Alessandro Votta

Member since April 2014 \ Inactive

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My dream is to visit as many WHS as possible. I started living this dream in 2010, let's see how far I can go! 2014 Trips done (37 new sites): January 2014: Southern Spain and Portugal (10 sites) February 2014: Waterton Park (second visit) March 2014: Central Mexico (8 sites) April 2014: Arizona-New Mexico-Colorado (3 sites) May 2014: Poland (Malbork & Bialowieza, 2 sites) July 2014: Newfoundland and Labrador (Gros Morne, L'Anse-Aux-Meadows, Red Bay) August 2014: Southern Italy (Matera, Castel del Monte, 6 sites in Sicily) September 2014: Eastern USA (Monticello, Mount Vernon TL and Independence Hall) October 2014: Central Mexico (Guanajuato, San Miguel, Queretaro, Franciscan Mission in Sierra Gorda, second visit to Camino Real with Hacienda de Buenavista, Former Royal Hospital in San Miguel & Puente de San Rafael) Dec14: Italy-France-Spain (21 new sites) Feb-15: Xochicalco-Morelia-Monarch Butterfly Reserve (3 sites) Apr-15: USA (Yosemite) May-15: USA (Pueblo de Taos-Carlsbad) Jan-16: Cuba (4 sites from Havana) Aug-16: Canada-Alaska parks (Kluane, Glacier Bay), Nahanni, Wood Buffalo. Missed Sgaang Gwaay due to bad weather, despite of 3 beautiful days in Gwaay Hanaas :((( Jan-17: San Antonio May-17: Yucatan peninsula, Mexico (Palenque, Campeche, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Sian Ka'an) Wishlist: August-17: USA: Great Smokey Mountain, Mammoth Cave November-17: Mexico: Oaxaca, Mitla December-17: tbd!! Somewhere in South America?

My most impressive site: Palenque, Urnes Stavkirke, Polonnaruwa, Petra, Al-Hijr Archaeological Site (Madain Salih)

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Reviews by Alessandro Votta

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda by Els Slots

Franciscan Missions in the Si… (Inscribed)

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda

We've visited 4 out of 5 missions inscribed in this WHS during our Queretaro trip on October 2014. The missions are very similar and they show some of the characteristics …

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Las Pozas, Xilitla (On tentative list)

Las Pozas, Xilitla

During my 2 days trip to Sierra Gorda de Queretaro, I've managed to take the 1,5 hours driving from Jalpan to Xilitla, where out of the village and apparently in …

Guanajuato by Els Slots

Guanajuato (Inscribed)

Guanajuato

I've visited 5 WHS in Central Mexico in October 2014 and I've really liked Guanajuato. It is different from the nearby cities of San Miguel de Allende and Queretaro, it …

Xochicalco by Els Slots

Xochicalco (Inscribed)

Xochicalco

Not sure where to write this... Anyways Xochicalco site is closed since 2 days because of a protest of local farmers. People trying to get close to the gates are …

Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi by Els Slots

Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi (Inscribed)

Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi

This is an easy TL site to reach from Calgary, it is a 4-hours each way driving and it could be managed in a one-day road trip. I don't think …

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Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve (On tentative list)

Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve

I've recently spent one hour at the Khor Al-Adaid, during an half-day trip from Doha. There is no road to reach this place, so the only way is to hire …