Jay T Profile

It's a magical world, Hobbes, ol' buddy... Let's go exploring!

USA Last Update 19.08.19 190 WHS Visited 135 Reviews 135 WHS Rated 54 TWHS Visited

Visited Sites Jay T

Toggle Missing/Visited

Legend

●● Cultural
●● Natural
●● Mixed

Recent Reviews Jay T

Santiago de Compostela

Jay T USA - 13-Nov-19

Pilgrim, you have reached journey's end. The paths through the old town suddenly open up onto a plaza marked with walkways in the shape of the scalloped symbol of the Camino de Santiago, and there, at the center of the rays, pilgrims and tourists alike stop in awe and reflection and gaze up at the Baroque façade of the Santiago de Compostela Cathedral. The cathedral is even larger than it seemed when looking down at the bell towers from the Mount of Joy outside the city. Staffs and backpacks are set down and cell phones and selfie sticks are pulled out. Some kiss the ground in reverance. And then, sometime later, the visitors migrate to the side entrance to the cathedral, and file through the nave and around the altar, mostly in hushed silence

Read On

Potsdam

Jay T USA - 06-Nov-19

I've always associated Potsdam, Germany, with the Cold War, but outside of knowing some historical context, I was unprepared for how beautiful the palaces and gardens would be when I visited in the fall of 2007. Autumn was a spectacular season to stroll the grounds, as trees changing color were reflected in the waterways wending their way through Sansoucci Park, the heart of the original inscription. While I enjoyed visiting some of the palaces and grand structures in this World Heritage Site, to include Sanssouci, the New Palace, and the Chinese House, it was the gardens that I found most memorable. The terraces ouside the Orangery and Sanssouci palace provided a beautiful view over Potsdam, nestled in fall foliage

Read On

Neolithic Orkney

Jay T USA - 23-Oct-19

I'll always associate the Orkney Islands with the 2019 World Heritage Site meet-up, since they were the first place I met some of the regulars from this forum, to include Nan in Kirkwall, Hubert in Stromness, and a near miss of Philipp and Jasam and their wives, whom I unknowingly passed by at lunch. Orkney also had an exceptionally interesting World Heritage Site, the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, the components of which have been very well documented below. Of the components, I most enjoyed Skara Brae, a neolithic coastal settlement uncovered in the 19th century, though I'd also highly recommend a visit to the mounded tomb of Maes Howe, which generally requires an advance reservation for a guided tour

Read On

Lima

Jay T USA - 28-Aug-19

Lima is a great city to explore -- I must state that up front -- but the central historic district which composes the World Heritage Site was not as impressive to me as other historic districts I have visited in Latin America, such as Mexico City or Quito. Walking through the district in October 2018, I made brief stops in Plaza San Martin, centered around a statue of its eponymous hero on horseback, and the Iglesia de La Merced, with its neat baroque facade, before making my way to the more charming Plaza Mayor

Read On

Gwynedd Castles

Jay T USA - 14-Aug-19

It seems kind of strange that the first World Heritage Site in Wales should be a symbol of subjugation by the English, but that's what the Castles and Town Walls of King Edward I in Gwynedd, a former principality in northwest Wales, represent. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit to three of the four inscribed castles over two days in the spring of 2005, so I suppose I should thank the Welsh for their independent nature which led King Edward I to construct these fortresses. From my base in Betws-y-Coed, I first made my way to Conwy, where a 13th century castle sits above the wall-enclosed town. The views of the countryside and town from the walls were spectacular, and I enjoyed exploring the castle

Read On

Profile Data

Name: Jay T
Country: USA
Most Impressive: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Proposal: Badlands National Park: A North American Prairie

Recently Visited WHS

Update 19.08.19: Carlsbad Caverns

Visited WHS

Rating Stats

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5

Edinburgh 5

Grand Canyon 5

Great Barrier Reef 5

Iguacu 5

Iguazu National Park 5

Istanbul 5

Mesa Verde 5

Old City of Jerusalem 5

Paris, Banks of the Seine 5

Petra 5

Rome 5

St. Petersburg 5

Uluru 5

Venice and its Lagoon 5

Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5

Yosemite National Park 5

Acropolis 4.5

Everglades 4.5

Galapagos Islands 4.5

Gros Morne National Park 4.5

Göreme NP 4.5

Hawaii Volcanoes 4.5

Lake Baikal 4.5

Mont-Saint-Michel 4.5

Nikko 4.5

Pompei 4.5

Vatican City 4.5

Versailles 4.5

Wadi Rum 4.5

Yellowstone 4.5

Amsterdam Canal Ring 4

Brugge 4

Budapest 4

Burgos Cathedral 4

Costiera Amalfitana 4

Dinosaur Provincial Park 4

Dorset and East Devon Coast 4

Ephesus 4

Florence 4

Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4

Huascaran National Park 4

Independence Hall 4

Ironbridge Gorge 4

Kinderdijk 4

Kremlin and Red Square 4

L'Anse aux Meadows 4

La Fortaleza 4

Plantin-Moretus Museum 4

Quito 4

Québec 4

Rietveld Schröderhuis 4

Route of Santiago de Compostela 4

Salzburg 4

Schönbrunn 4

Siena 4

Singapore Botanic Gardens 4

Sintra 4

Skocjan Caves 4

Statue of Liberty 4

Thingvellir 4

Tongariro National Park 4

Tower of London 4

Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4

Vienna 4

Westminster 4

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4

Works of Antoni Gaudí 4

Australian Convict Sites 3.5

Brú na Bóinne 3.5

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5

Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5

Grand Place, Brussels 3.5

Ibiza 3.5

Kew Gardens 3.5

Las Medulas 3.5

Neolithic Orkney 3.5

Olympia 3.5

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5

San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5

Speyer Cathedral 3.5

Split 3.5

Vicenza 3.5

Al Ain 3

Ayutthaya 3

Belem 3

Botanical Garden, Padua 3

Camino Real 3

Flemish Béguinages 3

Grand Pré 3

Great Smoky Mountains 3

Greater Blue Mountains 3

Gwynedd Castles 3

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3

Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3

Monticello 3

Morne Trois Pitons 3

Naples 3

Pitons Management Area 3

Potsdam 3

San Antonio Missions 3

Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3

Santiago de Compostela 3

Wet Tropics of Queensland 3

Antigua Naval Dockyard 2.5

Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.5

Biblical Tells 2.5

Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5

Blenheim Palace 2.5

Cahokia Mounds 2.5

Colonia del Sacramento 2.5

Defence Line of Amsterdam 2.5

Forth Bridge 2.5

Fortifications of Vauban 2.5

Kotor 2.5

Lima 2.5

Novodevichy Convent 2.5

Old Town Lunenburg 2.5

Poverty Point 2.5

Quseir Amra 2.5

Rideau Canal 2.5

Royal Exhibition Building 2.5

Sangay National Park 2.5

Tombs of Buganda Kings 2.5

Turaif Quarter 2.5

Um er-Rasas 2.5

Venetian Works of Defence 2.5

Vizcaya Bridge 2.5

White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2

Belfries 2

Evora 2

Joggins Fossil Cliffs 2

Miguasha Park 2

Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2

Altamira Cave

Ancient Thebes

Aranjuez

Asturian Monuments

Avila

Bamberg

Canterbury

Caral-Supe

Carlsbad Caverns

Central University City Campus of the UNAM

Chaco Culture

Chavin

City of Bath

City of Luxembourg

Cuzco

Dubrovnik

El Escurial

Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings

Giant's Causeway

Historic Cairo

Luis Barragán House and Studio

Machu Picchu

Major Town Houses

Mammoth Cave

Margravial Opera House

Maritime Greenwich

Masada

Maulbronn Monastery

Medici Villas and Gardens

Melaka and George Town

Mexico City and Xochimilco

Museumsinsel (Museum Island)

New Lanark

Nubian Monuments

Olympic National Park

Popocatepetl monasteries

Primeval Beech Forests

Puebla

Pyramids (Memphis)

Qhapaq Ñan

Redwood

Regensburg

Roman Walls of Lugo

Segovia

Stoclet House

Stonehenge

Strasbourg

Sydney Opera House

Taos Pueblo

Teotihuacan

Toledo

Tower of Hercules

Trogir

Würzburg Residence

Xochicalco

World Heritage Site

for World Heritage Travellers

Jay T Profile

Visited Sites Jay T

Legend

Recent Reviews Jay T

Santiago de Compostela

Potsdam

Neolithic Orkney

Lima

Gwynedd Castles

Profile Data

Recently Visited WHS

Visited WHS

Reviewed WHS

Visited TWHS

Reviewed TWHS

Top 200 WHS