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

Member since
August 2017
Country of Origin
Malta
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Reviews by Clyde

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Xanthos-Letoon by Clyde

Xanthos-Letoon (Inscribed)

Xanthos-Letoon

I visited both locations of this WHS in Spring 2021. Of the two, Letoon seems to be the less visited. The original highlights of these two locations are now to …

St. Nicholas Church by Clyde

St. Nicholas Church (On tentative list)

St. Nicholas Church

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021. It is quite close to Demre, the departure point for Kekova Island boat trips and could easily be fitted with a half day …

Kekova by Clyde

Kekova (On tentative list)

Kekova

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021. We opted for a full day private boat trip with Captain Durali. When we visited the departure point of Demre, exactly after recent …

Yivli Minaret Mosque by Clyde

Yivli Minaret Mosque (On tentative list)

Yivli Minaret Mosque

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021 while shortly visiting the busy seaside city of Antalya. Although I enjoyed my visit I wouldn't say it possesses enough OUV to make …

The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of A by Clyde

Ancient City of Aspendos (On tentative list)

Ancient City of Aspendos

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021 as a convenient stopover between Konya and Antalya. It is possibly the best theater in Turkey on par with the WHS in Orange, …

Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization by Clyde

Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civ… (On tentative list)

Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization

I visited Konya in Spring 2021 and used it as my base for 3 nights to visit the Catalhoyuk WHS and several other components of other tWHS.

Konya is …

Çatalhöyük by Clyde

Çatalhöyük (Inscribed)

Çatalhöyük

I visited this WHS in Spring 2021. Catalhoyuk is a few kilometres away from Konya, which is a great city to base yourself for a couple of days. This WHS …

Ishak Pasha Palace by Clyde

Ishak Pasha Palace (On tentative list)

Ishak Pasha Palace

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021 as a pleasant stopover between Van and Ani WHS. Its beautiful surroundings at the foothills of Mount Ararat and with lovely wild flowers …

Akdamar Church by Clyde

Akdamar Church (On tentative list)

Akdamar Church

I visited this tentative WHS in Spring 2021. The Akdamar Church of the Holy Cross is situated on Akdamar Island in Lake Van in Eastern Anatolia, reachable by frequent ferries …

Divrigi by Clyde

Divrigi (Inscribed)

Divrigi

I visited this WHS in Spring 2021 after a very long drive from Ani WHS. Having visited I'd rate it as a worth visiting site as much as the Ichan …

Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs by Clyde

Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs (On tentative list)

Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs

I visited 8 out of the 11 components that make up this tWHS in Spring 2021 (except the 3 components in Sivas) and most were really enjoyable places and stopovers. …

Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to  by Clyde

Seljuk Caravanserais from Den… (On tentative list)

Seljuk Caravanserais from Denizli to Dogubeyazit

I visited all 10 locations of this tWHS in Spring 2021. Apart from the Mamahatun Caravanserai, just outside Erzurum in East Turkey, the rest are mainly in a rather convenient …

Ani by Clyde

Ani (Inscribed)

Ani

I visited this WHS in Spring 2021. It is quite remote being around 17-18 hours by car from Istanbul but it certainly didn't disappoint. Possibly since I haven't visited Armenia …

Historical Monuments of Nigde by Clyde

Historical Monuments of Nigde (On tentative list)

Historical Monuments of Nigde

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021 as a side trip after visiting also the underground city components of the Goreme NP WHS. I think that some interesting sites around …

The Tombstones of Ahlat  by Clyde

The Tombstones of Ahlat (On tentative list)

The Tombstones of Ahlat

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021 as a side trip from Van Lake, 42 km from Tatvan. The several ornately carved Tombstones of Ahlat were a very pleasant surprise. …

Tushpa/Van Fortress by Clyde

Tushpa/Van Fortress (On tentative list)

Tushpa/Van Fortress

I visited this tentative WHS in Spring 2021. Having already visited the Diyarbakir WHS and Sanliurfa tWHS, I wasn't really expecting much of the Van Fortress. Yet just after we …

The Malabadi Bridge by Clyde

The Malabadi Bridge (On tentative list)

The Malabadi Bridge

I visited this tWHS in Spring 2021 en route from Diyarbakir to Van lake. The arch bridge was built during the Artuqid period in 1146-1155 over the Batman river near …

Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens by Clyde

Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevse… (Inscribed)

Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens

I visited Diyarbakir in Spring 2021 after Sanliurfa and before heading towards Van lake and spent 2 nights and 3 days here. When planning my road trip loop I had …

Harran and Sanliurfa by Clyde

Harran and Sanliurfa (On tentative list)

Harran and Sanliurfa

I visited Sanliurfa as a stopover between Gobeklitepe and Diyarbakir WHS. It is a very enjoyable and laid back city nicknamed the "City of Prophets". Its highlight, the Sacred Fish …

Göbekli Tepe by Clyde

Göbekli Tepe (Inscribed)

Göbekli Tepe

I visited Gobeklitepe in Spring 2021 after Nemrut Dagi WHS on the way to Sanliurfa TWHS. Gobeklitepe is the world's first known temple and notwithstanding its old age, the preserved …

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