Allison Vies

Member since March 2010

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About Allison Vies

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Reviews by Allison Vies

Cilento and Vallo di Diano by Els Slots

Cilento and Vallo di Diano (Inscribed)

Cilento and Vallo di Diano

Paestum is the most underrated place I visited so far on my various trips to WHS. The three temples, especially the Apollo temple, are outstanding. No other Greek or Roman …

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region by Els Slots

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpat… (Inscribed)

Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region

4 of the churches are located close to the Slovak WHS Bardejov, so visiting them can easily be combined with the visit of the town and even 2 other wooden …

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum by Luis Filipe Gaspar

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum (Inscribed)

Hal Saflieni Hypogeum

I left the Hypogeum with mixed feelings. It is a really interesting place that shouldn’t be missed when in Malta and there is no doubt about its outstanding value. Parts …

Rhodes by Argo

Rhodes (Inscribed)

Rhodes

Rhodes would probably easy make it into the top 25 visited list on a community site for package tour travellers. The city is stuffed with visitors from cruise ships and …

Biblical Tells by Argo

Biblical Tells (Inscribed)

Biblical Tells

I visited Megiddo and Beer Sheba. For Megiddo I needed to go twice, as unlike written in the lonely planet the site closed at 3pm! And the cold hearted lady …

Mount Carmel Caves by Philipp Peterer

Mount Carmel Caves (Inscribed)

Mount Carmel Caves

The Carmel caves are an easy WHS to tick off. They are conveniently located close to route 4 and make a nice stopover when travelling between the WHS of Tel …

Lenggong Valley by Allison Vies

Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)

Lenggong Valley

Archaeological sites are my least favourite among the WHS. Simply because a whole where the found something important still remains a whole, as usually they remove all they find from …

Serra de Tramuntana by Els Slots

Serra de Tramuntana (Inscribed)

Serra de Tramuntana

Albeit inscribed as a cultural site, the Serra de Tramuntana is mostly worth a visit because of its stunning landscape. The mountain range can be visited on an easy daytrip …

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Anuradhapura (Inscribed)

Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura is nice, because of its numerous and impressive pagodas. On the other hand it is not an easy site to visit, as the points of interest are far from …

Sinharaja Forest by Randi Thomsen

Sinharaja Forest (Inscribed)

Sinharaja Forest

Sinharaja Rain Forest is possible to visit as a daytrip from Galle. We rented a motor bike for 8 USD. Alternatively you can get a car with driver for around …

Polonnaruva by Carlo Sarion

Polonnaruva (Inscribed)

Polonnaruva

As mentioned before, Polonnaruwa is a top whs in Sri Lanka. I visited the city on a 3 day tour to the cultural triangle that also included Dambulla, Sigiriya and …

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona by Allison Vies

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona (Inscribed)

Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona

The most impressive mountains of the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona are the Tschingelhörner. To go there I suggest you travel to Elm, a small picturesque village in the Glarus region. …

Tower of London by Argo

Tower of London (Inscribed)

Tower of London

Just visited the Tower for the second time since 2004. I suggest you to be there about 15 minutes before it opens. Like this, everything can be seen without crowds …

Stoclet House by Els Slots

Stoclet House (Inscribed)

Stoclet House

I must admit that I only visited the Stoclet house because it’s on the list and I want to visit as many sites as possible. I’m not sure if it …

Plantin-Moretus Museum by Els Slots

Plantin-Moretus Museum (Inscribed)

Plantin-Moretus Museum

I strongly agree with Ian. I visited the museum this April and loved it. Incomprehensible why in some Antwerp travel guides the museum isn’t even mentioned as a highlight. The …

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle by Els Slots

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle (Inscribed)

La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle

Compared to the beauty of other Swiss cities La Chaux-de-Fonds and Le Locle are rather disappointing. I'm sure this WHS deserves its status, but it's not really a spectacular site …

Maulbronn Monastery by Els Slots

Maulbronn Monastery (Inscribed)

Maulbronn Monastery

The Maulbronn monastery is well worth a visit. It's a bit off the route so I consider to go by car. Most of the buildings are still in use as …