Visited this site in January 2025. Day tour (95 SAR) remains the same as described by Tony, Els and Martina, covers 4 clusters and only one tomb (#26) can be …
Alexander Barabanov
Member since August 2017
#31 647 0

I work in finance field. I started to specifically target UNESCO Heritage sites while travelling approximately from 2006. Currently I'm combining several long trips to WHS rich remote regions with weekend visits just to reach one specific site (mainly in Europe).
Of course, there is certain percentage of oddly sites, when you're asking yourself, what I am doing here, but in general these sites are special and very rewarding to reach and see. The uniqueness is often in their diversity and globality. Visting them and exploring some specific aspects of human activity and nature phenomona increases significantly knowledge horizons. During the process you will find out details of mercury mining, will see thin layer of soil containing remains of 60 million years old, admire mosaics from V century or climb Africa's highest mountain. I think that WHS travelling will be gaining popularity and we also have to contribute to this process.
My most impressive site: Machu Picchu, Brugge, Angkor Vat
My proposal for a new site: Volgograd (Stalingrad battlefield monuments), Old city of Pskov, Manhattan Iconic highscrapers from 30s like Empire State Building or Chrysler Building, certainly some nature park from Faroe Islands, Por-Bazhyn (Tuva)
Recent Visits
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20May 14, 2025South China Karst, Wulingyuan
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90March 19, 2025Cidade Velha, Djoudj, Island of Gorée, Island of Saint-Louis, Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou ...
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40Jan. 9, 2025Al-Ahsa Oasis, Hegra, Historic Jeddah, Rock Art in the Hail Region
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About Alexander Barabanov
- First name
- Alexander
- Member since
- August 2017
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #31
- WHS
- 647
- Tentative Sites
- 0
Website Participation
- Reviews
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World Heritage Sites
- Iguacu 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 5.0
- Québec 5.0
- Great Zimbabwe 5.0
- Mana Pools 5.0
- Matobo Hills 5.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 5.0
- Brugge 5.0
- Volcanoes of Kamchatka 5.0
- Lena Pillars 5.0
- Crac des Chevaliers 5.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 5.0
- Socotra Archipelago 5.0
- Lake Baikal 5.0
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 5.0
- Palmyra 5.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5.0
- Hattusha 5.0
- Çatalhöyük 5.0
- Bagan 5.0
- Vienna 5.0
- Prague 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Loire Valley 5.0
- Great Wall 5.0
- Old Rauma 5.0
- Imperial Palace 5.0
- Wulingyuan 4.5
- Pont du Gard 4.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 4.0
- Kizhi Pogost 4.0
- Morne Trois Pitons 4.0
- Baalbek 4.0
- Amiens Cathedral 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Shibam 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- South China Karst 4.0
- Leptis Magna 4.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture 4.0
- Ghadames 4.0
- Brú na Bóinne 4.0
- Saloum Delta 4.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 4.0
- Miguasha National Park 4.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 4.0
- Belfries 4.0
- Old Havana 4.0
- Champagne 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Strasbourg 4.0
- Mount Taishan 4.0
- Solovetsky Islands 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Temple of Heaven 4.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.0
- Ferapontov Monastery 4.0
- Monastery of Geghard 4.0
- Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Tanbaly 4.0
- Yaroslavl 4.0
- Twyfelfontein 4.0
- Mazagan 4.0
- Alejandro de Humboldt National Park 4.0
- Safranbolu 4.0
- Grand Canal 4.0
- Desembarco del Granma National Park 4.0
- Virgin Komi Forests 4.0
- Lalibela 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Orange 4.0
- Hegra 4.0
- Avignon 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Arles 4.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 4.0
- Golden Mountains of Altai 4.0
- Lyon 4.0
- Pergamon 4.0
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 4.0
- Lower Valley of the Omo 4.0
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Calakmul 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Paphos 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Fontainebleau 4.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 4.0
- Bukhara 4.0
- Western Caucasus 4.0
- Damascus 4.0
- Djoudj 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Danube Delta 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Sabratha 4.0
- Putorana Plateau 4.0
- Central Sikhote-Alin 4.0
- Itchan Kala 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Soltaniyeh 3.5
- Sviyazhsk 3.5
- Takht-e Soleyman 3.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.5
- Archaeological site of Philippi 3.5
- Samarra 3.5
- Babylon 3.5
- Ohrid Region 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Tierradentro 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Namib Sand Sea 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Ouro Preto 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Telc 3.5
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Kazan Kremlin 3.5
- Wadi Al-Hitan 3.5
- Novgorod 3.5
- Rock Art in the Hail Region 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega and the White Sea 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Beijing Central Axis 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 3.0
- Burgundy 3.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Bourges Cathedral 3.0
- Engelsberg Ironworks 3.0
- Karlskrona 3.0
- Djémila 3.0
- Kasbah of Algiers 3.0
- Timgad 3.0
- Tipasa 3.0
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Białowieża Forest 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 3.0
- The Four Lifts 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3.0
- Congonhas 3.0
- Diamantina 3.0
- Boyana Church 3.0
- Madara Rider 3.0
- Nessebar 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Dengfeng 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Longmen Grottoes 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Summer Palace 3.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Yin Xu 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Cienfuegos 3.0
- First Coffee Plantations 3.0
- San Pedro de la Roca Castle 3.0
- Choirokoitia 3.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3.0
- Trebic 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Santo Domingo 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Tugendhat Villa 3.0
- Vézelay 3.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Reims 3.0
- Provins 3.0
- Nancy 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 3.0
- Sarazm 3.0
- Grand Pré 3.0
- Rideau Canal 3.0
- Derbent 3.0
- Turaif Quarter 3.0
- Tauric Chersonese 3.0
- St. George, Bermuda 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Orkhon Valley 3.0
- Koguryo Tombs 3.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Bosra 3.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 3.0
- Bolgar 3.0
- Tlacotalpan 3.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 3.0
- Bisotun 3.0
- Lumbini 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Shushtar 3.0
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.0
- Hawraman/Uramanat 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 3.0
- Shakhrisyabz 3.0
- Pitons Management Area 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.0
- Pearling 3.0
- Willemstad 3.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 3.0
- Sheki 3.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.0
- Ancient Merv 3.0
- Konso 3.0
- Simien National Park 3.0
- Khinalig 3.0
- Harar Jugol 3.0
- Nisa 3.0
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Gordion 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.0
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.0
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.0
- Visby 3.0
- Yazd 3.0
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 3.0
- Cidade Velha 3.0
- Island of Gorée 3.0
- Island of Saint-Louis 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Chaîne des Puys 3.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Golestan Palace 2.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 2.5
- Byblos 2.5
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 2.5
- Chitwan National Park 2.5
- Bahla Fort 2.5
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 2.5
- Tiya 2.5
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town 2.5
- Persian Garden 2.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.5
- Al Ain 2.5
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.5
- Studenica Monastery 2.5
- Ivrea 2.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.5
- The Prosecco Hills 2.5
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.5
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 2.5
- Stoclet House 2.0
- Tyre 2.0
- Fasil Ghebbi 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Nesvizh 2.0
- Le Havre 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Al-Ahsa Oasis 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Astronomical Observatories of Kazan Federal Univer 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Mir Castle 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Battir 2.0
- Camagüey 2.0
- Bridgetown 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Qalhat 1.5
- Western Tien-Shan 1.0
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.0
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Reviews by Alexander Barabanov


Cultural Landscape of Kenozer… (Inscribed)
Cultural Landscape of Kenozero Lake
Visited Kenozero in July 2024 during the days, when it was inscribed (and the news was read out by the guide).Kenozero National Park is a remote place requiring 1,200 km …

Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega… (Inscribed)
Petroglyphs of the Lake Onega and the White Sea
Visited Belomorsk cluster in October 2021. Logistics – flight to Karelia’s capital Petrozavodsk, then 370 km by rented car via surprisingly good road to Belomorsk. Petrozavodsk’s national museum of Karelia …

Golden Mountains of Altai (Inscribed)
Golden Mountains of Altai
Visited this site in September 2020. Our first priority was a trip to Plateau Putorana with the group tour, but unfortunately the minimum required number of tourists was not met …

Virgin Komi Forests (Inscribed)
Virgin Komi Forests
Visited this site in August 2020 as weekend trip from Moscow. I decided to visit Manpupuner Plateau, which is located in the heart of Pechoro-Ilychskiy Nature Reserve, part of Virgin …

Lena Pillars (Inscribed)
Lena Pillars
Visited this remote site in August 2020. Yakutsk (population over 300 thousand) is one of the largest cities not accessible by road full year. It seems that Lena Bridge would …

Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Inscribed)
Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Visited this amazing site in July 2020. We were part of probably the first organized tourist groups after removing regional Covid restrictions. Kamchatka is considered one of the most outstanding …

Medici Villas and Gardens (Inscribed)
Medici Villas and Gardens
Visited interior of 4 villas in one day on Sunday in November 2019. This could only be done with advance planning, pre-booking and using rented car as follows.
Villa …

Brú na Bóinne (Inscribed)
Brú na Bóinne
Visited this site in September 2019. We arrived on Monday and there were not many people. Visitor center is still under refurbishment (the guide told that probably only 2-3 weeks …

Krzemionki prehistoric flint … (Inscribed)
Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines
Visited this site in August 2019 during weekend trip to Poland. Visitor center is located in lovely rural setting, however the main entrance seems to be for administrative and the …

Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea… (Inscribed)
Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
Short update from my return visit to Daphni monastery in July 2019, when almost all the scaffolding was removed (only mosaics 24-29 are not clearly visible due to restoration work …

Churches of the Pskov School … (Inscribed)
Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture
Visited this site in July 2019 exactly during the weekend when Pskov was inscribed. However, most local guides were quite sure that Pskov was already inscribed for a while. I …

Early Christian Necropolis of… (Inscribed)
Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
Visited this site in April 2019 as a deviation from the road to thermal waters of Heviz. Pecs is very lovely town with beatiful cathedral, ramparts, pedestrian streets and traditional …

Pyramids (Memphis) (Inscribed)
Pyramids (Memphis)
Visited this site in March 2019. I voted for a guided tour in order to skip the hassles of bakshish boys and distances between Giza, Dahshur, Saqqara and Memphis. With …

Sarazm (Inscribed)
Sarazm
Visited this site in September 2018 as part of weekend trip to Tajikistan. It took approximately 3 hours to cover 250 km through picturesque Zaravshan river valley (nomination for 2020 …

Grimeton Radio Station (Inscribed)
Grimeton Radio Station
Visited Grimeton radio station with an English guided tour in August 2018 (I booked in advance through the official website for 120 SEK). It is rather small, but contains all …

Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsi… (Inscribed)
Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland
Visited Erik-Anders house in August 2018. This is lovely village timber house, richly decorated with colorful wallpapers and spacious rooms. This house is the only easily available house among seven …

Alejandro de Humboldt Nationa… (Inscribed)
Alejandro de Humboldt National Park
Visited this site in May 2018. There was still very dirty road from Baracoa, which took us over 1 hour to cover 30 km. Parque Nacional Alejandro de Humboldt, covering …

Champagne (Inscribed)
Champagne
Visited Pommery champagne house in August 2018. It should be pre-booked in advance through the official web site. The guide told fascinating story of the house, Madam Pommery and champagne …

Desembarco del Granma Nationa… (Inscribed)
Desembarco del Granma National Park
Visited this site in May 2018.
This is quite remote site requiring careful planning, we started from Camaguey and then proceeded to Santiago de Cuba via road 20, which …