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
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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
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Loire Valley 4.5
- Meteora 4.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.5
- Ping Yao 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Nubian Monuments 4.5
- Ravenna 4.5
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- St. Petersburg 4.5
- Te Wahipounamu 4.5
- Yosemite National Park 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Samarkand 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Chichen-Itza 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- Los Alerces National Park 4.5
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Longmen Grottoes 4.0
- Agrigento 4.0
- Surtsey 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Megaliths of Carnac 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- South China Karst 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Skocjan Caves 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
- Istanbul 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Himeji-jo 4.0
- Guanajuato 4.0
- Cueva de las Manos 4.0
- Humayun's Tomb 4.0
- Iguacu 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Kew Gardens 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Gyeongju 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Kotor 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Riga 4.0
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Kinderdijk 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Olympia 4.0
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 4.0
- West Lake 4.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Everglades 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Dengfeng 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.0
- Wadden Sea 4.0
- Neolithic Orkney 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Nasca Lines 4.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Berat and Gjirokastra 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Laponian Area 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Itchan Kala 4.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 4.0
- Valletta 4.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.5
- Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Danube Delta 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 3.5
- Tongariro National Park 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Schönbrunn 3.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.5
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Cuenca 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.5
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Bethlehem 3.5
- Calakmul 3.5
- Bryggen 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Baalbek 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Fujisan 3.5
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Huangshan 3.5
- Meknes 3.5
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 3.5
- Çatalhöyük 3.5
- Old City of Acre 3.5
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.5
- Churches of Chiloé 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Göbekli Tepe 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Lake District 3.5
- Pergamon 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- Altamira Cave 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- University of Coimbra 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Assisi 3.5
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Brú na Bóinne 3.5
- Champagne 3.5
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Churches of Moldavia 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Taj Mahal 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 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
- Mostar 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
- Lyon 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
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 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
- Strasbourg 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
- Great Smoky Mountains 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Villa d'Este 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
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 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
- Kuldiga 3.0
- Via Appia 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
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream 3.0
- Mtskheta 2.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 2.5
- Roșia Montană 2.5
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.5
- Bardejov Town 2.5
- Medina of Tétouan 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Bom Jesus do Monte 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Butrint 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Burgundy 2.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 2.5
- White City of Tel-Aviv 2.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.5
- Biblical Tells 2.5
- Modernist Kaunas 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Elvas 2.5
- Sarazm 2.5
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.5
- Tower of Hercules 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Margravial Opera House 2.5
- Troy 2.5
- Provins 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.5
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 2.5
- Koh Ker 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Val di Noto 2.5
- Tiwanaku 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Burgos Cathedral 2.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.5
- Abbey of St Gall 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Domus de janas Sardinia 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 2.5
- Val d'Orcia 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Rhaetian Railway 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Puebla 2.5
- Gammelstad 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 2.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.5
- Monastery of Geghard 2.5
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.5
- Vat Phou 2.5
- Heritage of Mercury 2.5
- Fray Bentos 2.5
- Camino Real 2.5
- Ancient Jericho 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Toledo 2.5
- Białowieża Forest 2.5
- Corfu 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Caceres 2.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.5
- San Gimignano 2.5
- Sian Ka'an 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- New Lanark 2.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.5
- Naples 2.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Bauhaus Sites 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Banska Stiavnica 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Vlkolinec 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Nesvizh 2.5
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Hollókö 2.5
- Monastery of Batalha 2.5
- Qutb Minar 2.5
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Genbaku Dome 2.5
- Melaka and George Town 2.5
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.5
- Red Fort 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Rila Monastery 2.5
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá 2.5
- Australian Convict Sites 2.5
- Rock Art of Alta 2.5
- Saltaire 2.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 2.5
- The Flow Country 2.5
- Choirokoitia 2.5
- Old Town of Galle 2.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 2.5
- Paphos 2.5
- Blenheim Palace 2.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Chartres Cathedral 2.5
- Kandy 2.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 2.5
- Graz 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.5
- Palmeral of Elche 2.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 2.5
- Mazagan 2.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5
- Sighisoara 2.5
- Orange 2.5
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Sigiriya 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- China Danxia 2.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Salzburg 2.0
- Lima 2.0
- Zamość 2.0
- Morelia 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Novgorod 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Mérida 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Beemster Polder 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.0
- City of Luxembourg 2.0
- Ferrara 2.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 2.0
- Epidaurus 2.0
- Verona 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Major Town Houses 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- Monastery of Horezu 2.0
- Nice 2.0
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.0
- Holy Trinity Column 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- Karlskrona 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Litomysl Castle 2.0
- Saint-Emilion 2.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.0
- Curonian Spit 2.0
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Stecci 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Guimarães 2.0
- Shakhrisyabz 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Novodevichy Convent 2.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Centennial Hall 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 2.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.0
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.0
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.0
- Nessebar 2.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 1.5
- Thingvellir 1.5
- Holasovice 1.5
- Xanthos-Letoon 1.5
- Campeche 1.5
- Caves and Ice Age Art 1.5
- Par force hunting landscape 1.5
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 1.5
- Ivrea 1.5
- Crespi d'Adda 1.5
- Madara Rider 1.5
- Drottningholm 1.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 1.5
- Reichenau 1.5
- Jeju 1.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 1.5
- Birka and Hovgarden 1.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 1.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Medina Azahara 1.5
- Querétaro 1.5
- Luther Memorials 1.5
- Pirin National Park 1.5
- Semmering Railway 1.5
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 1.5
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.5
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 1.5
- Regensburg 1.5
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.5
- Mount Etna 1.5
- Classical Weimar 1.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Torun 1.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 1.0
- Battir 1.0
- Stari Grad Plain 1.0
- Western Tien-Shan 1.0
- Polonnaruva 1.0
- Thang Long 1.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 1.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1.0
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 1.0
- Dacian Limes 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.0
- Mir Castle 1.0
- Messel Pit 1.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 1.0
- Pannonhalma 1.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.0
- Old City of Berne 1.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 1.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 1.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Danube Limes 1.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 1.0
- Namhansanseong 1.0
- Hortobágy 0.5
- Alto Douro 0.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 0.5
- The Prosecco Hills 0.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 0.5
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 0.5
- Mafra 0.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 0.5
- Tlacotalpan 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Necropolises of Middle Egypt
- Desert Castles of Ancient Khorezm
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Leuven
- Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta
- Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
- Rural Temples of Cusco
- Degania & Nahalal
- Jerusalem
- Sea of Galilee
- Ellis Island
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Svalbard Archipelago
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of Dead Sea Scrolls
- Rouen
- The Lofoten islands
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Archaeological site of Ancient Messene
- Ancient Lavrion
- Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site
- The Turf House Tradition
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties
- Sacred Titicaca Lake
- Nasca Aqueducts
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs
- Mountain-top Hotel Television Transmitter Ještěd
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Petrified Forest National Park
- Lake Titicaca
- Cultural Landscape of Canyon in Kamenets-Podilsk
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland
- Hikone-Jo
- Hisham's Palace/ Khirbet al-Mafjar
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Rostov Kremlin
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Churches and Monasteries of Midyat
- Tbilisi Historic District
- Vani
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- Seljuk Caravanserais from Denizli to Dogubeyazit
- Uplistsikhe Cave Town
- City of York
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
- Harran and Sanliurfa
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- Zeynel Abidin Mosque Complex and Mor Yakup (Saint
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- Site of the Schöningen Spears
- The Rise of Systematic Biology
- Naganeupseong
- Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple
- Sites of the Busan Wartime Capital
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- Aalto Works
- Abydos
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge
- Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- 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
- Silk Roads Sites in Uzbekistan
- Chashma-Ayub Mausoleum
- Bet She'an
- Mértola
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Vila Viçosa
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir NP
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Tara National Park
- Thingvellir National Park
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Orvieto
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Via Francigena
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Lake Maggiore and Lake D'Orta lakelands
- Tvrda (Fort) in Osijek
- Horvat Minnim
- Fortifications in Komárno - Komárom (Hun)
- The Bony Fish Fossils of the Western Limfjord
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Cultural landscape of Bač
- Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- Hala Sultan Tekke and Larnaka Salt Lake Complex
- Green Belt
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus
- Torgau Castle Chapel
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (EXT)
- Pretzien Weir
- Casablanca
- Amalienborg and its district
- National Museum of Qatar
- Panamá City
- Central Park
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Citadel of Alessandria
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
- Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches
- 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
- Yıldız Palace Complex
- Alanya
- 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
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Late Medieval Bastioned Fortifications in Greece
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- The Fortress of Terezín
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- 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)
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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 …