I visited As-Salt in February 2025 from Amman. By asking some very helpful men, I managed to find the very cheap minibus to As-Salt from the North bus terminal in …
Frédéric M
Member since December 2018
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Biologist, entomologist, outdoor enthusiast, scuba-diver, birder and traveler from Québec interested in discovering the world and its wonders! I did my first oversea backpacking trip in 2018 following my master and I don't want to stop any time soon. I am mostly interested in ecology, national parks and thus natural WHS, but being a WHS hunter opens my mind to architecture, history of art, urban planning, industrial heritage and the epic history of the World!
My most impressive site: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Göreme, Gunung Mulu, Los Glaciares, Machu Picchu, Rome, Tikal
Recent Visits
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100July 1, 2025Ancient Kyoto, Ancient Nara, Fujisan, Himeji-jo, Horyu-ji Area ...
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160March 17, 2025Abu Mena, Ancient Thebes, As-Salt, Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", Historic Cairo ...
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200Nov. 18, 2024Botanical Garden, Padua, Etruscan Necropolises, Ferrara, Florence, Medici Villas and Gardens ...
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About Frédéric M
- Member since
- December 2018
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #249
- WHS
- 210
- Tentative Sites
- 80
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 70
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Gros Morne National Park 5.0
- Chichen-Itza 5.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Plitvice Lakes 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Huascaran National Park 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Skocjan Caves 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Komodo National Park 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Mammoth Cave 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 4.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 4.0
- Oporto 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 4.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Kinabalu Park 4.0
- Cartagena 4.0
- Kii Mountain Range 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Uxmal 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- San Gimignano 4.0
- Calakmul 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Cuzco 4.0
- Nasca Lines 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.0
- Himeji-jo 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Copán 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- Riga 4.0
- Cueva de las Manos 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Los Alerces National Park 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Guanajuato 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Kew Gardens 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Nikko 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 3.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.0
- Sian Ka'an 3.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Chavin 3.0
- Caral-Supe 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- Quito 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.0
- Quirigua 3.0
- Panamá 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.0
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 3.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.0
- Canterbury 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Alto Douro 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Mafra 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Monastery of Batalha 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 3.0
- Mistaken Point 3.0
- Campeche 3.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 3.0
- San Agustín 3.0
- Tierradentro 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Kuldiga 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Nubian Monuments 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Um er-Rasas 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Saint Catherine Area 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.0
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 2.0
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Via Appia 2.0
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.0
- Independence Hall 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 2.0
- Villa d'Este 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Church of Atlántida 2.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.0
- The Prosecco Hills 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Chan Chan 2.0
- Fujisan 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.0
- Abu Mena 2.0
- Tequila 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 2.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1.0
- Trogir 1.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Valongo Wharf 1.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 1.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 1.0
- As-Salt 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Central Park
- Classical Karst
- Fuzina Hills in Bohinj
- Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo
- Kekova
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Sarajevo
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Produ
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru
- Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park
- The Mayan-Olmecan Encounter
- Town of Chichicastenango
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- National Theater of Guatemala
- Kebun Raya Bogor
- Transatlantic Cable Ensemble
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
- Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge)
- Amazonia Theaters
- The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
- Seaflower Marine Protected Area
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Dahshour
- Abydos
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Egyptian Museum
- Alexandria
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Aqaba Marine Reserve
- Ancient Kamakura
- Hikone-Jo
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Álvaro Siza's Architecture
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Bird Migration Routes
- Baltic Klint
- Old Town of Jakarta
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Dardanelles and Gallipoli Battle Zones
- The Padang Civic Ensemble
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun
- Ellis Island
- Azraq
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- Canal del Dique - Dike Canal
- University City of Bogotá
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Catholic Doctrine Temples
- South of Ricaurte Province
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Oasis of Fayoum
- Via Francigena
- City of Trujillo
- The Historic Centre of Cajamarca
- Nasca Aqueducts
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- El Fayoum
- Peruvian Central Railway
- Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Anavilhanas Ecological Station
- Dahab
- Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation
- Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation
- Route of the Peace and National Identity
- Castle of San Felipe de Lara
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Lake Atitlán
- Panamá City
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
- Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Modern Architecture of Montevideo
- Quartier de Peñarol
- 210 91
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Reviews by Frédéric M


Umm Al-Jimāl (Inscribed)
Umm Al-Jimāl
I visited Umm Al-Jimāl during my trip to Jordan and Egypt in the winter of 2025. Since I decided not to rent a car in Jordan, I had to find …

Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaro… (On tentative list)
Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

Abu Mena (Inscribed)
Abu Mena
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

El Fayoum (On tentative list)
El Fayoum
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

Wadi Al-Hitan (Inscribed)
Wadi Al-Hitan
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

Paraty and Ilha Grande (Inscribed)
Paraty and Ilha Grande
I visited Paraty and Ilha Grande in March 2024, en route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The Costa Verde bus first took me from Rio to Conceição de …

Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)
Lenggong Valley
I visited Lenggong Valley in March 2023. In planning my trip, I contacted the guides and resources mentioned in previous reviews on this page. However, given the excessively high cost …

Niah Caves (Inscribed)
Niah Caves
In her review, Randi explains that she visited Niah during the same year as Els, so their visits are very similar. In my case, I visited Niah the day after …

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (On tentative list)
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
On March 21, 2024, while visiting Rio de Janeiro, I received an e-mail from the Canadian Abroad Warning System. It warned me that a major storm would hit Rio the …

Seaflower Marine Protected Ar… (On tentative list)
Seaflower Marine Protected Area
I visited San Andrés Island in February 2024 during my trip to Colombia. I spent four nights there. After the arrival day (from Cartagena), the next three were scheduled for …

Central Amazon Conservation C… (Inscribed)
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
I worked hard to find an affordable way to visit this WHS. First, I contacted various tour operators in Manaus to inquire about a boat trip lasting a few days. …

Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (On tentative list)
Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
I visited Los Petenes-Ría Celestún during a trip to Yucatán in November 2023. The Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún and the Reserva de la Biósfera Los Petenes cover the …

Cueva de las Manos (Inscribed)
Cueva de las Manos
I visited the Cueva de las Manos in February 2022. My base for this visit was the uninteresting little town of Perito Moreno (which, it should be remembered, has nothing …

Yogyakarta (Inscribed)
Yogyakarta
We spent four days and four nights in Yogyakarta in February 2023. We arrived in the evening, having spent the day on trains from Bogor (Kebun Raya Bogor TWHS …

Tak'alik Ab'aj (Inscribed)
Tak'alik Ab'aj
I visited Tak'alik Ab'aj during a trip to Guatemala in November 2021, my first trip abroad after the Covid-19 outbreak. I chose to visit this archaeological site on a day …

ESMA Site Museum (Inscribed)
ESMA Site Museum
Joel's review of this excellent and disturbing museum is itself excellent (but fortunately not very disturbing!). He describes the site itself and its history exceedingly well, and I even share …

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (Inscribed)
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
I visited Red Bay in July 2023 on a family camping trip to Newfoundland and Labrador. We began our visit at the interpretive center right on the waterside. The history …

Kinabalu Park (Inscribed)
Kinabalu Park
Kinabalu Park is included on the World Heritage List mainly because of the extraordinary plant diversity resulting from its particular topography. In fact, Mount Kinabalu creates a gradient of climatic …

Bali Subak system (Inscribed)
Bali Subak system
Despite its popularity and fame, the island of Bali is far from being the most pleasant to visit in Indonesia. Indeed, it is overpopulated and lacks any attempt at urban …