For most visitors to Beijing, the Forbidden City is the most evident first stop. My mom and I, however, made it our last destination during our recent two-week trip. In …
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Philippines \ Member since May 2012
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Works at the intersection of culture and tourism, with 15 years experience in the field. A member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts - National Committee on Monuments and Sites (NCMS).
Largely based in Paoay in northern Philippines, which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines) and is not far away from the Historic City of Vigan. Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times (travel and culture), and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures.
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Southeast Asian Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
Recent Visits
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00Oct. 26, 2025Beijing Ancient Observatory
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10Oct. 25, 2025Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing
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10Oct. 24, 2025Mountain Resort, Chengde
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About Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #246
- WHS
- 216
- Tentative Sites
- 83
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 62
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Bagan 5.0
- Aachen Cathedral 5.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Sanchi 5.0
- Yungang Grottoes 5.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 5.0
- Plain of Jars 5.0
- Twyfelfontein 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Quanzhou 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Temple of Heaven 5.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.5
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.5
- Fujian Tulou 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Verona 4.5
- Gyeongju 4.5
- Mount Wutai 4.5
- Pattadakal 4.5
- Mahabalipuram 4.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- West Lake 4.5
- Chola Temples 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Yazd 4.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 4.5
- Shushtar 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 4.0
- Speyer Cathedral 4.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 4.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 4.0
- Masada 4.0
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Via Appia 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Mapungubwe 4.0
- Medina of Tétouan 4.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Mount Taishan 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4.0
- Classical Weimar 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Mazagan 4.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 4.0
- Regensburg 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 4.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 4.0
- Mountain Railways of India 4.0
- Vat Phou 4.0
- Holasovice 4.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Meknes 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Baroque Churches 4.0
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3.5
- Prague 3.5
- Luang Prabang 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3.5
- Cambodian Memorial Sites 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Keoladeo National Park 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Haeinsa Temple 3.5
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 3.5
- Messel Pit 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Rome 3.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.5
- Old Town of Galle 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.5
- Peking Man Site 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Bali Subak system 3.5
- Elephanta Caves 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Kandy 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Macao 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Ahmadabad 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Pyu Ancient Cities 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Imperial Tombs 3.5
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 3.0
- Old City of Acre 3.0
- Luther Memorials 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Danube Limes 3.0
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Si Thep 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Domus de janas Sardinia 3.0
- FRIM Selangor 2.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.5
- Lower German Limes 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Sinharaja Forest 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.5
- Thang Long 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.0
- Trans-Iranian Railway 2.0
- The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Beijing Central Axis 2.0
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.0
- Vredefort Dome 2.0
- Bisotun 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.0
- Maratha Military Landscapes 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Wadden Sea 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 1.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 1.5
Tentative Sites
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Silk Road Sites in India
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- Long-lived trees of Iran
- Etosha Pan
- Welwitschia Plains
- Caesarea
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
- Industrial Heritage of textile
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Casablanca
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Olympic Park Munich
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- Fishriver Canyon
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- Tape Sialk
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Apo Reef Natural Park
- Brandberg National Monument
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park
- Benguela Current
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Succulent Karoo (Namibia)
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Shush
- Arasbaran
- The Historical City of Maybod
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble
- University of Tehran
- Kerman
- Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage
- Mattanchery Palace
- Walled City of Manila
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- Kaboud Mosque
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge
- Semarang Old Town
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Corregidor Island and Fortifications of Manila Bay
- Taq-e Bostan
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Reviews by Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Imperial Palaces of the Ming … (Inscribed)
Qianlong Garden & Classics Museum
Kulangsu (Inscribed)
Kulangsu
Going to Gulangyu is very straight-forward: a bus to the International Ferry Terminal, then a smooth 20-minute boat ride to the island. If one decides to leave the island after …
Quanzhou (Inscribed)
Quanzhou
I recently came from a trip to Fujian where I stayed in Quanzhou for four days. This allowed me to visit 16 component sites leaving only the farthest six out. …
Grand Canal (Inscribed)
Grand Canal
During my visit in early 2014, I was not aware of the Grand Canal nomination despite it gaining inscription later that year. But visiting Suzhou and going out of the …
Varanasi (On tentative list)
Varanasi
Varanasi deserves a place in the list and it surprises me that no one has reviewed it yet. Being one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, which …
Wadden Sea (Inscribed)
Wadden Sea
After visiting the lovely old town of Franeker for the Eisinga Planetarium, my friend and I went back to Leeuwarden to embark on what was probably the craziest bike ride …
Domus de janas Sardinia (Inscribed)
Domus de janas Sardinia
There seems to be an issue in the use of Domus de Janas in this nomination as some components are strictly not rock-hewn tombs. What Italy seems to be gunning …
The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple (On tentative list)
The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple
Bhojpur Temple, as it is commonly known, is situated between Bhopal and Bhimbetka Rock Shelter. I did not know about this site earlier, but it was recommended by my …
Sun Temple, Modhera (On tentative list)
Sun Temple, Modhera
While I did enjoy more than two hours in Modhera on the way to Rani-Ki-Vav from Amdavad back in 2019, I'm not sure if I am able to grasp what …
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Inscribed)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
In driving around southern Germany, I managed to see two components of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, dubbed as the longest monument in Europe at 550 kilometers long. The …
Armenian Monastic Ensembles (Inscribed)
Armenian Monastic Ensembles
There seems to be a shared frustration about Dzordzor in the group. I also did not get to see it during my visit. As previous reviewers have already tackled a …
Olympic Park Munich (On tentative list)
Olympic Park Munich
Rather easy to get to from the city center via the U-Bahn, Olympiapark is directly right across the highway from the BMW Welt, and it can be visited together with …
Mapungubwe (Inscribed)
Mapungubwe
Mpungubwe is located far away along the border of South Africa with Botswana and Zimbabwe, and at one of the viewpoints you can see the convergence of the three …
Persian Caravanserai (Inscribed)
Persian Caravanserai
My initial reaction when I finally saw the inscribed properties under Persian Caravanserai was of wonder as to why the beautiful Aminoddoleh Timche in the grand bazaar of Kashan was …
Mazagan (Inscribed)
Mazagan
As was the case for Els, I wasn't expecting much from Mazagan but it turned out to be a very positive visit. Even its evaluation report widely praised it, with …
Medina of Tétouan (Inscribed)
Medina of Tétouan
It was nice to practice the little Spanish that remains in me in this medina. Filipinos certainly find this city of a particular interest as one of our colonial churches …
Koh Ker (Inscribed)
Koh Ker
Koh Ker did not interest me at all in 2012 so I was more than fine to have skipped it when I went to Preah Vihear Temple, despite the former …
Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
This is my third visit to Angkor. In my first visit I did the small circuit with a very competent guide who has had been part of many studies and …
Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)
Sambor Prei Kuk
If one spends enough time to carefully explore the area, there are many temples here that have been overgrown by strangling fig trees in ways that do not fail to …
Long-lived trees of Iran (On tentative list)
Long-lived trees of Iran
There is a local legend saying that the cypress in Abarkooh was planted by Zoroaster himself. Cypresses, in general, are considered sacred trees by Iranians. Coming from Yazd, the site …