UNESCO World Heritage sites that we visited:
The legendary Silk Road was a very commercial trading network between East Asia and Europe. Caravans brought luxury goods such …
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Around Novi Pazar, the UNESCO has nominated four different sites as universal World Heritage. This was reason enough for us …
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Whenever we travel, we usually have a look at the UNESCO World Heritage sites in the country. So, when we …
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Japan is a heaven for travellers looking for UNESCO World Heritage sites. 25 sites in Japan belong to the UNESCO …
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Canals, bridges, cobbled streets – Utrecht is an exceedingly cute small town in the Netherlands. But our primary motivation for …
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The pyramids are incredibly old! 5000 years of civilisation look down on us from those Pharaonic monuments in Egypt. For …
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In the mountains near the industrial town of Alaverdi in the north of Armenia, two Christian monasteries from the 10th …
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Jesus is standing in the hallway like a young warrior, the cross casually over his shoulder. Also, he’s stepping on …
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On our first evening in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, we pass a bridge sporting fierce dragons. They are Ljubljana’s …
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The Umayyad dynasty sparkles. Perhaps that is because so little is left of their legacy in their Levantine heartland. The …
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