Modena was a daytrip visit from our base in Bologna. A 30-minute train trip. The previous review by Michael in 2023 is spot on and there is little I can …
Twobaconsandaboston
Australia \ Member since May 2024
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A WHS book for my birthday in 2013 commenced my journey and exploration of WHS sites. Work has interfered with much of my passion to date, however this is about to change in 2025 as we retire and embark on a 6-year overseas journey.
We are travelling with our 7-year-old Boston Terrier Dog, Yoki, which will bring about its own challenges, limitations and above all excitement. It is for this reason we will not be visiting South America, Africa or much of Asia on this initial trip. They will be for another day. We will be doing a combination of fast and slow travel as we coordinate our WHS itinerary.
Finding this website, is like finding my tribe and I hope to contribute regularly with reviews for fellow enthusiasts.
I feel very blessed already in my life to having visited 165 WHS sites at the time of registering, so the remaining 1000+ will just be icing on the cake on this journey called life.
We have created a website, where we will be tracking our journey of our trials and tribulations of travelling with a dog and visiting WHS sites. I am not sure who is more excited, my wife, Yoki or me.
We have just started to create our Social Media platform for social followers - Two Bacons and a Boston - YouTube. We will also be running a website, Facebook and Instagram however this will be a mixture of dog travel and general travel not specific to WHS.
My most impressive site: Skellig Michael
My proposal for a new site: Nitmiluk National Park
Check out my website: https://www.twobaconsandaboston.com/
Recent Visits
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01Nov. 12, 2025A huge footprint with amazing ruins: Archaeological site of Ancient Messene
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20Nov. 11, 2025Greece Completed: Mystras, Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
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12Oct. 29, 2025Exploring Crete: Ancient Greek Theatres, Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece, Minoan Palatial Centres
Top 10 Missing
Completed Countries
- Albania
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Greece
- Holy See
- Ireland
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Montenegro
- North Macedonia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
About Twobaconsandaboston
- Member since
- May 2024
- Country of Origin
- Australia
Visits
- Rank
- #220
- WHS
- 238
- Tentative Sites
- 52
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 30
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Tasmanian Wilderness 5.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Great Wall 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Victoria Falls 4.5
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.5
- Wulingyuan 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Sydney Opera House 4.5
- Olympia 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Kakadu National Park 4.5
- Great Barrier Reef 4.5
- Plitvice Lakes 4.5
- Epidaurus 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.5
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 4.5
- Taj Mahal 4.5
- Meteora 4.5
- Cesky Krumlov 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Brugge 4.5
- Durmitor National Park 4.5
- Rome 4.5
- Istanbul 4.0
- Te Wahipounamu 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 4.0
- Chitwan National Park 4.0
- City of Bath 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 4.0
- Agra Fort 4.0
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 4.0
- Rhaetian Railway 4.0
- Valletta 4.0
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Red Fort 4.0
- Ohrid Region 4.0
- Oporto 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Purnululu National Park 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Gondwana Rainforests 4.0
- Shark Bay 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Brú na Bóinne 4.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Thingvellir 4.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 4.0
- Hawaii Volcanoes 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Komodo National Park 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.0
- Sighisoara 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Pergamon 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Ningaloo Coast 4.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 3.5
- Australian Convict Sites 3.5
- Lord Howe Island 3.5
- Isole Eolie 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Churches of Moldavia 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Kathmandu Valley 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
- Kandy 3.5
- Old Town of Galle 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Cologne Cathedral 3.5
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Ancient Thebes 3.5
- Nubian Monuments 3.5
- Keoladeo National Park 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 3.5
- Lake District 3.5
- Pienza 3.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5
- Salzburg 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Guimarães 3.5
- City of Luxembourg 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.5
- Bamberg 3.5
- Toledo 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Qutb Minar 3.5
- Val d'Orcia 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 3.5
- Imperial Tombs 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Old City of Berne 3.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Central Highlands 3.5
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.5
- Jantar Mantar 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Tower of London 3.5
- Thang Long 3.5
- Maritime Greenwich 3.5
- Bali Subak system 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.5
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.5
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Blenheim Palace 3.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
- Mount Athos 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Agrigento 3.0
- Rideau Canal 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Beijing Central Axis 3.0
- Siena 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 3.0
- Drottningholm 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 3.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 3.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Nice 3.0
- Québec 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3.0
- Studenica Monastery 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Trogir 3.0
- Gulf of Porto 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Centennial Hall 3.0
- South China Karst 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Dacian Limes 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.0
- Sinharaja Forest 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain 3.0
- Seville 3.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Mount Etna 3.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Historic Cairo 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 3.0
- Stecci 3.0
- Florence 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Minoan Palatial Centres 2.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.5
- Kernavė 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Stari Grad Plain 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 2.5
- Vjetrenica Cave 2.5
- Graz 2.5
- Belem 2.5
- Troy 2.5
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.5
- Lyon 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Bauhaus Sites 2.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 2.0
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- Roșia Montană 2.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 1.5
Tentative Sites
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Biogradska gora National Park
- Dardanelles and Gallipoli Battle Zones
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- The Danube Limes (Romania)
- Great Sandy World Heritage Area
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- City of York
- Parramatta Female Factory
- Central Park
- Danube Limes (Serbia)
- Smederevo Fortress
- Djavolja Varos
- Sri Lanka’s Tea Cultural Landscape
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Chiang Mai
- Ankara
- The wider area of Mount Olympus
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Thingvellir National Park
- Rouen
- Bouches de Bonifacio
- Nuruosmaniye Complex
- Old Town of Bar
- St. Nicholas Church
- Via Francigena
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Flinders Ranges
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin
- Royal Residences of Sinaia
- Fenghuang Ancient City
- Curtea de Arges Churches
- Egyptian Museum
- Primosten Vineyards
- Negotinske Pivnice
- Ulcinj Old town
- Blagaj
- Olympic Park Munich
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Doclea
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Victorian Goldfields
- Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta
- Ellis Island
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- Locations
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Reviews by Twobaconsandaboston
Archaeological site of Ancien… (On tentative list)
I'm amazed it's still only a Tentative site
The Peloponnese Region of Greece is an archaeologists dream location. Already inscribed with 5 locations of great importance, this location equals those. On the tentative list since 2014 it still …
Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea… (Inscribed)
Finally visited the Trifecta
We visited the Monastery of Daphni in a tour back in 2017, which felt like we only touched the site at the time, so it was good to go back …
Archaeological site of Philip… (Inscribed)
A great little site with a nice museum
The last time this site was reviewed was over 6 years ago, so it needed a refresh. We visited this site in early October 2025. We had a hire car …
Mount Athos (Inscribed)
An interesting location that needs to change.
When researching visiting Mt Athos as part of my UNESCO Journey, I thought this was going to be one of my more difficult ones to achieve. I am not religious …
Corfu (Inscribed)
Corfu - A day visit location, but try to give it more.
Yes, like others, we did a day trip to Corfu. We wish we could have given it more though, but logistics did not allow it. Based in Saranda, you are …
Ohrid Region (Inscribed)
A week stay in Ohrid town
We based ourselves in Ohrid old town for 1 week in September 2025 to explore the town as well as the eastern coast of Lake Ohrid. We did not get …
Butrint (Inscribed)
Don't Visit during the Tourist Season
I was not going to do a review on this site as Frederik Dawson had only just completed one not more than 2 months ago, which I read prior to …
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo (Inscribed)
An Update on all four sites
We visited all 4 inscribed sites of the Medieval Monuments in Kosovo in August 2025. An update is provided on each of the sites for any visitors. I won't go …
Kotor (Inscribed)
Gulf of Kotor is more than just Kotor
The last review of this UNESCO site was nearly 5 years ago, so thought I would provide an update. We visited in October 2024 and stayed in Perast for 2 …
Gamzigrad-Romuliana (Inscribed)
A Palace named after his Mother
Our first inscribed site that we visited in Serbia. We visited on the 31 July 2025. Hiring a car from Belgrade we drove to Zajecar where we based ourselves to …
Negotinske Pivnice (On tentative list)
A sad site with potential
My expectations weren't high in visiting this site and sadly this came to fruition. Reading the previous comments, I was still expecting that some of the site would be 'open' …
Djavolja Varos (On tentative list)
Devil's Town
Devil's Town is the common name for this site located in Southern Serbia. We drove there on our way between Novi Pazar and Nis. It is bitumen roads all the …
Early Christian Necropolis of… (Inscribed)
Hidden Underground Gems in Pecs
This little gem of a place is tucked away in the southwestern corner of Hungary, a bit of a lonely island away from other UNESCO sites so a dedicated day …
Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge (Inscribed)
Mehmed Paša Sokolovic Bridge
We were staying in Uzice in Serbia and caught a bus to visit this site located in Visegrad, Bosnia & Herzegovina. It was a 2hour bus trip that left at …
Su Nuraxi di Barumini (Inscribed)
Su Nuraxi di Barumini - The Nuraghi of Sardinia
Hiring a car to visit this site is your best option for a number of reasons. Public Transport is sporadic, organised tours are restrictive with times and there are numerous …
Biogradska gora National Park (On tentative list)
Biogradska gora National Park
What a wonderful National Park. We hired a car to visit this Tentative site at the same time of visiting Old Bar and the extension of the Tentative Primeval Beech …
Gulf of Porto (Inscribed)
Gulf of Porto
We visited the Gulf of Porto between 4 - 6 June 2025. We had a hire car and drove up from Bonifacio. We decided to drive along the Stradi di …
L'amphitheatre de Durres (On tentative list)
L'amphitheatre de Durres
We stayed in Duress for a week in early June 2025 and took the opportunity to visit this TWHS site. I have noted the other reviews and sadly the site …
Val di Noto (Inscribed)
Val di Noto
This WHS was last reviewed in 2021, so I thought I would provide an update in 2025. We have been based in Syracuse (another UNESCO site) for the last 3 …