The site is only 15 km from Vienna through the Vienna Woods.
There is no train station by this Abbey, and the only two ways to get there by …
United States of America \ Member since April 2008
Watch out! Tsunami is coming!
I was born in Japan, lived most of my life in Los Angeles, CA, but am currently changing country of residence every 3 months within Europe.
My most impressive site: Glacier Bay, Mt. Athos, Masada, Skellig Michael
My proposal for a new site: Jingu, Ise, Japan; Atsuta-jingu, Nagoya, Japan; Izumo-taisha, Izumo, Japan; Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan; Chion-In, Kyoto, Japan; Eihei-ji, Fukui, Japan; Kuon-ji, Yamanashi, Japan; Bodai-ji, Aomori, Japan; Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA; Arches NP, Utah, USA; The Wave, Arizona, USA; Coso Rock Art District, California, USA; Inyo National Forest (White Mountain area), California, USA; Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, California, USA; The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy; Hisarya, Bulgaria
Heiligenkreuz Abbey (Removed from tentat…)
The site is only 15 km from Vienna through the Vienna Woods.
There is no train station by this Abbey, and the only two ways to get there by …
Great Spa Towns of Europe (Inscribed)
Baden bei Wien
This is the 5th Great Spa in Europe I have visited. The other 4 are Karlovy Vary in Czechia, Baden-Baden in Germany, Spa in Belgium and …
Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße (Nominated)
Driving on this road means visiting 2 TWHS at once, as this road runs north-south in the middle of Höhe Taurn National Park, which is another TWHS.
I took …
Fishpond Network in the Trebo… (On tentative list)
I was taking a Flix bus from Brno, Czechia, to Linz, Austria, and this bus went through 3 WHSs (Trebic, Telc, Cesky Krumlov) and 1 TWHS that is Fishpond Network …
Epidaurus (Inscribed)
Having discovered that the Robert Wilson production of Oedipus by Sophocles, which premiered in Pompei last summer and which I watched in Vicenza this month, will also be staged in …
Early Medieval Benedictine se… (Nominated)
After visiting Ivrea from Torino in the morning I visited the Sacra di San Michele, one of the ten elements of this TWHS, in the afternoon.
Of a few …
Ivrea (Inscribed)
I visited Ivrea from Torino by train on a Sunday morning and spent the first half of my 3 hours there walking around.
There is a map at http://www.ivreacittaindustriale.it/ …
Sacri Monti of Piedmont and L… (Inscribed)
Like other reviewers I was so impressed with Sacro Monte of Varese that I had been seeking opportunity to visit the Sacro Monte of Varallo, the first and most important …
Vicenza and the Palladian Vil… (Inscribed)
I had visited Palladian Vicenza before but went back there on the occasion of the Robert Wilson production of Oedipus by Sophocles at the Teatro Olimpico, originally designed by Palladio. …
Vestfold Ship Burials and Hyl… (On tentative list)
On the way from the Oslo Torp Airport to the city of Oslo I stopped at the Borre cemetery, which is part of Vestfold Ship Burials, part of Viking Monuments …
Asuka-Fujiwara (Nominated)
I just wanted to add the Fujiwara part of this nomination.
I visited the site in 2010 where the Fujiwara Palace of the Asuka Period used to stand, as …
Kotor (Inscribed)
As the coastal Montenegro and Kotor become more popular destinations, thanks partly to Kotor's status as a double WHS, I thought I would add my memorable experience there from back …
Castel del Monte (Inscribed)
My last 3 remaining WHSs in Italy were spread all over the country (Aquileia in the north-east, Barumini in Sardinia and Castel del Monte in the south) and were giving …
The Murge of Altamura (On tentative list)
I arrived in Altamura (which seems to mean High Wall) at about 14:30 on a Monday by bus from Gioia del Colle, as I was coming from Taranto, but Altamura …
Heritage of Mercury (Inscribed)
I took a bus from Logatec to Idrija, but the bus stop was not at the Logatec train station, and the closest bus stop to the train station was here: …
Plitvice Lakes (Inscribed)
So impressed when I visited Plitvice Lakes in spring 2010 that I went back there with my then-girlfriend in summer the following year. Upon my first visit, I said if …
Stari Ras and Sopocani (Inscribed)
I had to create another WHS hunting trip itinerary around my annual skiing trip, and this winter the ski resort of my choice was at Jahorina, Bosnia, the site of …
Novgorod (Inscribed)
After recently visiting Chernigov in Ukraine, I’ve had an urge to write about my admiration for this related city of Veliky Novgorod in Russia. I have visited this city twice, …
Historic Centre of Tchernigov (On tentative list)
[ ] was added in January, 2023
I initially visited Chernihiv (Chernigov in Russian) in winter 2017-18.
The provincial city of 300,000 people 100 miles north of Kyiv …
Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Ro… (On tentative list)
Central Europe seems to offer nice autumn color viewings, and I thought I'd take an advantage of that and go to visit Cesky Raj (Czech Paradise) in Czechia in early …