Ilya Burlak

United States of America \ Member since January 2017

#313 179 36 5

I only started prioritizing visiting World Heritage sites a few years ago, and with my limited US-based corporate-warrior time-off allocation and family obligations, I can only add a handful to a dozen in any given year. I look forward to visiting them all after I retire...

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Recent Visits
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    July 11, 2025
    Greece: Ancient Towers of the Aegean Sea
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    Dec. 4, 2024
    Hungary: Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System, Hollókö, Le Chateau-fort médieval d'Esztergom ...
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    May 14, 2024
    Peru: Arequipa, Cuzco, Lima ...
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About Ilya Burlak

Member since
January 2017
Country of Origin
United States of America
Visits
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#313
WHS
179
Tentative Sites
36
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Reviews
123
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Reviews by Ilya Burlak

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Cheimarros Tower by Ilya Burlak

Ancient Towers of the Aegean … (On tentative list)

Cheimarros Tower

This is hardly a representative review, but given that there is no other so far for this tentative serial property, I surmise that something is better than nothing. While vacationing …

Versailles by Ilya Burlak

Versailles (Inscribed)

Versailles

In my humble opinion, Versailles is a must-see in one's lifetime, even though it has its drawbacks. First of all, the palace is frequently unbearably overcrowded. And, being the early …

Paris, Banks of the Seine by Ilya Burlak

Paris, Banks of the Seine (Inscribed)

Paris, Banks of the Seine

I love Paris. It is one of the first places that comes to my mind in the context of "there is no other place I'd rather be". We've been to …

Westminster by Ilya Burlak

Westminster (Inscribed)

Westminster

I've been to the Westminster Abbey for the first time as far back as 2000, and then at least a couple of times while living in London in the later …

Tower of London by Ilya Burlak

Tower of London (Inscribed)

Tower of London

The Tower is awfully expensive and terribly overcrowded. There is hardly a better indicator of the worth of a tourist attraction visit than the economics of exorbitant entrance fees not …

Hollókö by Ilya Burlak

Hollókö (Inscribed)

Hollókö

Visited in November of 2024. Something that is 300 years old and deliberately well-preserved always piques my interest, even if it has a reconstructed-for-museum-purposes feel. In any case, Hollókő is …

Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád by Ilya Burlak

Royal Seats in Esztergom, Vis… (On tentative list)

Royal Seats in Esztergom, Visegrád

I visited Esztergom and its castle in November of 2024 on a day trip from Budapest by car. The direct driving distance between Budapest and Esztergom is a little bit …

Pannonhalma by Ilya Burlak

Pannonhalma (Inscribed)

Pannonhalma

I visited Pannonhalma in November of 2024 by car from Budapest - the drive is about an hour and a half long. The only other visitors that I eventually saw …

Ripa Pannonica in Hungary by Ilya Burlak

Ripa Pannonica in Hungary (On tentative list)

Ripa Pannonica in Hungary

While in Budapest in November of 2024, I stopped by two of the locations of this serial submission.

Aquincum archaeological site marks the location of the capital of the …

Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System by Ilya Burlak

Caves of the Buda Thermal Kar… (On tentative list)

Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System

I visited Pál-völgyi Cave during my stay in Budapest in November 2024. I did not plan to see more than one cave in this serial submission, and based on my …

Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture by Ilya Burlak

Ödön Lechner's independent pr… (On tentative list)

Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture

All of my research ahead of the trip to Budapest last November suggested that you cannot visit either the Postal Saving Bank or the State Geological Institute. The Museum of …

Budapest by Ilya Burlak

Budapest (Inscribed)

Budapest

Visited in November 2024, fifteen years-plus since the first visit.

I love how impressive examples of Art Nouveau and Art Deco are found on practically every block in Central …

Qhapaq Ñan by Ilya Burlak

Qhapaq Ñan (Inscribed)

Qhapaq Ñan

This hardly qualifies as a review, since my experience with Qhapaq Ñan is limited to the central Cuzco in May of 2024. But since this experience contains a couple of …

Cuzco by Ilya Burlak

Cuzco (Inscribed)

Cuzco

I visited Cuzco in May of 2024. Echoing the previous reviewers, it is a lovely living town with a visible exceptional blend of pre-Columbian and Colonial design, boasting a number …

Salt Mines of Maras by Ilya Burlak

Salt Mines of Maras (On tentative list)

Salt Mines of Maras

Possibly because I have never toured a salt flats site before, Maras saltineras impressed me a lot. The deceptive simplicity of the process, coupled with the visuals of hundreds - …

Machu Picchu by Ilya Burlak

Machu Picchu (Inscribed)

Machu Picchu

I visited Machu Picchu in May of 2024. I suspect it is one of the most obvious bucket-list destinations for anyone who's ever been bitten by the travel bug, so …

Arequipa by Ilya Burlak

Arequipa (Inscribed)

Arequipa

I visited Arequipa in May of 2024, possibly very close to the time that Dennis was there as well, and truth be told, I have little to add to his …

Lima by Ilya Burlak

Lima (Inscribed)

Lima

My trip to Peru in May 2024 had two full-day bookends in Lima, which gave me plenty of time to explore the historic center. I share the opinion that you …

Belize Barrier Reef by Ilya Burlak

Belize Barrier Reef (Inscribed)

Belize Barrier Reef

I visited the South Water Caye component in December of 2023. In line with most of the reviews below, I am not a diver, not an underwater photographer, and at …

Tikal National Park by Ilya Burlak

Tikal National Park (Inscribed)

Tikal National Park

I visited Tikal in December of 2023 on a day trip from Western Belize. Echoing the past reviewers, the huge site well deserves various superlatives. The Grand Plaza is the …

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