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Domaine de Fontainebleau (T)
Grendel Gongan USA - 18-Apr-19
I visited the Forest of Fontainebleau in large part because I was in the midst of a long trip to Paris and wanted a few days away from the crowds (I also wanted to see the Chateaux of Fontainebleau and Vaux le Vicomte, neither of which disappointed). I was vaguely familiar with the Barbizon School of painters, which is why the village of Barbizon caught my eye as a place to stay. I'm happy to report a visit to the forest is absolutely worth it. Even on the very hot, fairly busy weekend I visited (over the Bastille Day holiday), you could see why a school of French painters, inspired by the great Dutch and English landscape artists, were drawn here
Read OnThingvellir
Grendel Gongan USA - 18-Apr-19
This could probably be said of all World Heritage Sites, but a little bit of research makes a huge difference for how you'll experience Thingvellir. If you do the standard stop-off along the Golden Circle, you'll see a very nice view across a scenic valley (assuming the weather is clear, which is a big gamble based on my admittedly limited experience in Iceland), a lovely waterfall, and, if you go to the gorgeous new visitor center, an excellent introduction of the geological, ecological, and cultural importance of the park. But Thingvellir (and, really, Iceland in general) is a place that deserves a deeper dive. Read up on the geology of Iceland before you go
Read OnProfile Data
- Name
- Grendel Gongan
- Country
- USA
- Most Impressive
- Olympic National Park
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 04.09.24
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- Victoria Falls
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
- Valparaiso
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- ESMA Site Museum
- Peninsula Valdes
- Iguazu National Park
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- California Current Conservation Complex (T)
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte (T)
- Chobe Linyanti System (T)
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
- City of York: historic urban core (T)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (T)
- Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Hangar Y (T)
- Office National d'Etudes et de Recherches Aérospatiales, Meudon (T)
- Petrified Forest National Park (T)
- Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- The Turf House Tradition (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Workers’ Assembly Halls (Argentina) (T)
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