Ian Cade

United Kingdom \ Member since December 2005

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I discovered the World Heritage list whilst studying in the Czech city of Olomouc in 2003, and since then I have spent a fair bit of my time visiting the sites and boring people with information about them. World Heritage Sites provide a great way to hunt out the best bits of countries and can give you a look at some great parts of a destination that you would otherwise not see. A few of my favourite sites have been the ones that I have made a special effort to get to see because of their place on the list; Sceilg Mhichíl, Guanajuato and Preah Vihear

I mostly take short trips around Europe, making the most of budget airlines special offers, seeing some of the continent's great cities, visiting friends and dragging them to some pretty obscure places.
I try to travel outside Europe at least once a year and hope to tick off a few of the places on my wish list when money, politics and time enable this.

It's not about the shark!:
Whilst the World Heritage Sites themselves are the focus of my travels, they are more a means to an end, the real joy of travelling comes from interacting with people, waiting for trains at hitherto unknown corners of the world then eating and drinking the tasty (and not so tasty) delights on offer.

My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Major Buildings of the Chicago School of Architecture

Check out my website: https://letterboxd.com/meltwaterfalls/

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    Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Naples, Pompei, Royal Palace at Caserta
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About Ian Cade

Member since
December 2005
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
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#134
WHS
328
Tentative Sites
54
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Reviews
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Reviews by Ian Cade

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Luther Memorials by Ian Cade

Luther Memorials (Inscribed)

Luther Memorials

We visited Lutherstadt Wittenberg for a particularly cold November afternoon. The town itself was quite pretty but not at its best on an icy autumn day, I would guess it …

Bauhaus Sites by Ian Cade

Bauhaus Sites (Inscribed)

Bauhaus Sites

If your idea of a good World Heritage site is a historic city centre, then this is perhaps not the best place to visit as arriving from the train station …

Medina of Sousse by Ian Cade

Medina of Sousse (Inscribed)

Medina of Sousse

The Medina in Sousse is perhaps the nicest in the country to look at, and a cool feeling is given off by the white washed walls and blue medina doors. …

Kairouan by Ian Cade

Kairouan (Inscribed)

Kairouan

Kairouan is the fourth holiest city in Islam, (although I have just done a little research and this may be a tad controversial!) and it is said that travelling there …

Avignon by Ian Cade

Avignon (Inscribed)

Avignon

Avignon was a fantastic place, where we spent the best part of a week in late September, enjoying the city and travelling to the cluster of WHS within easy travelling …

Vienna by Ian Cade

Vienna (Inscribed)

Vienna

I had received pretty mixed reviews about Vienna so I was not expecting much when I arrived. However I was stunned when I got to walk around, the wealth of …

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France by Ian Cade

Routes of Santiago de Compost… (Inscribed)

Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France

The Pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compestela plays a large role in European history and as such is very justified in being inscribed on the WH list however I would …

Medina of Marrakesh by Ian Cade

Medina of Marrakesh (Inscribed)

Medina of Marrakesh

The medina here is no preserved museum it is busy, dirty and noisy and it is here that it’s massive charm can be found. The whole place feels completely alive, …

Strasbourg by Ian Cade

Strasbourg (Inscribed)

Strasbourg

I have to admit perhaps my favourite places to visit are these medium sized European cities, and Strasbourg was definitely well worth a weekend break.

The city centre is on …

Würzburg Residence by Ian Cade

Würzburg Residence (Inscribed)

Würzburg Residence

My enthusiasm for Palaces is very low, however the main staircase of the Residence is well worth the effort to see. It is one of the finest pieces of Baroque …

Upper Middle Rhine Valley by Ian Cade

Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Inscribed)

Upper Middle Rhine Valley

We only managed to visit the Southern part of the valley, from Bingen to Bacharach, however we really enjoyed the experience, and felt we got a feel for the site …

Messel Pit by Ian Cade

Messel Pit (Inscribed)

Messel Pit

This was a site that I really had no preparation for visiting and it was a split second decision at Darmstadt station that brought us here instead of Lorsch. What …

Bamberg by Ian Cade

Bamberg (Inscribed)

Bamberg

Central Europe has thrown up some of my favourite towns and Bamberg certainly ranks among them. We spent an unexpected and very cold day here in January 2007, and it …

Giant's Causeway by Ian Cade

Giant's Causeway (Inscribed)

Giant's Causeway

All of Britain's natural World Heritage sites contain coastlines, but this is perhaps the most unique and recognisable of them all. We had a lovely day trip here from Belfast …

Megalithic Temples of Malta by Ian Cade

Megalithic Temples of Malta (Inscribed)

Megalithic Temples of Malta

These seven temples are distributed across Malta and its sister island of Gozo. They consist of some of the oldest freestanding buildings in the world, providing an insight into some …

Medina of Essaouira by Ian Cade

Medina of Essaouira (Inscribed)

Medina of Essaouira

I had heard lots of great stories about Essaouira, so thought it would be worth the trip down from Marrakesh, and as it turned out it was well worth the …

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum by Ian Cade

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Inscribed)

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

The Hypogeum is tucked away on a fairly unremarkable street in the suburbs of Valletta. From the outside it looks just like another house, however what lies below is very …

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