World Heritage Sites visited

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UNESCO World Heritage sites are sites with a cultural, historical, scientific, geographical, or other form of significance. They contain “cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity”.

So says the official definition. Every year the UNESCO World Heritage Committee nominates new places and the list has grown to 1121 sites spread over 167 countries (as of 2021). We always have a look at the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites before traveling to a country. Some of them are quite well-known tourist highlights and easily accessible. Accordingly, most tourists would visit them anyway. But quite often we have never heard of them before, and reading up on their history, we understand a little bit more about the places we are going to visit. Often the journey to reach these far-flung places is quite adventurous, too.

Thus, over the years, we have visited more than 300 Unesco World Heritage sites and are still on track.

This is a list of all the UNESCO World Heritage sites we have visited. However, as you will see, only some of them are linked to travel blog posts (yet?).

Armenia

Austria

  • Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
  • Fertö/ Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
  • Historic Centre of Vienna
  • City of Graz

Azerbaijan

Belgium

  • Major Town Houses of Victor Horta
  • Flemish Béguinages
  • La Grand-Place, Brussels
  • Belfries of Belgium and France
  • Historic Centre of Brugge
  • Stoclet House, Brussels
  • Major Mining Sites of Wallonia

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cambodia

  • Angkor

Chile

China

Colombia

Costa Rica

  • La Armistad National Park

Czech Republic

  • Historic Centre of Prague

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

  • Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
  • Historic Cairo
  • Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
  • Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
  • Saint Catherine Area
  • Abu Mena
  • Wadi Al-Hitan or Whale Valley

El Salvador

  • Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

Eritrea

  • Asmara: A modern African city

Ethiopia

France

  • Arles, Roman and Romanesque Monuments
  • Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
  • Historic Centre of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
  • Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
  • Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange
  • Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
  • Taputapuātea on French Polynesia
  • The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
  • Vézelay, Church and Hill

Georgia

  • Gelati Monastery
  • Historical Monuments of Mtskheta

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

  • Antigua Guatemala
  • Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua
  • Tikal National Park

Hungary

  • Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
  • Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)
  • Millenary Benedictine Abbey of Pannonhalma and its Natural Environment

Iceland

India

  • Ajanta Caves
  • Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (formerly Victoria Terminus)
  • Churches and Convents of Goa
  • Elephanta Caves
  • Ellora Caves
  • Group of Monuments at Hampi
  • Group of Monuments at Pattadakal
  • Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai

Indonesia

  • Borobudur Temple Compounds
  • Cultural Landscape of Bali Province
  • Prambanan Temple Compounds

Iran

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

  • Megalithic Jar Sites in Xiengkhuang – Plain of Jars
  • Town of Luang Prabang
  • Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape

Lebanon

Libya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malaysia

  • Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

Mali

Malta

Mexico

  • El Tajin, Pre-Hispanic City
  • Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan
  • Historic Centre of Oaxaca and Archaeological Site of Monte Albán
  • Historic Centre of Puebla
  • Historic Centre of Zacatecas
  • Historic Fortified Town of Campeche
  • Historic Monuments Zone of Querétaro
  • Luis Barragán House and Studio in Mexico City
  • Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
  • Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza
  • Sian Ka’an Nature reserve
  • Pre-Hispanic Town of Uxmal
  • Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche

Morocco

  • Archaeological Site of Volubilis
  • Historic City of Meknes
  • Medina of Fez
  • Medina of Marrakesh
  • Medina of Tétouan (formerly known as Titawin)
  • Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: a Shared Heritage

Netherlands

Panama

  • Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá
  • Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves / La Amistad National Park

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

San Marino

Senegal

  • Island of Gorée
  • Island of Saint-Louis
  • Saloum Delta
  • Djoudj National Bird Sanctuary
  • Niokolo-Koba National Park

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Switzerland

Syria

  • Ancient City of Aleppo
  • Ancient City of Bosra
  • Several Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
  • Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
  • Site of Palmyra
  • Ancient City of Damascus

Tajikistan

Thailand

  • Historic City of Ayutthaya
  • Historic Town of Sukhothai and Associated Historic Towns

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

United Kingdom

  • Blaenavon Industrial Landscape
  • Castles and Town Walls of King Edward in Gwynedd
  • Maritime Greenwich
  • Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  • Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
  • The English Lake District
  • Tower of London
  • Gorham`s Cave Complex, Gibraltar

Uzbekistan

Vatican

  • Vatican City
  • Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura

Vietnam

  • Complex of Hué Monuments
  • Central Sector of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long – Hanoi
  • Hoi An Ancient Town
  • My Son Sanctuary
  • Ha Long Bay