Ian Cade

United Kingdom \ Member since December 2005

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I discovered the World Heritage list whilst studying in the Czech city of Olomouc in 2003, and since then I have spent a fair bit of my time visiting the sites and boring people with information about them. World Heritage Sites provide a great way to hunt out the best bits of countries and can give you a look at some great parts of a destination that you would otherwise not see. A few of my favourite sites have been the ones that I have made a special effort to get to see because of their place on the list; Sceilg Mhichíl, Guanajuato and Preah Vihear

I mostly take short trips around Europe, making the most of budget airlines special offers, seeing some of the continent's great cities, visiting friends and dragging them to some pretty obscure places.
I try to travel outside Europe at least once a year and hope to tick off a few of the places on my wish list when money, politics and time enable this.

It's not about the shark!:
Whilst the World Heritage Sites themselves are the focus of my travels, they are more a means to an end, the real joy of travelling comes from interacting with people, waiting for trains at hitherto unknown corners of the world then eating and drinking the tasty (and not so tasty) delights on offer.

My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Major Buildings of the Chicago School of Architecture

Check out my website: https://letterboxd.com/meltwaterfalls/

Recent Visits
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    Feb. 23, 2025
    Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Naples, Pompei, Royal Palace at Caserta
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    Sept. 13, 2024
    Eisinga Planetarium
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    July 29, 2024
    Beijing Central Axis, Via Appia
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About Ian Cade

Member since
December 2005
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
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#132
WHS
324
Tentative Sites
53
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Reviews by Ian Cade

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Luis Barragán House and Studio by Ian Cade

Luis Barragán House and Studio (Inscribed)

Luis Barragán House and Studio

Colour, light and space. These are the elements of this house that make it exceptional, and unfortunately I don't think I have the ability to convey their qualities in writing.

Xochicalco by Ian Cade

Xochicalco (Inscribed)

Xochicalco

There was just something very enjoyable about the place. Its setting on top of a hill, its immaculately maintained grounds and impressive ruins provided a wonderful morning break from Cuernavaca.

Popocatepetl monasteries by Ian Cade

Popocatepetl monasteries (Inscribed)

Popocatepetl monasteries

It was interesting to get to grips with why the monasteries look like they do, and it reveals a story about the early relationship between European and indigenous populations. We …

Puebla by Ian Cade

Puebla (Inscribed)

Puebla

Grid system of roads, arcaded squares, baroque buildings and ornate Catholic Churches, it felt so familiar, but where from? Then it hit me: Kraków! (or even Wroclaw) I wasn't expecting …

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque by Ian Cade

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque (Inscribed)

Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque

As a spectacle the aqueduct is pretty impressive but the story behind it reveals an interesting aspect of the European settlement of the Americas.

For me the most interesting thing …

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve by Ian Cade

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere R… (Inscribed)

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

This was one of those spine tingling locations that I never would have visited if it was not for the place on the world heritage list. Even with high expectations …

San Miguel de Allende by Ian Cade

San Miguel de Allende (Inscribed)

San Miguel de Allende

San Miguel was such a lovely place to spend a slow day, strolling along the grid of streets and poking our head into a large number of churches.

Our first …

Morelia by Ian Cade

Morelia (Inscribed)

Morelia

Planning our trip around central Mexico, I assumed there would come a stage where our interest in historic city centres would run out, well it did and Morelia was the …

Camino Real by Ian Cade

Camino Real (Inscribed)

Camino Real

Hooray! a visited site for practically no effort. I feel like this is some sort of cosmic repayment for all those empty European fields I've trekked to feigning interest in …

Teotihuacan by Ian Cade

Teotihuacan (Inscribed)

Teotihuacan

It is hard to add more to the reviews already here. The pyramids really are an impressive spectacle. Aside from them I really enjoyed the citadel, with its magnificent temple …

Mexico City and Xochimilco by Ian Cade

Mexico City and Xochimilco (Inscribed)

Mexico City and Xochimilco

We really enjoyed Mexico City; we spent seven nights here split into two batches, yet still felt there was more we could see.

Perhaps our highlight came on our first …

Querétaro by Ian Cade

Querétaro (Inscribed)

Querétaro

We only had a quick stop for lunch on New Year's Day 2015. As such there were a large amount of families out celebrating their day off. It leant the …

Central University City Campus of the UNAM by Ian Cade

Central University City Campu… (Inscribed)

Central University City Campus of the UNAM

We nearly missed this one, wandering through from Copilco metro station we were met by a series of locked gates, seeming to show the whole campus could was out of …

Churches of Peace by Ian Cade

Churches of Peace (Inscribed)

Churches of Peace

These churches actually were an interesting change for this serial church visitor, the wooden construction suited the ornate but still charming painting. I also found it easy to discern the …

Centennial Hall by Ian Cade

Centennial Hall (Inscribed)

Centennial Hall

Gnomes, domes and Mocne Piwo was the theme I texted to my friend as I boarded the plane, and Wroclaw delivered on them, but what I wasn't expecting was that …

Birka and Hovgarden by Ian Cade

Birka and Hovgarden (Inscribed)

Birka and Hovgarden

As with many other reviewers here we visited only Hovgarden, which proved to be an enjoyable out of the way idyll, even if the actual remains weren't especially spectacular.

After …

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings by Ian Cade

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Inscribed)

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings

Pile Dwellings Part III

We find our protagonists strolling in the late afternoon sun across the road from the Pestenacker prehistoric museum

NS: "So on the map you printed …

Engelsberg Ironworks by Ian Cade

Engelsberg Ironworks (Inscribed)

Engelsberg Ironworks

As with others my main memory of this site was how idyllic it looks now, this may stand as an obstacle to understanding its industrial past but it does make …

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings by Ian Cade

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Inscribed)

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings

Pile Dwellings Part II

Venice, Angkor, Yellowstone, Pasternacker prehistoric museum; hunting world heritage sites has taken me to some of the most spectacular places on earth, …

The Rise of Systematic Biology   by Ian Cade

The Rise of Systematic Biology (On tentative list)

The Rise of Systematic Biology

The title is somewhat obtuse but this serial site is focused on sites within Sweden associated with Carl Linnaeus. A sunny Sunday return to Uppsala allowed me to visit perhaps …

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