Clyde

Malta \ Member since August 2017

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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.

 

My most impressive site: 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, Rock Islands

My proposal for a new site: Drift Passes of Rangiroa

Recent Visits
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    May 1, 2025
    Rock Islands
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    April 15, 2025
    Baroque Churches, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Vigan
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    April 11, 2025
    Mount Hamiguitan
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About Clyde

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Malta
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Reviews by Clyde

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Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal by Clyde

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (Inscribed)

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal

I visited this site on a cold sunny morning in April 2013. I was there at 10am and followed a guide who explained in detail how the steam pumping station …

Maulbronn Monastery by Clyde

Maulbronn Monastery (Inscribed)

Maulbronn Monastery

I visited Maulbronn Monastery in April 2013. It is practically intact with defense walls, a moat, gate, etc. The architecture is sublime and visiting on a weekday meant that I …

Trier by Clyde

Trier (Inscribed)

Trier

Trier is the oldest city in Germany and packed with Roman monuments and sites to see. The city's landmark is the Porta Nigra (Black Gate). Close to the Hauptmarkt there …

Lumbini by Clyde

Lumbini (Inscribed)

Lumbini

The Ashoka pillar and Mayadevi Temple are the core of this WHS but all around it on the masterplan of a Japanese architect, Buddhist monasteries and temples are being built …

Sagarmatha National Park by Clyde

Sagarmatha National Park (Inscribed)

Sagarmatha National Park

Few are those who have the will, fitness and stamina of climbing to the summit of Mt. Everest. Most will be happy to reach the Everest base camp but it …

Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu by Roman Bruehwiler

Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu (On tentative list)

Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu

The best remains are the eastern gate and the 2 circular stupa foundations. It is difficult to imagine how this site could have been the wealthy city where Siddharta Gautama …

Kathmandu Valley by Clyde

Kathmandu Valley (Inscribed)

Kathmandu Valley

This must be one of the most expensive WHS but still it is well worth visiting all 7 sites. My personal favourite is Pashupatinath, a smaller version of Varanasi and …

Chitwan National Park by Clyde

Chitwan National Park (Inscribed)

Chitwan National Park

This is no African Safari and flora and fauna are varied but few in comparison. The main treat is seeing the Bengal tiger even if for a split second (while …

Panauti by Roman Bruehwiler

Panauti (On tentative list)

Panauti

Panuati is a jewel of a village for the amount of temples, ghats and old homes with wood carvings still in good condition. However, it is VERY poor and abandoned …

Taormina and Isola Bella by Shandos Cleaver

Taormina and Isola Bella (Removed from tentat…)

Taormina and Isola Bella

Taormina is a beautiful destination for a quick weekend break. Great food too. Yet I don't think it merits a WHS status.

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France by Clyde

Routes of Santiago de Compost… (Inscribed)

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

I visited several sites listed in this WHS : in Paris, Amiens, Arles, Mont-St-Michel, etc. Still I feel that it would make much more sense to only have the Cathedral …

Causses and Cévennes by Clyde

Causses and Cévennes (Inscribed)

Causses and Cévennes

I visited this vast WHS in April 2012. I enjoyed the picturesque landscape contrasts of garigue, trees, streams, etc. Best to visit by car on a sunny day and then …

Bregenz Forest by Clyde

Bregenz Forest (Removed from tentat…)

Bregenz Forest

Well worth a visit and great for hikes. This active volcano however is not of universal value but only an important national heritage. Otherwise every other active volcano in the …

Lago Orta

Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta… (On tentative list)

Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands

Interesting to visit but do not offer that universal value. Otherwise Lake Garda and all lakes could be included in the list.

Medicinal Baths of Szechnenyi

Medicinal Baths of Szechnenyi (Removed from tentat…)

Medicinal Baths of Szechnenyi

These baths are a highlight of Budapest and Hungarian culture and I think they deserve to be annexed to Budapest (for example Budapest and its medicinal baths). Quite expensive to …

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National Monument at San Jose (Removed from tentat…)

National Monument at San Jose

Nothing much to deserve a WHS status. No universal value and not much to see either

Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period  by Els Slots

Wooden Monasteries of Konbaun… (On tentative list)

Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period

the highlight of these monasteries is Shwe Kyaung in Mandalay. Several antique wood carvings in good condition. Pakhangyi is the second best in my opinion. I think it is quite …

Historic Centre of Parma

Historic Centre of Parma (Removed from tentat…)

Historic Centre of Parma

Parma is a gem of a city. Culture, history, gastronomy. Bliss! However, you have to draw a line somewhere. Italy's WHS make up almost 5% of the total list! The …

City of Granada and its natural environment

City of Granada and its natur… (On tentative list)

City of Granada and its natural environment

The bright yellow church here is worth visiting but I don't think Granada is of universal value. However it is definitely a national heritage.

Amber Fort

Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Inscribed)

Hill Forts of Rajasthan

It would be fair to include such a WHS. I think it would deserve the WHS status at least as much as the Belfries of France and Belgium. Jaisalmer Fort …

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