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I like the idea of putting such rather different places like the Galápagos Islands and the Primeval Beech Forests on the one hand, or the Pyramids of Giza and the Struve Geodetic Arc on the other, on the same list!

In this respect it is always exciting to experience a new WHS.

I live in Switzerland in a community that is part of the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona and I used to work for the Rhaetian Railway. Again two very different WHS!

Switzerland Last Update 10.04.25 263 WHS Visited 3 Reviews 254 WHS Rated 131 TWHS Visited

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Canal du Midi

MoPython Switzerland - 14-Aug-24

Canal du Midi

In the Community Perspective it says: ‘Navigating the Canal by boat seems to evoke the most positive reviews.’

I can only confirm this, here is my personal story with the Canal du Midi:

In 1999, I went on holiday on a houseboat on the Canal du Midi. We travelled the stretch between Agde and Port-la-Nouvelle (on the Canal de la Robine side channel) there and back. That would have taken us about 3 hours by car, but it took us 1 week by boat! And it was wonderful!
Houseboats without a licence can only travel very slow, so we cruised leisurely through the beautiful French countryside, regularly interrupted by a lock where we had to crank our boat up or down ourselves. I highly recommend this type of holiday!

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ShUM Sites

MoPython Switzerland - 13-May-24

ShUM Sites

I visited the Judenhof in Speyer in autumn 2020, when the ShUM cities were still part of the Tentative List. I found it very impressive and it actually fascinated me more than Speyer Cathedral, which is right next door and which I was actually there for.

On a trip through western Germany in May 2024, I also visited the Heiliger Sand cemetery in Worms. I was extremely impressed by it and have even upgraded my already positive rating on this website.
The cemetery is very small, after half an hour you have seen everything (unless you are able to read the Hebrew writing on the gravestones...). The cemetery is the oldest Jewish cemetery preserved in situ in Europe with graves dating back to the 11th century. The grounds are also very beautiful with old trees and flowers.

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Sintra

MoPython Switzerland - 21-Jul-23

Sintra

We visited Sintra as the last of 10 WHS in Portugal, on our varied trip between Porto and Lisbon this July.

What can I say about Sintra that hasn't already been mentioned in the 14 reviews below?
Should I mention that it has way too many people especially in the summer high season? Yes, it's like that, at times in the Pena Palace you feel like you're standing in an endless queue at Disneyland.
Should I mention that it's still incredibly beautiful? Yes, it is, especially the combination of gardens and palaces really excited us.

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MoPython
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Switzerland
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230
Most Impressive
Galapagos, Taj Mahal, Isfahan, Tikal, Baalbek
Proposal
Welwitschia Plains

Recently Visited WHS

Update 10.04.25
  • Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
  • Toledo

    • 10 Best Missing

    1. Rapa Nui
    2. Angkor
    3. Machu Picchu
    4. Bagan
    5. Serengeti
    6. Ilulissat Icefjord
    7. Los Glaciares
    8. Iguazu National Park
    9. Ngorongoro
    10. Meroe

    13 Countries Complete

    Andorra . Belize . Dominican Republic . Estonia . Holy See . Luxembourg . Malta . Moldova . Namibia . Saint Lucia . Slovenia . Switzerland . Zambia .

    Rating Stats
    Ancient Thebes 5
    Baalbek 5
    Bukhara 5
    Canal du Midi 5
    Convent of Christ in Tomar 5
    Cordoba 5
    Fortified City of Carcassonne 5
    Galapagos Islands 5
    Great Barrier Reef 5
    Hierapolis-Pamukkale 5
    Isole Eolie 5
    Istanbul 5
    Medina of Marrakesh 5
    Meidan Emam, Esfahan 5
    Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 5
    Namib Sand Sea 5
    Palenque 5
    Persian Garden 5
    Petra 5
    Plitvice Lakes 5
    Pyramids (Memphis) 5
    Rhaetian Railway 5
    Samarkand 5
    Taj Mahal 5
    Tasmanian Wilderness 5
    Te Wahipounamu 5
    Teotihuacan 5
    The trulli of Alberobello 5
    Tikal National Park 5
    Uluru 5
    Vall de Boi 5
    Vatnajökull National Park 5
    Venice and its Lagoon 5
    Victoria Falls 5
    Völklingen Ironworks 5
    Yellowstone 5
    Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
    Antigua Guatemala 4.5
    Aphrodisias 4.5
    Australian Convict Sites 4.5
    Belize Barrier Reef 4.5
    Chichen-Itza 4.5
    City of Bath 4.5
    Cordouan Lighthouse 4.5
    Damascus 4.5
    Dubrovnik 4.5
    Ephesus 4.5
    Everglades 4.5
    Giant's Causeway 4.5
    Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.5
    Itchan Kala 4.5
    Kakadu National Park 4.5
    Masjed-e Jâme' 4.5
    Matera 4.5
    Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 4.5
    Monastery of Batalha 4.5
    Monastery of Geghard 4.5
    Nubian Monuments 4.5
    Oporto 4.5
    Pitons Management Area 4.5
    Pompei 4.5
    Rock Art of Alta 4.5
    Rome 4.5
    Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.5
    Teide National Park 4.5
    Toledo 4.5
    Vézère Valley 4.5
    Yazd 4.5
    Yosemite National Park 4.5
    Alto Douro 4
    Amphitheater of El Jem 4
    Antequera Dolmens Site 4
    Bellinzone 4
    Bom Jesus do Monte 4
    Brugge 4
    Butrint 4
    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4
    Copán 4
    Costiera Amalfitana 4
    Crespi d'Adda 4
    Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 4
    Dolomites 4
    Dorset and East Devon Coast 4
    Fatehpur Sikri 4
    Florence 4
    Forth Bridge 4
    Granada 4
    Grand Canyon 4
    Grand Place, Brussels 4
    Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 4
    Heritage of Mercury 4
    Jantar Mantar 4
    Kerkuane 4
    Maulbronn Monastery 4
    Mesa Verde 4
    Mount Etna 4
    Mycenae and Tiryns 4
    Nancy 4
    Northern Martinique 4
    Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4
    Old City of Berne 4
    Persepolis 4
    Pico Island 4
    Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4
    Pont du Gard 4
    Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4
    Qadisha Valley 4
    Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 4
    Saint-Emilion 4
    Santo Domingo 4
    Schönbrunn 4
    Seville 4
    ShUM Sites 4
    Sintra 4
    Skocjan Caves 4
    Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4
    Sydney Opera House 4
    Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 4
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 4
    Thingvellir 4
    Twyfelfontein 4
    University of Coimbra 4
    Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4
    Valletta 4
    Vatican City 4
    Vizcaya Bridge 4
    Wachau Cultural Landscape 4
    Wadden Sea 4
    Wadi Rum 4
    Wet Tropics of Queensland 4
    Works of Antoni Gaudí 4
    Acropolis 3.5
    Angra do Heroismo 3.5
    Arles 3.5
    Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.5
    Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
    Budapest 3.5
    Byblos 3.5
    Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.5
    Causses and Cévennes 3.5
    Cesky Krumlov 3.5
    Cologne Cathedral 3.5
    Corfu 3.5
    Edinburgh 3.5
    Epidaurus 3.5
    Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.5
    Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.5
    Fraser Island 3.5
    Golestan Palace 3.5
    Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
    Great Zimbabwe 3.5
    Greater Blue Mountains 3.5
    Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
    Kairouan 3.5
    Kotor 3.5
    Kronborg Castle 3.5
    Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.5
    Medina Azahara 3.5
    Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
    Mtskheta 3.5
    Panamá 3.5
    Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
    Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.5
    Riga 3.5
    San Gimignano 3.5
    Split 3.5
    Stonehenge 3.5
    Struve Geodetic Arc 3.5
    Tongariro National Park 3.5
    Trier 3.5
    Trogir 3.5
    Uxmal 3.5
    Verona 3.5
    Vienna 3.5
    Vilnius 3.5
    Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 3.5
    Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.5
    West Norwegian Fjords 3.5
    Zollverein 3.5
    Abbey of St Gall 3
    Albi 3
    Avignon 3
    Belem 3
    Bosra 3
    Burgundy 3
    City of Luxembourg 3
    Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3
    Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3
    Gondwana Rainforests 3
    Guimarães 3
    Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3
    Historic Cairo 3
    Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3
    Longobards in Italy 3
    Lyon 3
    Mafra 3
    Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3
    Medina of Tunis 3
    Messel Pit 3
    Mexico City and Xochimilco 3
    Monastery of Alcobaça 3
    Monte San Giorgio 3
    Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3
    Persian Caravanserai 3
    Prague 3
    Quito 3
    Reichenau 3
    Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3
    Santa Maria delle Grazie 3
    Semmering Railway 3
    Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3
    Stevns Klint 3
    Strasbourg 3
    Syracuse 3
    Venetian Works of Defence 3
    Via Appia 3
    Western Tien-Shan 3
    Westminster 3
    Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.5
    Belfries 2.5
    Bordeaux 2.5
    Carthage 2.5
    Chaîne des Puys 2.5
    Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
    Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 2.5
    Genoa 2.5
    Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.5
    Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
    Olympia 2.5
    Orange 2.5
    Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
    Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.5
    Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
    Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5
    Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 2.5
    Speyer Cathedral 2.5
    Tallinn 2.5
    Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2
    Beemster Polder 2
    Camino Real 2
    Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2
    Caves and Ice Age Art 2
    La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2
    Nice 2
    Pasargadae 2
    Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2
    Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2
    Qhapaq Ñan 2
    Danube Limes 1.5
    Lower German Limes 1.5
    Par force hunting landscape 1.5
    Primeval Beech Forests 1.5
    Ivrea 1
    Botanical Garden, Padua
    Bryggen
    Fort Jesus
    Gorham's Cave Complex
    Le Havre
    Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
    Reims
    Salzburg
    Tower of London
    1. Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
    2. Amalienborg and its district (T)
    3. Amboseli National Park (T)
    4. Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
    5. Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
    6. Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
    7. Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape (T)
    8. Baltic Klint (T)
    9. Benguela Current Marine Ecosystem Sites (T)
    10. Bird Migration Routes (T)
    11. Brandberg National Monument Area (T)
    12. California Current Conservation Complex (T)
    13. Carmona’s cultural landscape (T)
    14. Casablanca, Ville du XXème siécle, carrefour d'influences (T)
    15. Centre ancien de Sarlat (T)
    16. Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
    17. Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (T)
    18. Citadel of Alessandria (T)
    19. Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
    20. Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
    21. City of Granada and its natural environment (T)
    22. City of Motovun (T)
    23. Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (T)
    24. Coastal Cliffs (T)
    25. Cultural Itinerary of Ecuador's Trans-Andean Train (T)
    26. Dahshour archaeological area (T)
    27. Dana Biosphere Reserve (T)
    28. David Gareji Monasteries and Hermitage (T)
    29. Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
    30. Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
    31. Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
    32. Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
    33. Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
    34. Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la France (T)
    35. Etosha Pan (T)
    36. Frontières de l'Empire romain : Limes du Sud tunisien (T)
    37. Great Desert Landscapes (T)
    38. Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
    39. Hanbury botanical gardens (T)
    40. Historical Centre of Puerto Plata (T)
    41. Historical theatres of the Marche Region (T)
    42. Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan (T)
    43. Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
    44. Kharga Oasis and the Small Southern Oases (T)
    45. Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
    46. L’ancienne ville de Tripoli (T)
    47. La Camargue (T)
    48. Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands (T)
    49. Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece (T)
    50. Le Charolais-Brionnais, paysage culturel de l'élevage bovin (T)
    51. Le Chateau-fort médieval d'Esztergom (T)
    52. Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne (T)
    53. Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage (T)
    54. Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
    55. Le rivage méditerranéen des Pyrénées (T)
    56. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France) (T)
    57. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) (T)
    58. Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) (T)
    59. Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
    60. Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l’État des Pyrénées : la Co-principauté d’Andorre (A) (T)
    61. Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l’État des Pyrénées : la Co-principauté d’Andorre (F) (T)
    62. Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire: Nimes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (T)
    63. Maasai Mara Game Reserve (T)
    64. Mid-Atlantic Ridge (T)
    65. Mývatn and Laxá (T)
    66. Natural and Cultural Landscape of Danube Region (T)
    67. Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes (T)
    68. Olympic Park Munich (T)
    69. Persepolis and other relevant buildings (T)
    70. Petrified Forest National Park (T)
    71. Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
    72. Pombaline Lisbon (T)
    73. Pont sur la gorge du Salgina (T)
    74. Primošten Vineyards (T)
    75. Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
    76. Qawra/Dwejra (T)
    77. Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (T)
    78. Ripa Pannonica in Hungary (T)
    79. Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation (T)
    80. Route of the Peace and National Identity (T)
    81. Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation (T)
    82. Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád (T)
    83. Salento and the Barocco Leccese (T)
    84. Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (T)
    85. Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan (T)
    86. Silk Route (Also as Silk Road) (T)
    87. Sites along the Uttarapath, Badshahi Sadak, Sadak-e-Azam, Grand Trunk Road (T)
    88. Sites of Saytagrah (T)
    89. Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela (T)
    90. Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert (T)
    91. Tashkent makhallas (T)
    92. Tashkent Modernist Architecture. Modernity and tradition in Central Asia (T)
    93. Tbilisi Historic District (T)
    94. Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
    95. The African Great Rift Valley - The Maasai Mara (T)
    96. The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto - a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (T)
    97. The Collection of Historical Bridges (T)
    98. The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) (T)
    99. The Core of the Mayan Area (T)
    100. The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy (T)
    101. The Cultural Triangle (T)
    102. The Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage Area (extension to existing property) (T)
    103. The Great Rift Valley - The Kenya Lakes System (T)
    104. The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
    105. The historic town of Korcula (T)
    106. The Historical City of Maybod (T)
    107. The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan (T)
    108. The Laponian Area - Tysfjord, the fjord of Hellemobotn and Rago (T)
    109. The Lofoten islands (T)
    110. The Marble Basin of Carrara (T)
    111. The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia (T)
    112. The Rise of Systematic Biology (T)
    113. The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
    114. The Television Tower Stuttgart. Archetype and symbol of modern mass communication (T)
    115. The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of Aspendos (T)
    116. The Turf House Tradition (T)
    117. The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic – Heritage of the First World War (T)
    118. The Wine in Iberia (T)
    119. The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province (T)
    120. Thingvellir National Park (T)
    121. Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Nature Reserve (T)
    122. Town of Chichicastenango (T)
    123. Trakai Historical National Park (T)
    124. Via Francigena in Italy (T)
    125. VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
    126. Village de Sidi Bou Saïd : Harmonie architecturale et spirituelle en Méditerranée (T)
    127. Volcan Masaya National Park (T)
    128. Waitangi Treaty Grounds (T)
    129. Waters and seabed of Fiordland (Te Moana O Atawhenua) (T)
    130. Welwitschia Plains (T)
    131. Yivli Minaret Mosque (T)

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