Red Zone Travel Advisory

Connected Sites: 104

Definition

WHS that are in areas given a "Red" or "Do Not Travel" advice by both the German and Australian authorities. Last update: April 30, 2025. See this blog post for more info.

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Connected Sites

Nesvizh

Belarus

Inscribed: 2005

2.51

95

6

Belarus fully off-limits
Mir Castle

Belarus

Inscribed: 2000

2.27

100

8

Belarus fully off-limits
Air and Téneré

Niger

Inscribed: 1991

3.14

2

1

Niger fully off-limits
Tell Umm Amer

Palestine

Inscribed: 2024

0

0

Palestine fully off-limits
Meroe

Sudan

Inscribed: 2011

4.04

34

4

Sudan fully off-limits
Gebel Barkal

Sudan

Inscribed: 2003

3.13

30

4

Sudan fully off-limits
L'viv

Ukraine

Inscribed: 1998

3.61

134

7

Ukraine fully off-limits
Residence of Bukovinian & Dalmatian Metropolitans

Ukraine

Inscribed: 2011

2.74

48

4

Ukraine fully off-limits
Tauric Chersonese

Ukraine

Inscribed: 2013

2.83

24

4

Ukraine fully off-limits
Tassili n'Ajjer

Algeria

Inscribed: 1982

3.62

22

2

border area with Libya
Simien National Park

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1978

3.46

53

11

North of Ethiopia
Anjar

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

3.16

75

5

Lebanon South and East
Baalbek

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

3.99

103

5

Lebanon South and East
Sukur

Nigeria

Inscribed: 1999

0

1

Northern Nigeria
Masjed-e Jâme'

Iran

Inscribed: 2012

3.22

94

3

Iran fully off-limits
Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil

Iran

Inscribed: 2010

3.17

24

4

Iran fully off-limits
Tyre

Lebanon

Inscribed: 1984

2.78

75

5

Lebanon South and East
Lakes of Ounianga

Chad

Inscribed: 2012

3.61

6

2

All of Chad except for the South
Lalibela

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1978

4.14

77

6

North of Ethiopia
Sanganeb

Sudan

Inscribed: 2016

3.04

5

1

Sudan fully off-limits
Primeval Beech Forests

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Italy, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2007

2.71

325

38

Ukraine parts fully off-limits
Tabriz Bazaar

Iran

Inscribed: 2010

2.60

46

4

Iran fully off-limits
Soltaniyeh

Iran

Inscribed: 2005

2.74

32

3

Iran fully off-limits
Golestan Palace

Iran

Inscribed: 2013

2.90

92

3

Iran fully off-limits
Persian Caravanserai

Iran

Inscribed: 2023

2.57

51

3

Iran fully off-limits
Timbuktu

Mali

Inscribed: 1988

3.45

27

2

Mali fully off-limits
Leptis Magna

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.91

33

3

Libya fully off-limits
Hawraman/Uramanat

Iran

Inscribed: 2021

2.07

8

1

Iran fully off-limits
Babylon

Iraq

Inscribed: 2019

3.13

30

3

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Ashur

Iraq

Inscribed: 2003

2.86

18

2

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Palmyra

Syria

Inscribed: 1980

3.96

69

4

Syria fully off-limits
Sangha Trinational

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo (Republic)

Inscribed: 2012

3.61

6

2

C.A.R. fully off-limits, Cameroon part as well due to proximity to C.A.R., only Congo part is not advised against
Odesa

Ukraine

Inscribed: 2023

3.17

66

2

Ukraine fully off-limits
Trans-Iranian Railway

Iran

Inscribed: 2021

1.98

27

1

Iran fully off-limits
Shushtar

Iran

Inscribed: 2009

3.19

31

2

Iran fully off-limits
Sana'a

Yemen

Inscribed: 1986

3.82

23

1

Yemen fully off-limits
Salonga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1984

0

0

DRC fully off-limits
Sabratha

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.43

31

3

Libya fully off-limits
Persepolis

Iran

Inscribed: 1979

4.38

104

3

Iran fully off-limits
Pasargadae

Iran

Inscribed: 2004

2.58

76

5

Iran fully off-limits
Okapi Wildlife Reserve

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1996

1

0

DRC fully off-limits
Meidan Emam, Esfahan

Iran

Inscribed: 1979

3.78

106

2

Iran fully off-limits
Kahuzi-Biega National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1980

3.33

7

4

DRC fully off-limits
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town

Palestine

Inscribed: 2017

3.13

68

5

Palestine fully off-limits
Hatra

Iraq

Inscribed: 1985

3.40

20

5

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Gonbad-e Qâbus

Iran

Inscribed: 2012

2.72

11

3

Iran fully off-limits
Crac des Chevaliers

Syria

Inscribed: 2006

3.73

68

5

Syria fully off-limits
Bosra

Syria

Inscribed: 1980

3.08

51

7

Syria fully off-limits
Bethlehem

Palestine

Inscribed: 2012

3.15

197

9

Palestine fully off-limits
Battir

Palestine

Inscribed: 2014

1.38

61

5

Palestine fully off-limits
Ancient villages of Northern Syria

Syria

Inscribed: 2011

3.09

31

3

Syria fully off-limits
Aleppo

Syria

Inscribed: 1986

3.52

71

6

Syria fully off-limits
Aksum

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1980

3.22

54

6

North of Ethiopia
The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley

Iran

Inscribed: 2025

1.52

9

1

Iran fully off-limits
Zabid

Yemen

Inscribed: 1993

2.34

10

2

Yemen fully off-limits
Yazd

Iran

Inscribed: 2017

3.60

92

3

Iran fully off-limits
Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region

Poland, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2013

3.26

134

8

Ukraine parts fully off-limits
W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

Benin, Burkina Faso, Niger

Inscribed: 1996

1.94

14

4

Niger fully off-limits, as are the parts the park lies in in Benin and Burkina Faso
Virunga National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1979

3.99

13

2

DRC fully off-limits
Tomb of Askia

Mali

Inscribed: 2004

2.22

6

1

Mali fully off-limits
The Royal Court of Tiébélé

Burkina Faso

Inscribed: 2024

3.32

7

2

All of Burkina Faso except the main cities
The Persian Qanat

Iran

Inscribed: 2016

2.72

48

2

Iran fully off-limits
Tchogha Zanbil

Iran

Inscribed: 1979

3.39

32

4

Iran fully off-limits
Takht-e Soleyman

Iran

Inscribed: 2003

3.20

27

4

Iran fully off-limits
Tadrart Acacus

Libya

Inscribed: 1985

3.69

6

1

Libya fully off-limits
Susa

Iran

Inscribed: 2015

2.40

30

4

Iran fully off-limits
Struve Geodetic Arc

Belarus, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Ukraine

Inscribed: 2005

1.92

214

19

Ukraine parts fully off-limits
Socotra Archipelago

Yemen

Inscribed: 2008

3.79

21

3

Yemen fully off-limits
Shibam

Yemen

Inscribed: 1982

3.95

19

2

Yemen fully off-limits
Shahr-i Sokhta

Iran

Inscribed: 2014

2.48

7

2

Iran fully off-limits
Sassanid Archaeological Landscape

Iran

Inscribed: 2018

3.12

19

2

Iran fully off-limits
Ruins of Loropéni

Burkina Faso

Inscribed: 2009

2.06

6

2

All of Burkina Faso except the main cities
Persian Garden

Iran

Inscribed: 2011

3.07

89

2

Iran fully off-limits
National History Park

Haiti

Inscribed: 1982

3.86

20

7

Haiti fully off-limits
Maymand

Iran

Inscribed: 2015

2.47

18

4

Iran fully off-limits
Manovo-Gounda St. Floris

Central African Republic

Inscribed: 1988

0

2

C.A.R. fully off-limits
Lut Desert

Iran

Inscribed: 2016

3.40

25

3

Iran fully off-limits
Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra

Ukraine

Inscribed: 1990

3.55

189

6

Ukraine fully off-limits
Hyrcanian Forests

Azerbaijan, Iran

Inscribed: 2019

2.22

28

5

Iranian parts fully off-limits
Hegmataneh

Iran

Inscribed: 2024

2.36

11

1

Iran fully off-limits
Ghadames

Libya

Inscribed: 1986

3.49

20

1

Libya fully off-limits
Garamba National Park

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Inscribed: 1980

1

1

DRC fully off-limits
Fasil Ghebbi

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 1979

3.13

59

3

North of Ethiopia
Damascus

Syria

Inscribed: 1979

3.89

79

6

Syria fully off-limits
Cyrene

Libya

Inscribed: 1982

3.00

15

1

Libya fully off-limits
Comoé National Park

Côte d'Ivoire

Inscribed: 1983

1.82

5

2

Northeast of Cote d'Ivoire
Cliff of Bandiagara

Mali

Inscribed: 1989

3.46

31

2

Mali fully off-limits
Bisotun

Iran

Inscribed: 2006

2.66

29

2

Iran fully off-limits
Bam Cultural Landscape

Iran

Inscribed: 2004

2.82

27

2

Iran fully off-limits
Bale Mountains National Park

Ethiopia

Inscribed: 2023

3.01

14

1

North of Ethiopia
Bagan

Myanmar

Inscribed: 2019

4.45

132

6

Myanmar fully off-limits
Armenian Monastic Ensembles

Iran

Inscribed: 2008

3.29

34

4

Iran fully off-limits
Ancient Kingdom of Saba

Yemen

Inscribed: 2023

2.73

3

1

Yemen fully off-limits
Ancient Jericho

Palestine

Inscribed: 2023

2.75

70

4

Palestine fully off-limits
Ancient ferrous metallurgy sites

Burkina Faso

Inscribed: 2019

1.95

3

1

All of Burkina Faso except the main cities
Agadez

Niger

Inscribed: 2013

2.96

10

2

Niger fully off-limits
Pyu Ancient Cities

Myanmar

Inscribed: 2014

2.05

29

4

Myanmar fully off-limits
Djenné

Mali

Inscribed: 1988

3.66

33

2

Mali fully off-limits
Takht-i-Bahi

Pakistan

Inscribed: 1980

3.04

34

3

All in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Ennedi Massif

Chad

Inscribed: 2016

4.06

6

2

All of Chad except for the South
Ahwar of Southern Iraq

Iraq

Inscribed: 2016

2.98

24

4

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Samarra

Iraq

Inscribed: 2007

3.02

28

5

All of Iraq except Kurdistan
Minaret of Jam

Afghanistan

Inscribed: 2002

3.91

7

1

Afghanistan fully off-limits
Bamiyan Valley

Afghanistan

Inscribed: 2003

3.85

14

2

Afghanistan fully off-limits

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