I love Budapest and went there several times during my long stay in Vienna (it is only three hours by train). So much has already been said in praise of …
Assif
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My most impressive site: Pompeii
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About Assif
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- April 2008
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World Heritage Sites
- Vienna 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Acropolis 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Budapest 4.5
- Brú na Bóinne 4.5
- Brugge 4.5
- Versailles 4.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Siena 4.5
- Paphos 4.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 4.0
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Wadden Sea 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- Bamberg 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Lübeck 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.0
- Matera 3.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Cesky Krumlov 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Biblical Tells 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Quedlinburg 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 2.5
- Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Necropolis of Bet She'arim 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Telc 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- L'viv 2.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 2.5
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Major Town Houses 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Old City of Acre 2.0
- Church of Atlántida 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Incense Route of the Negev 2.0
- Regensburg 2.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Abbey of St Gall 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Fray Bentos 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Stecci 1.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Nice 1.0
- Vlkolinec 1.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 1.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 1.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 1.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
- Fagus Factory 1.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.0
- Flemish Béguinages 1.0
- Jelling 0.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 0.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 0.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 0.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Jerusalem
- Rouen
- Rijal Almaa
- Parc National de la Serra da Bocaina
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Olympic Park Munich
- Timna
- Station écologique de Taim
- Degania & Nahalal
- La Leche Valley
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
- Salento and the Barocco Leccese
- Triple-arch Gate at Dan
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- The Hula
- White Mosque in Ramle
- Chamangá: A Rock Paintings Area
- Quartier de Peñarol
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Blagaj
- Stolac
- Ston
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Danube Natural and Cultural Landscape
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Hanbury botanical gardens
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- The historic urban site of Pocitelj
- Battlefield of Ayacucho
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Liftah
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Bet She'an
- Green Belt
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Kosice
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Caesarea
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
- Hoge Kempen
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Kizilirmak Delta Wetland and Bird Sanctuary
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (France)
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Arbel
- Ein Karem
- Horvat Minnim
- Makhteshim Country
- Sea of Galilee
- The Crusader Fortresses
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Reviews by Assif
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Strasbourg (Inscribed)
Strasbourg
Strasbourg changed hands several times between France and Germany in the course of history and the architecture reflects these current changes: the medieval half-timbered houses are typically Alsatian but certainly …
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Assif
17/04/08
Pompei (Inscribed)
Pompei
Pompeii is such a major tourist attraction that nearby Herculaneum remains in its shadow. It is true Pompeii is much larger and in some respects better preserved (wooden furniture and …
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Assif
01/05/05
Incense Route of the Negev (Inscribed)
Incense Route of the Negev
I've only been to two of the Nabatean cities in the Negev: Shivta (Sobota) and Avdat (Oboda). Both are well worth a visit if you are into desert landscapes and …
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Assif
01/05/05
Naples (Inscribed)
Naples
Unlike many other tourists in Italy I always wanted to visit Naples first and foremost. I knew it wasn't on the top of the list of popular tourist destinations and …
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Assif
01/05/05
Potsdam (Inscribed)
Potsdam
I visited Potsdam twice in the summers of 2006 and 2007 and was surprised by how much reconstruction had been carried out in the meanwhile. Post-Communist Potsdam is now becoming …
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Assif
01/05/05
Kew Gardens (Inscribed)
Kew Gardens
I have been to Kew Gardens twice, once in summertime and once in wintertime. As I come from a country which enjoys exceptionally mild winters I couldn't have really imagined …
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Assif
01/05/05
Incense Route of the Negev (Inscribed)
Incense Route of the Negev
There are many other interesting things to visit in the Negev Heights (Ramat Hanegev) region, such as oases (Ein Avdat, Ein Zik), the Large, Small and Ramon Craters, and the …
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Assif
01/05/05
Abbey of St Gall (Inscribed)
Abbey of St Gall
The greatest thing about St Gall is its old world-known library. It is of immense historic value and still contains unique manuscripts. Otherwise, the medieval monastery was heavily modified to …
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Assif
01/05/05
Spissky Hrad and Levoca (Inscribed)
Spissky Hrad and Levoca
Spissky Hrad is close to a small village named Zehra in the church of which beautiful frescoes were descovered. This church is also covered by the Unesco title. Booklets are …
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Assif
01/05/05
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