fortresses
- Sheki
- Walled City of Baku
- Gobustan Rock Art
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Hyrcanian Forests
- Pitons Management Area
- Bridgetown
- Vatnajökull National Park
- Surtsey
- Thingvellir
- Plečnik's Ljubljana
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge
- Stećci
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Studenica Monastery
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Danube Limes
- Banska Stiavnica
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Vlkolinec
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst
- Tokaji Wine Region
- Hortobágy
- Hollókö
- Pannonhalma
- Corfu
- Ohrid Region
- Butrint
- Berat and Gjirokastra
- Lower German Limes
- ShUM Sites
- The Porticoes of Bologna
- Nice
- Eisinga Planetarium
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- San Miguel de Allende
- Tequila
- Tlacotalpan
- Zacatecas
- Xochicalco
- Puebla
- Querétaro
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla
- Morelia
- Gulf of California
- Guanajuato
- Hospicio Cabañas
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
- Teotihuacan
- Camino Real
- Luis Barragán House and Studio
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Bursa and Cumalikizik
- Troy
- Pergamon
- Ephesus
- Aphrodisias
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Çatalhöyük
- Divrigi
- Ani
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens
- Göbekli Tepe
- Arslantepe Mound
- Nemrut Dag
- Göreme NP
- Hattusha
- Safranbolu
- Land of Frankincense
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn
- Aflaj irrigation system
- Bahla Fort
- Qalhat
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt
- Zamość
- Warsaw
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines
- Białowieża Forest
- Malbork Castle
- Torun
- Mafra
- Donana National Park
- Seville
- Burgundy
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Belfries
- Hedeby and Danevirke
- Mount Etna
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
- Colonies of Benevolence
- Garajonay
- Risco Caido
- San Cristobal de La Laguna
- Teide National Park
- Water Management System of Augsburg
- Cesky Krumlov
- Holasovice
- Litomysl Castle
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops
- Telc
- Tugendhat Villa
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Kladruby nad Labem
- Trebic
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Holy Trinity Column
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- Centennial Hall
- Churches of Peace
- Neolithic Orkney
- Edinburgh
- Forth Bridge
- New Lanark
- Lake District
- Jodrell Bank Observatory
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
- The Prosecco Hills
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Ivrea
- Chaîne des Puys
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan
- Bom Jesus do Monte
- Arequipa
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Machu Picchu
- Cuzco
- Caral-Supe
- Lima
- Nasca Lines
- Galapagos Islands
- Quito
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Canterbury
- Naples
- Pompei
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra
- Bali Subak system
- Komodo National Park
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Prambanan
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- Yogyakarta
- Borobudur
- Birka and Hovgarden
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Drottningholm
- Laponian Area
- Gammelstad
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
- Visby
- Falun Great Copper Mountain
- Engelsberg Ironworks
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai
- Medina Azahara
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Tétouan
- Mazagan
- Rabat
- Meknes
- Volubilis
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Sydney Opera House
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Uluru
- Australian Convict Sites
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Willandra Lakes
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Great Barrier Reef
- Fraser Island
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Ayutthaya
- Sukhothai
- Venetian Works of Defence
- Cordoba
- Granada
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Úbeda and Baeza
- Antequera Dolmens Site
- Novgorod
- St. Petersburg
- Caves and Ice Age Art
- Semmering Railway
- Graz
- Western Tien-Shan
- Itchan Kala
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
- Bukhara
- Samarkand
- Shakhrisyabz
- Kunya-Urgench
- Nisa
- Ancient Merv
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi
- Saryarka
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Jeju
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flat
- Haeinsa Temple
- Gyeongju
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Baekje Historic Areas
- Namhansanseong
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini
- Sanchi
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Ajanta Caves
- Ellora Caves
- Elephanta Caves
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus
- Churches and Convents of Goa
- Pattadakal
- Hampi
- Tallinn
- Riga
- Curonian Spit
- Kernavė
- Vilnius
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Trinity Sergius Lavra
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye
- Novodevichy Convent
- Kremlin and Red Square
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses
- Roskilde Cathedral
- Par force hunting landscape
- Jelling
- Christiansfeld
- Stevns Klint
- Karlskrona
- Southern Öland
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Grimeton Radio Station
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Cordouan Lighthouse
- Liverpool
- Gwynedd Castles
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
- Blenheim Palace
- Derwent Valley Mills
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Studley Royal Park
- Saltaire
- Las Medulas
- Roman Walls of Lugo
- Asturian Monuments
- Santiago de Compostela
- Tower of Hercules
- Burgos Cathedral
- Atapuerca
- Route of Santiago de Compostela
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Ohrid Region
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
- Palmeral of Elche
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Choirokoitia
- Paphos
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Chichen-Itza
- Uxmal
- Campeche
- Tikal National Park
- Palenque
- Calakmul
- Sian Ka'an
- Independence Hall
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Pico Island
- Angra do Heroismo
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee
- Schönbrunn
- Vienna
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
- Burgundy
- Toledo
- El Escurial
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe
- Alcala de Henares
- Cuenca
- Aranjuez
- Avila
- Segovia
- Lyon
- Val di Noto
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc
- Villa Romana del Casale
- Agrigento
- Arab-Norman Palermo
- Isole Eolie
- Syracuse
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Van Nellefabriek
- Al Ain
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Luther Memorials
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Naumburg Cathedral
- Quedlinburg
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Fagus Factory
- Corvey
- Champagne
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Lübeck
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Kraków
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians
- Bardejov Town
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries
- Caceres
- Mérida
- Elvas
- Evora
- Sintra
- Belem
- Monastery of Alcobaça
- Monastery of Batalha
- Convent of Christ in Tomar
- University of Coimbra
- Alto Douro
- Oporto
- Guimarães
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde
- Altamira Cave
- Vizcaya Bridge
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Abbey of St Gall
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona
- Rhaetian Railway
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Reichenau
- Battir
- Silk Roads Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Pyu Ancient Cities
- Epidaurus
- Mystras
- Olympia
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Acropolis
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Meteora
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Matera
- Castel del Monte
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Potsdam
- Muskauer Park
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Dolomites
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Tarraco
- Poblet Monastery
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Vall de Boi
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley
- Aquileia
- Skocjan Caves
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Benedictine Convent of St. John
- Dubrovnik
- Kotor
- Durmitor National Park
- Mostar
- Stari Grad Plain
- Trogir
- Split
- Plitvice Lakes
- Heritage of Mercury
- Hallstatt-Dachstein
- Salzburg
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes
- Major Town Houses
- Bordeaux
- Saint-Emilion
- Vézère Valley
- Villa d'Este
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Canal du Midi
- Albi
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Istanbul
- Selimiye Mosque
- Macao
- Summer Palace
- Temple of Heaven
- Great Wall
- Imperial Tombs
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Imperial Palace
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Messel Pit
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Crespi d'Adda
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Monte San Giorgio
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Pienza
- Val d'Orcia
- Assisi
- Longobards in Italy
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Florence
- Bellinzone
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Fujisan
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Old City of Berne
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Nancy
- Vézelay
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
- Margravial Opera House
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Regensburg
- Bamberg
- Wartburg Castle
- Classical Weimar
- Bauhaus Sites
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Maritime Greenwich
- City of Bath
- Kew Gardens
- Tower of London
- Westminster
- Stonehenge
- Provins
- Reims
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex
- Quseir Amra
- Fontainebleau
- Bourges Cathedral
- Loire Valley
- Zollverein
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Beemster Polder
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Schokland
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Trier
- Sagarmatha National Park
- Lumbini
- Chitwan National Park
- Kathmandu Valley
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Causses and Cévennes
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
- Bagan
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- Um er-Rasas
- Ferrara
- Ravenna
- Würzburg Residence
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- West Norwegian Fjords
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Vatican City
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Luang Prabang
- Wadden Sea
- Jantar Mantar
- Speyer Cathedral
- Nikko
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- Saint Catherine Area
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Salamanca
- Nubian Monuments
- Kinderdijk
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Essaouira
- Mantua and Sabbioneta
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Kronborg Castle
- Keoladeo National Park
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Kyoto
- Urbino
- Siena
- San Gimignano
- Rome
- Florence
- Historic Cairo
- Genbaku Dome
- Himeji-jo
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Genoa
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Cologne Cathedral
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Verona
- City of Luxembourg
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Thang Long
- Modena
- Horyu-ji Area
- Budapest
- Rock Art of Alta
- Bryggen
- Ancient Thebes
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Aachen Cathedral
- Kutna Hora
- Prague
- Panamá
- Angkor
- Valletta
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Strasbourg
- Le Havre
- Pont du Gard
- Arles
- Orange
- Avignon
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Versailles
- Chartres Cathedral
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Amiens Cathedral
- Humayun's Tomb
- Qutb Minar
- Agra Fort
- Red Fort
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments
- Taj Mahal
- Sceilg Mhichíl
- Brú na Bóinne
- Giant's Causeway
- Wadi Rum
- Petra
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Bethlehem
- Vallée de Mai
- Statue of Liberty
- Mining Sites of Wallonia
- Stoclet House
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Major Town Houses
- Brugge
- Grand Place, Brussels
- The Four Lifts
- Flemish Béguinages
- Belfries
Visited TWHS
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