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Versailles
Roel Sterken Belgium - 22-Apr-19
Here is a practical tip for those who want to skip the lines, and are not the morning bird type, like myself. Completely serendipitously I discovered that if you book a guided tour from Versailles itself (no third parties) to the king's private apartments, you'll skip all the lines, no matter what day or no matter the size of the line. My wife and I visited on easter weekend (worst timing possible) and were extremely discouraged by the HUGE lines: the entire front square was packed (est. waiting time 2h). We had booked the 'passport' ticket that gives you all access, and for €10 extra the guided tour in the apartments (which you otherwise can't visit)
Read OnRoyal Exhibition Building
Roel Sterken Belgium - 23-Sep-12
Contrary to what I read from other reviews, I must say I really enjoyed visiting the Royal Exhibition Hall. This was not in the least due to the fact that when I was visiting Melbourne, the exhibition hall was opened and in use for an annual art expo, so count me a very lucky man. The majestic grandeur of the building and colorful interior were emphasized by the tumult and spirit that the exposition brought along. The interior is beautifully restored to match the original schemes set in 1901 and a must see for anyone slightly interested in design and architecture. I stroled around for almost two hours, enjoying the feeling and awe that 19th century visitors of the Melbourne International Exhibitions must have shared with me
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsMatera 5Val di Noto 4.5Hoi An 4Hué 4Ibiza 4Pienza 4Trang An 4Quedlinburg 3.5Saint-Emilion 3.5Syracuse 3.5Viñales Valley 3.5Willandra Lakes 3.5Burgundy 3Nancy 3Nesvizh 3Bauhaus Sites 2.5Kernavė 2.5My Son 2.5Speyer Cathedral 2.5Beemster Polder 1.5Mir Castle 1.5Rideau Canal 1.5ShUM Sites 1.5Thang Long 1.5Le Havre 1Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Big Bend National Park (T)
- Bonaire Marine Park (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
- Coastal Cliffs (T)
- Corcovado National Park and Isla del Cano Biological Reserve (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal (T)
- Historic Lighthouses of The Bahamas (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Hoge Kempen Rural - Industrial Transition Landscape (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Kornati and Telašćica (T)
- La Camargue (T)
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo, la fin de l’épopée napoléonienne (T)
- Le lac Tanganyika (T)
- Le noyau historique ou la 'Cuve' de Gand, et les deux abbayes qui sont à son origine (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège (T)
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo, exemple particulièrement significatif de « Phénomène de Panoramas » (T)
- Le plateau des Hautes-Fagnes (T)
- Les citadelles mosanes (T)
- Les passages de Bruxelles / Les Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert (T)
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie (T)
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire: Nimes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (T)
- Leuven/Louvain, batiments universitaires, l'héritage de six siècles au sein du centre historique (T)
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
- Mount Vernon (T)
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers- de l'Escaut aux anciens remparts de vers 1250 (T)
- Plantations in West Curacao (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- The Fortress of Terezín (T)
- The Turf House Tradition (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Thomas Jefferson Buildings (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
Reviewed TWHS
Top 50 Missing Sites
- Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library
- Bagan
- Communist heritage of Volgograd
- Death Valley National Park
- Dzongs of Bhutan
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge
- Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol
- Kuhikugu
- La Brea Pitch Lake
- Laas Gaal
- Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Mecca, Kaaba
- Ross Island
- Silk Roads
- Tashilunpo Monastery in Tibet
- The Sacred Complex of Babylon
- Vatnajökull National Park
- Vers une architecture: Major Buildings of Le Corbusier
- Westhoek: places of memory and monuments of the Great War