As a Wadden Sea fan and a native of Schleswig-Holstein, I do have a soft spot for tidal mud flats. It was on my first visit to Korea more than …
Nan
Germany \ Member since April 2014
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It's up to you how you want to spend your holiday, whether that's lazing on the beach at a Caribbean club hotel sipping Mai Tais. Or tending to the garden.

While I do enjoy the occasional Mai Tai on the beach, I prefer to see new things and travel to faraway places. I've read my fair share of travel guides to find out where to go and what to see. And I was often disappointed.
While many guidebooks spend an entire chapter extolling the virtues of a particular destination (e.g. a capital city), World Heritage Sites are different. They're as objective as it gets, and often take you off the beaten track. For example, I have fond memories of my taxi ride through a Czech winter landscape to visit Holasovice, a site that only World Heritage connoisseurs would appreciate. More often than not, WHS are great places.
Initially, I concentrated on visiting as many WHS as possible, which gave me a good overview. However, since I've reached the magic 300 (almost 600 now), I've shifted my focus to visiting the really great sites: quality over quantity.
Ultimately, I recommend that you travel as you please. However, if you find yourself in a country (even if it's just for a beach holiday), take a look at the map of World Heritage Sites on this site to see if any are nearby. You may have to travel a little off the beaten track, but I assure you it will be worth it.
My most impressive sites (the usual):
- Petra
- Machu Picchu
- Angkor
From the tentative sites I have seen I feel strongly for:
- Okefenokee NP, USA - Riding canoe in the swamp with snakes and crocodiles.
- Unjusa temple, South Korea (my title picture) - Korea's best temple.
- Desert Castles in Uzbekistan.
Several aspiring sites in Sri Lanka also come to mind Bawa's modernism and the painted buddhist temples are something to behold.
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10April 24, 2025USA '25: On the road again: Mount Rainier National Park, Olympic National Park
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World Heritage Sites
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Chichen-Itza 4.5
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Te Wahipounamu 4.5
- Ravenna 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Los Alerces National Park 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Nubian Monuments 4.5
- Loire Valley 4.5
- Meteora 4.5
- Yosemite National Park 4.5
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.5
- Samarkand 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Ping Yao 4.5
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 4.0
- Laponian Area 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- El Escurial 4.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.0
- Studley Royal Park 4.0
- Castel del Monte 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Valletta 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Agrigento 4.0
- Guanajuato 4.0
- Humayun's Tomb 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- South China Karst 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 4.0
- Istanbul 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Iguacu 4.0
- Cueva de las Manos 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Megaliths of Carnac 4.0
- Gyeongju 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Itchan Kala 4.0
- Surtsey 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Riga 4.0
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- Himeji-jo 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.0
- Everglades 4.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Olympia 4.0
- Nasca Lines 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- West Lake 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Longmen Grottoes 4.0
- Dengfeng 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Wadden Sea 4.0
- Neolithic Orkney 4.0
- Kew Gardens 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Pergamon 3.5
- Altamira Cave 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Schönbrunn 3.5
- Fujisan 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Cuenca 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Bryggen 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- Churches of Moldavia 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.5
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Champagne 3.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 3.5
- Lake District 3.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.5
- Tongariro National Park 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture 3.5
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Assisi 3.5
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.5
- Meknes 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- University of Coimbra 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Old City of Acre 3.5
- Bethlehem 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.5
- Danube Delta 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 3.5
- Churches of Chiloé 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Calakmul 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
- Çatalhöyük 3.5
- Huangshan 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Baalbek 3.5
- Göbekli Tepe 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Kuldiga 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.0
- Trebic 3.0
- Yaroslavl 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.0
- Zollverein 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Valparaiso 3.0
- Hoi An 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Nikko 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Bellinzone 3.0
- Summer Palace 3.0
- Ancient Nara 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.0
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.0
- Uxmal 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Hué 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.0
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Urnes Stave Church 3.0
- Sucre 3.0
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3.0
- Poblet Monastery 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Avila 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Segovia 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Cuzco 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Canterbury 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Seville 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 3.0
- Mount Athos 3.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.0
- Hiraizumi 3.0
- Aquileia 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.0
- Potosi 3.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- Plain of Jars 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Vegaøyan 3.0
- Rjukan / Notodden 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 3.0
- Giant's Causeway 3.0
- Aphrodisias 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Arslantepe Mound 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- Ohrid Region 3.0
- Studenica Monastery 3.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 3.0
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 3.0
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 3.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.0
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 3.0
- Gelati Monastery 3.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 3.0
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.0
- Sinharaja Forest 3.0
- Central Highlands 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 3.0
- Haeinsa Temple 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Volubilis 3.0
- Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream 3.0
- Taj Mahal 3.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Lyon 3.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Palmeral of Elche 2.5
- Red Fort 2.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Burgundy 2.5
- Monastery of Batalha 2.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 2.5
- Abbey of St Gall 2.5
- Val di Noto 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5
- Val d'Orcia 2.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
- Toledo 2.5
- Caceres 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- Sian Ka'an 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Białowieża Forest 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- New Lanark 2.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Vlkolinec 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Tiwanaku 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Melaka and George Town 2.5
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.5
- Australian Convict Sites 2.5
- Rock Art of Alta 2.5
- Qutb Minar 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Naples 2.5
- Bauhaus Sites 2.5
- Sighisoara 2.5
- Roșia Montană 2.5
- Bardejov Town 2.5
- Banska Stiavnica 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Butrint 2.5
- Genbaku Dome 2.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 2.5
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5
- Tower of Hercules 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Troy 2.5
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Chartres Cathedral 2.5
- Burgos Cathedral 2.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 2.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 2.5
- Medina of Tétouan 2.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.5
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.5
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Sarazm 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Bom Jesus do Monte 2.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.5
- Mtskheta 2.5
- Provins 2.5
- Hollókö 2.5
- Ancient Jericho 2.5
- Koh Ker 2.5
- Modernist Kaunas 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Old Town of Galle 2.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.5
- Kandy 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Monastery of Geghard 2.5
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.5
- Corfu 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Paphos 2.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 2.5
- The Flow Country 2.5
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Elvas 2.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.5
- Fray Bentos 2.5
- Nesvizh 2.5
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2.5
- San Gimignano 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Camino Real 2.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.5
- Puebla 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 2.5
- Mazagan 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Margravial Opera House 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Rhaetian Railway 2.5
- Graz 2.5
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.5
- Domus de janas Sardinia 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Heritage of Mercury 2.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Saltaire 2.5
- Vat Phou 2.5
- Orange 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5
- Rila Monastery 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Nessebar 2.0
- Ferrara 2.0
- Curonian Spit 2.0
- Centennial Hall 2.0
- Zamość 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.0
- Morelia 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Novgorod 2.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Litomysl Castle 2.0
- China Danxia 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Mérida 2.0
- Saint-Emilion 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- City of Luxembourg 2.0
- Sigiriya 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.0
- Epidaurus 2.0
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- Stecci 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 2.0
- Karlskrona 2.0
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.0
- Salzburg 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.0
- Major Town Houses 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Guimarães 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.0
- Verona 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Shakhrisyabz 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Novodevichy Convent 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.0
- Beemster Polder 2.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Lima 2.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Nice 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Monastery of Horezu 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Classical Weimar 1.5
- Hortobágy 1.5
- Torun 1.5
- Thingvellir 1.5
- Holasovice 1.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 1.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 1.5
- Crespi d'Adda 1.5
- Ivrea 1.5
- Pirin National Park 1.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.5
- Xanthos-Letoon 1.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 1.5
- Caves and Ice Age Art 1.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 1.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 1.5
- Reichenau 1.5
- Madara Rider 1.5
- Regensburg 1.5
- Birka and Hovgarden 1.5
- Mount Etna 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Campeche 1.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 1.5
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Drottningholm 1.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.5
- Semmering Railway 1.5
- Luther Memorials 1.5
- Medina Azahara 1.5
- Querétaro 1.5
- Par force hunting landscape 1.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 1.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 1.5
- Jeju 1.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.0
- Dacian Limes 1.0
- Pannonhalma 1.0
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 1.0
- Battir 1.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Messel Pit 1.0
- Old City of Berne 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Stari Grad Plain 1.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.0
- Western Tien-Shan 1.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 1.0
- Namhansanseong 1.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 1.0
- Danube Limes 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 1.0
- Mir Castle 1.0
- Polonnaruva 1.0
- Thang Long 1.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 1.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 1.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 0.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5
- Tlacotalpan 0.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 0.5
- Alto Douro 0.5
- Mafra 0.5
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 0.5
- The Prosecco Hills 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Midyat Churches and Monasteries
- Hisham's Palace/ Khirbet al-Mafjar
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- Harran and Sanliurfa
- Zeynel Abidin Mosque and Mor Yakup Church
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Tbilisi Historic District
- Vani
- Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve
- Uplistsikhe Cave Town
- City of York
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Site of the Schöningen Spears
- Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- Aalto Works
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm
- Ellis Island
- Hikone-Jo
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
- Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site
- Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
- The Turf House Tradition
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Naganeupseong
- Seljuk Caravanserais from Denizli to Dogubeyazit
- Kamenets-Podilsk Cultural Landscape
- Rural Temples of Cusco
- Degania & Nahalal
- Jerusalem
- Rouen
- Sea of Galilee
- Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta
- Alba Julia
- Sacred Titicaca Lake
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Svalbard Archipelago
- The Lofoten islands
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs
- Archaeological site of Ancient Messene
- Sites of the Busan Wartime Capital
- Ancient Lavrion
- Abydos
- Necropolises of Middle Egypt
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Mountain-top Hotel Television Transmitter Ještěd
- Lake Titicaca
- Nasca Aqueducts
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- Seruwila to Sri Pada pilgrim route
- Rostov Kremlin
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of Dead Sea Scrolls
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Asuka-Fujiwara
- Leuven
- Zerzevan Castle and Mithraeum
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- The Rise of Systematic Biology
- Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
- Tara National Park
- Thingvellir National Park
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Orvieto
- Civita di Bagnoregio
- Via Francigena
- Panamá City
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands
- Horvat Minnim
- Fortifications in Komárno - Komárom (Hun)
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Cultural landscape of Bač
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus
- Torgau Castle Chapel
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (EXT)
- Pretzien Weir
- Casablanca
- National Museum of Qatar
- Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches
- Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece
- Tvrda (Fort) in Osijek
- Amalienborg and its district
- Bet She'an
- Thingvellir Viking Sites
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- The Fortress of Terezín
- Hala Sultan Tekke and Larnaka Salt Lake Complex
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Brooklyn Bridge
- The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord
- Francke Foundation Buildings
- Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications
- Alanya
- Cal Orck’o
- Ribeira Sacra Waterscape
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Green Belt
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- Central Park
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Citadel of Alessandria
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
- L'ensemble rupestre de Basarabi
- La Camargue
- La Moneda Palace
- The Roussensky Lom National Park
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Massif du Mont Blanc
- Mattanchery Palace
- Metz Royale et Impériale
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Hoge Kempen
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski)
- Khor Dubai
- Pharaon Island
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Yildiz Palace Complex
- Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire
- Sites of Great Moravia
- The Augustow Canal (Kanal Augustowski)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Victoria Lines Fortifications
- Coastal Cliffs
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- That Luang de Vientiane
- The late ancient tomb of Silistra
- The Silver Route
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Nuruosmaniye Complex
- Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia
- Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape
- Ancient Kamakura
- San Francisco Church and Convent
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Monte Verde Archaeological Site
- Massif du Mont-Blanc
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities
- Kosice
- The Karlstejn Castle
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia
- Ayvalık Industrial Landscape
- Italica
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Mardin Cultural Landscape
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Egyptian Museum
- Complex of Sheikh Mukhtar-Vali (mausoleum)
- Tashkent makhallas
- Mývatn and Laxá
- Minaret in Vobkent
- Caesarea
- La Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- Ein Karem
- Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
- Mértola
- Vila Viçosa
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- Sulcis Iglesiente
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Reviews by nan


Meknes (Inscribed)
Rainy Meknes
Meknes was the last of the four royal cities of Morocco we visited. Unfortunately, we had really bad luck on multiple levels. It turns out it does rain in Morocco …

Abbey and Altenmünster of Lor… (Inscribed)
Ruins of Lorsch
Visiting Lorsch today, you might find it to be a rather quiet and uneventful town. However, it's fascinating to imagine that during Carolingian and medieval times, Lorsch was a bustling …

Berlin Modernism Housing Esta… (Inscribed)
A decade to see it all
In 2012, while visiting Berlin for a job interview, I took the opportunity to visit three locations of the Modernism Housing Estates before my interview. The interview was at lunchtime, …

Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academi… (Inscribed)
Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies by Nan
If you play Civilization VI, you know what a Seowon is: the Korean variant of the blue Campus District. A Seowon generates a lot of science, is cheap to build, …

Baekje Historic Areas (Inscribed)
Baekje Historic Areas by Nan
Being only able to visit one cluster of sites, we focused on Iksan and Wanggung-ri, following Philipp's recommendation. Both mark the final bout of the Baekje Kingdom around 600-700 CE, …

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa … (Inscribed)
Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen by Nan
A decade ago, on my last day in Seoul before flying home, I ventured to Ganghwa to tick the Dolmens. I waited near a metro station in Seoul, trying to …

Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at … (On tentative list)
Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple by Nan
Every once in a while, a little-known, off-the-beaten-path site manages to outshine the already inscribed sites of a country. It's rare; most of the newly inscribed sites are below average …

Capital Fortifications of Han… (Nominated)
Capital Fortifications of Hanyang by Nan
The first time I visited Korea in 2004, I recall that the beautiful Dongdaemun Gate stood at the centre of a large and unattractive roundabout with heavy traffic. Today, the …

Göbekli Tepe (Inscribed)
Göbekli Tepe by Nan
Göbekli Tepe, located on a hill east of Urfa, is considered one of the earliest sites of human worship and settlement. Excavations began in the 1960s and continue to this …

Ephesus (Inscribed)
Ephesus by Nan
In his review, Jay highlights the high quality of the Turkish tentative list, being surprised that Ephesos, one of the most iconic Greco-Roman archaeological sites, was only inscribed in 2015. …

Echmiatsin and Zvartnots (Inscribed)
Echmiatsin and Zvartnots by Nan
In the summer of 2023, we visited Yerevan, Armenia, coming from Georgia. Yerevan, being the most westernized part of the country, served as our base for a few days to …

Paphos (Inscribed)
Paphos by Nan
During our visit to Paphos, we focused on two key components, beginning with the tombs. Although these structures are referred to as “tombs for kings,” they actually served as burial …

Choirokoitia (Inscribed)
Choirokoitia by Nan
Choirokoitia, by virtue of being a Palaeolithic site, doesn’t draw hordes of visitors. Recent efforts by the Cypriots have enhanced the visitor experience with updated amenities like parking, toilets, signs, …

Painted Churches in the Troöd… (Inscribed)
Painted Churches in the Troödos Region by Nan
In the Troödos region, you’ll find historic, medieval Painted Churches. Exploring these requires a car or multi-day hikes and luck to get the keys. We limited our exploration to Ayios …

Monastery of Geghard (Inscribed)
Monastery of Geghard by Nan
Our half-day excursion from Yerevan led us to Garni and the Geghard Monastery. Like most visitors, we began at the reconstructed Garni Temple, which offers panoramic views of the Azat …

Old Town of Galle (Inscribed)
Old Town of Galle by Nan
It’s quite clear why the Portuguese and then the Dutch chose Galle as a strategic location. The peninsula naturally offers protection against external threats. The walls encompass the entire old …

The Palaces of King Ludwig II… (Inscribed)
The Palaces of King Ludwig II by Nan
Having read Hubert’s fabulous review, I wanted to add a bit of historical context to the proposed sites. Ludwig II’s main constraint as a monarch was not Bavaria’s constitution and …

Bukhara (Inscribed)
Bukhara by Nan
In the trifecta of great Uzbek Islamic silk road cities (Xiva, Bukhara, Samarkand), I think there are arguments for either city being the greatest. Samarkand is the biggest city and …

Ancient Jericho (Inscribed)
Ancient Jericho by Nan
Jericho supposedly is the world's oldest and/or longest and/or fortified inhabited city. Or one of them. In the pre-Neolithic things get a bit fuzzy.
While Els general comment holds …