Picture: Bayon Temple, Angkor, Cambodia, Asia (2014) UNESCO world heritage site
So I have told you a little about the Hard Rock Cafe addiction… well there is an other one… UNESCO world heritage sites.
But this one grew more the less with the years. I’ve visited some sites through the years, but was (at that time) unaware of visiting such an UNESCO site.
Mostly these places are very touristic and well known, but this certainly is not the case with all the Unesco sites.
I really can’t explain why I love to go to these places, but most likely it’s just because of the places it self. I mean, they are on the UNESCO list for a reason.
So same thing again, I am not visiting places or countries because of UNESCO, but if there is such a site where ever I am… why not check that place out?
Check out the UNESCO sites I’ve been to so far:
| Country | Location |
| Belgium | Belfries of Belgium and France |
| Flemish Béguinages | |
| La Grand-Place, Brussels | |
| Plantin-Moretus museum | |
| Historic centre of Brugge | |
| Bosnia and Hercegovina | Old bridge area of the old city of Mostar |
| Cambodia | Angkor |
| Croatia | Old city of Dubrovnik |
| Historical complex of Split and of castle Diocletian | |
| Plitvice lakes National Park | |
| Historic city of Trogir | |
| The cathedral of St. James in Sibenik | |
| Cuba | Historic centre of Cienfuegos |
| Old Havana and fortifications | |
| Trinidad | |
| Viñales Valley | |
| Czech Republic | Historic centre of Prague |
| Egypt | Abu Simbel |
| Ancient Thebes and Necropolis | |
| Historic Cairo | |
| Memphis and its Necropolis (Giza) | |
| Estonia | Historic city centre of Talinn |
| France | Arles, Roman and Romanesque monuments |
| Canal du Midi | |
| Fortifications of Vauban | |
| Fortified city of Carcassonne | |
| Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay | |
| Palace and park of Versailles | |
| Paris, banks of the Seine | |
| Pyrénées – Mont Perdu | |
| Strasbourg – Grande Île | |
| Germany | Aachen cathedral |
| Cologne cathedral | |
| Roman monuments in Trier | |
| Speicherstadt, Hamburg | |
| Greece | Acropolis, Athens |
| Hungary | Budapest and banks of the Danube |
| Indonesia | Cultural landscape of Bali province |
| Italy | Arab-Norman Palermo and cathedral of Cefalú |
| Archeological area of Agrigento | |
| Historic centre of Florence | |
| Historic centre of Rome | |
| Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands) | |
| Mount Etna | |
| Piazza del duomo, Pisa | |
| Residences of the royal house of Savoy | |
| Latvia | Historic city centre of Riga |
| Lithuania | Vilnius Historic Centre |
| Malaysia | Melaka and George Town |
| Montenegro | Natural and Culturo-Historical region of Kotor |
| Netherlands | 17th century canal ring Amsterdam |
| Colonies of benevolence | |
| Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Limes | |
| De nieuwe Hollandse waterlinie | |
| Droogmakerij de Beemster | |
| D.F. Wouda steam pumping station | |
| Mill network at Kinderdijk-Elshout | |
| Rietveld Schröder house | |
| Schokland and surroundings | |
| Van Nellefabriek | |
| Wadden Sea | |
| Norway | Bryggen, old wharf of Bergen |
| Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord | |
| Poland | Auschwitz Birkenau |
| Centennial hall in Wroclaw | |
| Historic centre of Krakow | |
| Spain | Burgos Cathedral |
| Historic centre of Cordoba | |
| Old town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros churches | |
| Old town of Segovia and its Aqueduct | |
| Works of Antoni Gaudí | |
| Switzerland | Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces |
| The architectural works of Le Corbusier | |
| United Kingdom | Blenheim Palace |
| Maritime Greenwich | |
| Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew | |
| Stonehenge | |
| Tower of London | |
| Westminster abbey | |
| United States | Grand Canyon N.P. |
| Redwood national and state parks | |
| Vatican City | Holy See |
| Properties of the Holy See | |
| Vietnam | Ha Long Bay |
| Trang An landscape complex |