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Solivagant
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I am now retired but have been "travelling" for a "hobby" since I was 15 (1957!) whilst pursuing otherwise normal mundane career and "home" things in UK - thus being limited by "annual leave" allowances. During that time I have visited 164 "independent countries" - defined by me as the 193 full UN members plus (somewhat illogically, but they are generally accepted as "sovereign") Taiwan and Holy See (but am not pursuing "193"!). Unfortunately quite a few relatively easily accessible current WHS got "missed" along the way. If only I had known they would get chosen - they are not all obvious choices! Despite the weaknesses in the list and the politics involved in the selection and voting mechanism they provide a quick means of grasping the highlights of many countries and sometimes lead down interesting knowledge and research "avenues" which would otherwise have remain unexplored.
Proposal for a new WHS:- Roca Agostino Neto Cocoa Plantation Sao Tome.
There are just too many European WHS relative to the rest. Little Sao Tome became the world's greatest producer of cocoa under the Portuguese. So poor were the social conditions that Cadbury boycotted Cocoa from there in early 20C. At Roca Agostinho (and other crumbling colonial sites on Sao Tome) you might just get a feeling for the economic system which created it and "fed" Europe with a raw material so often taken for granted - a really atmospheric place. But it isn't even on the "Tentative list"!
My most impressive site: Machu Picchu. I would like to choose somewhere
My proposal for a new site: See under
Recent Visits
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Top 10 Missing
Completed Countries
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Austria
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belgium
- Belize
- Benin
- Bulgaria
- Cabo Verde
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Finland
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Israel
- Jamaica
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lesotho
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Republic of Korea
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sri Lanka
- Switzerland
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
About
- Member since
- December 2005
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
Visits
- Rank
- #8
- WHS
- 860
- Tentative Sites
- 367
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 443
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Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Imperial Palace 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Potala Palace 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Sagarmatha National Park 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Nubian Monuments 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Meroe 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Ravenna 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- South China Karst 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Bagan 4.5
- Kilimanjaro National Park 4.5
- Itchan Kala 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Cliff of Bandiagara 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.5
- Kizhi Pogost 4.5
- Iguacu 4.5
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Chan Chan 4.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 4.5
- Guanajuato 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Taj Mahal 4.5
- Mogao Caves 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Mount Athos 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Kathmandu Valley 4.5
- Lalibela 4.5
- Moenjodaro 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Victoria Falls 4.5
- Glacier parks 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Yellowstone 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Plain of Jars 4.0
- Stonehenge 4.0
- Taxila 4.0
- Serengeti 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Brasilia 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Altamira Cave 4.0
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.0
- Lut Desert 4.0
- Lake Baikal 4.0
- Great Barrier Reef 4.0
- Samarkand 4.0
- Aldabra Atoll 4.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Sigiriya 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Nyungwe National Park 4.0
- Hampi 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Great Zimbabwe 4.0
- Göbekli Tepe 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Çatalhöyük 4.0
- Ngorongoro 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Imperial Tombs 4.0
- National History Park 4.0
- Sana'a 4.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Takht-e Soleyman 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Great Wall 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Palenque 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Neolithic Orkney 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Loire Valley 3.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
- Jeju 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Palmyra 3.5
- Damascus 3.5
- Crac des Chevaliers 3.5
- Nemrut Dag 3.5
- Aleppo 3.5
- Saint Catherine Area 3.5
- Leptis Magna 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Kinabalu Park 3.5
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 3.5
- Djenné 3.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
- El Tajin 3.5
- Sanchi 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Chitwan National Park 3.5
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Te Wahipounamu 3.5
- Taos Pueblo 3.5
- Mesa Verde 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Bethlehem 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Chaco Culture 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Skocjan Caves 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Vézère Valley 3.5
- Hegra 3.5
- Pantanal 3.5
- Rio de Janeiro 3.5
- Maritime Greenwich 3.5
- Kew Gardens 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.5
- Salzburg 3.5
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.5
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Dazu Rock Carvings 3.5
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Ancient Merv 3.5
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 3.5
- Mahabalipuram 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Sun Temple, Konarak 3.5
- Troy 3.5
- Persian Garden 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Yazd 3.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 3.5
- Dubrovnik 3.5
- Pergamon 3.5
- Biblical Tells 3.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Ancient Jericho 3.5
- Canaima National Park 3.5
- Dolomites 3.5
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.5
- Ancient Kingdom of Saba 3.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.5
- Koutammakou 3.5
- Fujisan 3.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 3.0
- Ancient Nara 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Makli, Thatta 3.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Seville 3.0
- Tierradentro 3.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.0
- Epidaurus 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.0
- Anuradhapura 3.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Olympia 3.0
- Assisi 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Hué 3.0
- Gebel Barkal 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Royal Palaces of Abomey 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Budapest 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 3.0
- Aksum 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Valletta 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Timbuktu 3.0
- Asmara 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Copán 3.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Carthage 3.0
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Pattadakal 3.0
- Baalbek 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.0
- Old City of Acre 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Tanbaly 3.0
- Bisotun 3.0
- The Sundarbans 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 3.0
- Nikko 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Tugendhat Villa 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Cahokia Mounds 3.0
- Hattusha 3.0
- Aachen Cathedral 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.0
- Burgos Cathedral 3.0
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 3.0
- Bauhaus Sites 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- St. Kilda 3.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Las Medulas 3.0
- Risco Caido 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Butrint 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Shushtar 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Aquileia 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Giant's Causeway 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- M'Zab Valley 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Bryggen 2.5
- Djémila 2.5
- Timgad 2.5
- Haghpat and Sanahin 2.5
- Monastery of Geghard 2.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.5
- Graz 2.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Belize Barrier Reef 2.5
- Tiwanaku 2.5
- Mostar 2.5
- Atlantic Forest South-East 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Pampulha 2.5
- Rila Monastery 2.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.5
- Old Town Lunenburg 2.5
- Churches of Chiloé 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Plitvice Lakes 2.5
- Split 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Kujataa 2.5
- Morne Trois Pitons 2.5
- Sangay National Park 2.5
- Quito 2.5
- Historic Cairo 2.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 2.5
- Harar Jugol 2.5
- Simien National Park 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Old Rauma 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Amiens Cathedral 2.5
- Arles 2.5
- Avignon 2.5
- Bourges Cathedral 2.5
- Causses and Cévennes 2.5
- Lyon 2.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5
- Strasbourg 2.5
- Lopé-Okanda 2.5
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 2.5
- Gelati Monastery 2.5
- Mtskheta 2.5
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Fagus Factory 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Margravial Opera House 2.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Wartburg Castle 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Island of Patmos 2.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.5
- Mystras 2.5
- Rhodes 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Antigua Guatemala 2.5
- Quirigua 2.5
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.5
- Hollókö 2.5
- Surtsey 2.5
- Agra Fort 2.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 2.5
- Nalanda 2.5
- Qutb Minar 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 2.5
- Soltaniyeh 2.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 2.5
- Bam Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Golestan Palace 2.5
- Gonbad-e Qâbus 2.5
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 2.5
- Agrigento 2.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 2.5
- Matera 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Modena 2.5
- Naples 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 2.5
- Urbino 2.5
- Val di Noto 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Verona 2.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 2.5
- Genbaku Dome 2.5
- Himeji-jo 2.5
- Horyu-ji Area 2.5
- Itsukushima Shrine 2.5
- Wadi Rum 2.5
- Saryarka 2.5
- Western Tien-Shan 2.5
- Kenya Lake System 2.5
- Kaesong 2.5
- Koguryo Tombs 2.5
- Luang Prabang 2.5
- Riga 2.5
- Byblos 2.5
- Qadisha Valley 2.5
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 2.5
- Cyrene 2.5
- Sabratha 2.5
- Melaka and George Town 2.5
- Ancient Ksour 2.5
- Camino Real 2.5
- Hospicio Cabañas 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Morelia 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Puebla 2.5
- San Miguel de Allende 2.5
- Uxmal 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Orkhon Valley 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Medina of Tétouan 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Ruins of León Viejo 2.5
- Tongariro National Park 2.5
- Osun-Osogbo 2.5
- Rock Art of Alta 2.5
- Røros 2.5
- Urnes Stave Church 2.5
- Bahla Fort 2.5
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 2.5
- Land of Frankincense 2.5
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 2.5
- Takht-i-Bahi 2.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 2.5
- Arequipa 2.5
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.5
- Baroque Churches 2.5
- Białowieża Forest 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Malbork Castle 2.5
- Warsaw 2.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 2.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 2.5
- Alto Douro 2.5
- Elvas 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 2.5
- Monastery of Batalha 2.5
- Pico Island 2.5
- Sintra 2.5
- Haeinsa Temple 2.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.5
- Sighisoara 2.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 2.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Novgorod 2.5
- Novodevichy Convent 2.5
- Yaroslavl 2.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 2.5
- Studenica Monastery 2.5
- Vallée de Mai 2.5
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 2.5
- Bardejov Town 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Vlkolinec 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Cape Floral Region 2.5
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Avila 2.5
- Caceres 2.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Salamanca 2.5
- Segovia 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Central Highlands 2.5
- Kandy 2.5
- Polonnaruva 2.5
- Paramaribo 2.5
- Drottningholm 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 2.5
- Laponian Area 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Visby 2.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
- Ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani and Songo Mnara 2.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Hoi An 2.5
- Aphrodisias 2.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 2.5
- Divrigi 2.5
- Safranbolu 2.5
- Kunya-Urgench 2.5
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- City of Bath 2.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Gough and Inaccessible Islands 2.5
- Gwynedd Castles 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Everglades 2.5
- Great Smoky Mountains 2.5
- Mammoth Cave 2.5
- Olympic National Park 2.5
- Redwood 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Old Havana 2.5
- Mérida 2.5
- Al Ain 2.5
- Québec 2.5
- Reims 2.5
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Ban Chiang 2.5
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 2.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 2.5
- Corfu 2.5
- Medina Azahara 2.5
- Sassanid Archaeological Landscape 2.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Tlacotalpan 2.5
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 2.5
- San Agustín 2.5
- Cartagena 2.5
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2.5
- Thingvellir 2.5
- Santiniketan 2.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Phu Phrabat 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.0
- Quseir Amra 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Kasbah of Algiers 2.0
- Banska Stiavnica 2.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.0
- The Flow Country 2.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.0
- Chaîne des Puys 2.0
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 2.0
- Mount Kenya 2.0
- Ambohimanga 2.0
- Namhansanseong 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Danube Delta 2.0
- Monastery of Horezu 2.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 2.0
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.0
- University of Coimbra 2.0
- Oporto 2.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.0
- Valparaiso 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Shakhrisyabz 2.0
- Guimarães 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.0
- Zamość 2.0
- Turaif Quarter 2.0
- Fort Jesus 2.0
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.0
- Bagerhat 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Torun 2.0
- Major Town Houses 2.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2.0
- Boyana Church 2.0
- Diamantina 2.0
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 2.0
- Bom Jesus do Congonhas 2.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 2.0
- Robben Island 2.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Lima 2.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 2.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 2.0
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 2.0
- Abbey of St Gall 2.0
- Rohtas Fort 2.0
- Garajonay 2.0
- Reichenau 2.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 2.0
- Rabat 2.0
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 2.0
- Quedlinburg 2.0
- Odesa 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Rhaetian Railway 2.0
- Sinharaja Forest 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- New Lanark 2.0
- Walled City of Baku 2.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 2.0
- Persian Caravanserai 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Saint-Emilion 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Tipasa 2.0
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike 2.0
- Nancy 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Mount Etna 2.0
- Vilnius 2.0
- Old Town of Galle 2.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.0
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Albi 2.0
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Genoa 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- Matobo Hills 2.0
- Volubilis 2.0
- Ferrara 2.0
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.0
- Rwenzori Mountains 2.0
- Tyre 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Khami Ruins 2.0
- Blenheim Palace 2.0
- Atapuerca 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Konso 2.0
- Gondwana Rainforests 2.0
- Vall de Boi 2.0
- Ohrid Region 2.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 2.0
- Wadden Sea 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Sulaiman-Too 2.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 2.0
- Stoclet House 2.0
- Santo Domingo 2.0
- Willemstad 2.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Tequila 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 2.0
- Maymand 2.0
- León Cathedral 2.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 2.0
- Sundarbans National Park 2.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 2.0
- Litomysl Castle 2.0
- Ibiza 2.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 2.0
- Gedi 2.0
- W-Arly-Pendjari Complex 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Kutna Hora 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Keoladeo National Park 2.0
- Hegmataneh 2.0
- Durmitor National Park 2.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Nisa 2.0
- Donana National Park 2.0
- West Lake 2.0
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.0
- Nessebar 1.5
- Nice 1.5
- Southern Öland 1.5
- Bellinzone 1.5
- Monte San Giorgio 1.5
- Curonian Spit 1.5
- Bosra 1.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 1.5
- Belfries 1.5
- Medina of Sousse 1.5
- Medina of Tunis 1.5
- Longobards in Italy 1.5
- Crespi d'Adda 1.5
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 1.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.5
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.5
- Fray Bentos 1.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.5
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 1.5
- Derwent Valley Mills 1.5
- Vézelay 1.5
- Pearling 1.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.5
- Muskauer Park 1.5
- Studley Royal Park 1.5
- Modernist Kaunas 1.5
- Le Havre 1.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 1.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 1.5
- Champagne 1.5
- Burgundy 1.5
- Sammallahdenmäki 1.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 1.5
- Tiya 1.5
- Bordeaux 1.5
- L'viv 1.5
- Karlskrona 1.5
- Beemster Polder 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.5
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 1.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.5
- Australian Convict Sites 1.5
- La Lonja de la Seda 1.5
- Island of Gorée 1.5
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 1.5
- Trebic 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Stari Grad Plain 1.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 1.5
- Peking Man Site 1.5
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 1.5
- Ivrea 1.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 1.5
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 1.5
- Provins 1.5
- Saltaire 1.5
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 1.5
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 1.5
- Historic Jeddah 1.5
- Cidade Velha 1.5
- Pirin National Park 1.5
- The Porticoes of Bologna 1.5
- Stecci 1.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 1.5
- Melka Kunture and Balchit 1.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 1.5
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 1.5
- Tarraco 1.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 1.5
- Querétaro 1.5
- Banc d'Arguin 1.5
- City of Luxembourg 1.5
- Independence Hall 1.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.0
- Zabid 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Zollverein 1.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.0
- Hortobágy 1.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.0
- Palmeral of Elche 1.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.0
- ShUM Sites 1.0
- Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas 1.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 1.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 1.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Lower Valley of the Omo 1.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.0
- Macao 1.0
- The Prosecco Hills 0.5
- Lower German Limes 0.5
- Struve Geodetic Arc 0.5
- Hopewell 0.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 0.5
- Battir 0.5
- Trans-Iranian Railway 0.5
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Djerba 0.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 0.5
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 0.5
- Madara Rider 0.5
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Reviews by Solivagant


Lake Baikal (Inscribed)
Lake Baikal
We chose to visit Siberia in winter (as long ago as March 1989 - no doubt it will be a different world now) in order to experience it as it …

Cape Floral Region (Inscribed)
Cape Floral Region
The WHS additions in July 2004 were a mixed lot in my opinion but 1 stood out for me –the “Cape Floral Region Protected Areas”. Alongside the usual litany of …

Thingvellir (Inscribed)
Thingvellir
A trip out to Thingvellir is an essential part of any trip to Icelend - as well as providing an opportunity to see some Icelandic scenery (albeit a long way …

Lima (Inscribed)
Lima
Is there no one out there prepared to write a (positive?) review of the “Historic Centre of Lima”? Lima has a poor reputation among tourists – I have not even …

Quirigua (Inscribed)
Quirigua
The ruins of Quirigua in Guatemala do not in any way compare with those of the “nearby” Mayan cities of Tikal and Copan or of those in Yucatan such as …

Mtskheta (Inscribed)
Mtskheta
Mtskheta is the ancient capital of Georgia and its Cathedral is the “capital” of the Georgian Church and the burial place of Georgian Kings. It only lies around 25kms outside …

Galapagos Islands (Inscribed)
Galapagos Islands
The usual problem with taking “wild life” holidays is the uncertainty as to whether one will actually see the creatures one is traveling so far (and often paying so much!) …

Los Glaciares (Inscribed)
Los Glaciares
Most descriptions of Los Glaciares National Park provide as a “signature picture” the Perito Moreno Glacier on Lago Argentino. The glacier is undoubtedly impressive and must be one of the …

Copán (Inscribed)
Copán
Honduras has its merits as a tourist destination but lacks the appeal of Guatemala with its indigenous peoples, historic sites and scenic variety. However, if you are basing a self …

Bukhara (Inscribed)
Bukhara
We have visited Bukhara twice, once in Soviet days (1983) and again in Oct 2004 – and what a difference! Free enterprise has turned a dour dusty “museum city” into …

Walled City of Baku (Inscribed)
Walled City of Baku
Taken as a whole Baku is, in my opinion, “worth a journey”. However, the medieval part of it, which has been inscribed as a WHS site, is not particularly notable …

Zabid (Inscribed)
Zabid
The main glories of Yemen are to be found in Sanaa and the mountains. On either side of these however are 2 other sights – to the east the desert …

Antigua Guatemala (Inscribed)
Antigua Guatemala
Antigua Guatemala is the antidote to Guatemala City. Unless you really need to, don’t even think of staying in the capital! The drive to/from the airport is hardly any longer …

Leptis Magna (Inscribed)
Leptis Magna
What did the Romans ever do for us? Well, there are some beautifully preserved Public Toilets at Leptis Magna (see photo) which show a degree of civilisation unmatched in many …

Itchan Kala (Inscribed)
Itchan Kala
The WHS of “Khiva” is more properly titled the “Itchan Kala” (or Ichon Qala or Ichan-kala) which refers specifically to the old walled town of the Khiva Oasis. The town …

Choirokoitia (Inscribed)
Choirokoitia
No doubt someone will prove me wrong but most Neolithic WHS sites tend to be “Megalithic” (ie related to the placement of large stones for burial, ceremonial or “cultural” purposes …

Shakhrisyabz (Inscribed)
Shakhrisyabz
The “standard tour” of Uzbekistan will take you to 3 WHS – Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva. Unfortunately the direct route (6hrs by bus) from Samarkand to Bukhara misses out the …

Gelati Monastery (Inscribed)
Gelati Monastery
The “double headed” WHS of “Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery” consists of a ruined (in 1691 by the Turks) Cathedral of the 10th to 11th centuries in the town of …

Khami Ruins (Inscribed)
Khami Ruins
It is perhaps a bit surprising that both Great Zimbabwe AND Khami ruins are registered as separate WHS. They are however from different, albeit related, cultures. Historically the former preceded …