Places of Note & UNESCO

Kim's Favorite Places to Eat & Experience in the World



UNESCO Sites Visited

There are many UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world (1,031 currently!), and it's constantly changing. Here's where I've visited (and remember), so far.
  1. Australia - Sydney Opera House
  2. Australia - Tasmanian Wilderness
  3. Australia - Wet Tropics of Queensland
  4. Australia - Great Barrier Reef
  5. Belgium - La Grand-Place, Brussels
  6. Belgium -  Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
  7. Cambodia - Angkor
  8. Canada - Historic District of Old Québec
  9. Canada - Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  10. France - Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  11. France - Palace and Park of Versailles
  12. France - Palace and Park of Fontainebleau
  13. France - Paris, Banks of the Seine
  14. France - Cathedral of Notre-Dame
  15. France - The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  16. Germany - Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar and Dessau
  17. Germany - Monastic Island of Reichenau
  18. Germany - Upper Middle Rhine Valley
  19. Germany/UK - Frontiers of the Roman Empire
  20. Guatemala - Antigua Guatemala
  21. Holy See - Vatican City 
  22. Iceland - Þingvellir National Park
  23. India - Red Fort Complex
  24. India - Qutb Minar and its Monuments, Delhi
  25. India - Sun Temple, Konârak
  26. India - Agra Fort
  27. India - Taj Mahal
  28. India - Elephanta Caves
  29. Italy - Historic Centre of Florence
  30. Italy - Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
  31. Italy - Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
  32. Jordan - Petra
  33. Jordan - Wadi Rum Protected Area
  34. Laos - Town of Luang Prabang
  35. Laos - Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak Cultural Landscape
  36. Malaysia - Georgetown
  37. Mexico - Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila
  38. Mexico - Earliest 16th-Century Monasteries on the Slopes of Popocatepetl
  39. Nepal - Kathmandu Valley 
  40. New Zealand - Tongariro National Park
  41. New Zealand - Te Wahipounamu
  42. Peru - City of Cuzco
  43. Peru - Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
  44. Peru - Historic Centre of Lima
  45. Rwanda - Nyungwe National Park
  46. Rwanda - Memorial sites of the Genocide: Nyamata, Murambi, Gisozi and Bisesero
  47. San Marino - San Marino Historic Centre and Mount Titano
  48. Singapore - Singapore Botanical Gardens
  49. South Korea - Changdeokgung Palace Complex
  50. South Korea - Hwaseong Fortress
  51. Spain - Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
  52. Spain - Historic City of Toledo
  53. Tanzania - Stone Town of Zanzibar
  54. UK - Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
  55. UK - Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
  56. UK - Tower of London
  57. UK - Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
  58. UK - Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
  59. UK - City of Bath
  60. USA - Independence Hall
  61. USA - Redwood National and State Parks
  62. USA - Statue of Liberty
  63. USA - Yosemite National Park
  64. USA - La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
  65. USA - The 20th-Century Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
  66. Uzbekistan - Itchan Kala
  67. Uzbekistan - Historic Centre of Bukhara
  68. Uzbekistan - Historic Centre of Shakhrisyabz
  69. Uzbekistan - Samarkand – Crossroad of Cultures
  70. Uzbekistan - Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor *
  71. Viet Nam - Ha Long Bay

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