I recently came from a trip to Fujian where I stayed in Quanzhou for four days. This allowed me to visit 10 component sites leaving only the farthest ones out. …
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Member since May 2012
#268 198 72

Cultural heritage worker and tourism consultant from the Philippines. Largely based in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines). Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times, and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures. A member of ICOMOS.
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
My most impressive site: Hampi, Venice, Bauhaus, Namib Sand Sea, Angkor, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
My proposal for a new site: Galleon Trade Route, San Sebastian Basilica Minore - Manila, Old Bangkok, South African Mission Stations
Recent Visits
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30June 10, 2025Fujian Tulou, Kulangsu, Quanzhou
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10Oct. 22, 2024Vatican City
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30Oct. 14, 2024Luang Prabang, Plain of Jars, Vat Phou
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About Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- First name
- Bernard Joseph Esposo
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #268
- WHS
- 198
- Tentative Sites
- 72
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 60
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 5.0
- Sanchi 5.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 5.0
- Twyfelfontein 5.0
- Quanzhou 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Aachen Cathedral 4.5
- Gyeongju 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Plain of Jars 4.5
- Verona 4.5
- Pattadakal 4.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 4.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Baroque Churches 4.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 4.5
- Bagan 4.5
- Chola Temples 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 4.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 4.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 4.0
- Mapungubwe 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Via Appia 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Meknes 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Rome 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Shushtar 4.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Hoi An 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 3.5
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.5
- Mazagan 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Haeinsa Temple 3.5
- Western Ghats 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Ahmadabad 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Messel Pit 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Holasovice 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.5
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Keoladeo National Park 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Elephanta Caves 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.0
- Classical Weimar 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Trans-Iranian Railway 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Lower German Limes 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Gaya Tumuli 2.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Pyu Ancient Cities 2.5
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.5
- Bisotun 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Lenggong Valley 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Humayun's Tomb 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Old City of Acre 2.5
- Kinabalu Park 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.5
- Sinharaja Forest 2.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Dong Phayayen 2.0
- Vredefort Dome 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
Tentative Sites
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Silk Road Sites in India
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- Long-lived trees of Iran
- Etosha Pan
- Welwitschia Plains
- Caesarea
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
- Industrial Heritage of textile in the central Plat
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Casablanca
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Olympic Park Munich
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Domus de Janas
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- Fishriver Canyon
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- Tape Sialk
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Apo Reef Natural Park
- Brandberg National Monument
- Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pr
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II
- Benguela Current
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Cambodian Memorial Sites
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Succulent Karoo (Namibia)
- Shush
- Arasbaran
- The Historical City of Maybod
- Kerman
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble
- Walled City of Manila
- Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge
- Mattanchery Palace
- University of Tehran
- Maratha Military Landscape
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- Kaboud Mosque
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area
- Semarang Old Town
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Wat Phra Mahathat Woramahawihan
- Taq-e Bostan
- Corregidor Island and Historic Fortifications of M
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Reviews by Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero


Grand Canal (Inscribed)
Grand Canal
During my visit in early 2014, I was not aware of the Grand Canal nomination despite it gaining inscription later that year. But visiting Suzhou and going out of the …

Varanasi (On tentative list)
Varanasi
Varanasi deserves a place in the list and it surprises me that no one has reviewed it yet. Being one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, which …

Wadden Sea (Inscribed)
Wadden Sea
After visiting the lovely old town of Franeker for the Eisinga Planetarium, my friend and I went back to Leeuwarden to embark on what was probably the craziest bike ride …

Domus de Janas (Nominated)
Domus de Janas
There seems to be an issue in the use of Domus de Janas in this nomination as some components are strictly not rock-hewn tombs. What Italy seems to be gunning …

The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple (On tentative list)
The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple
Bhojpur Temple, as it is commonly known, is situated between Bhopal and Bhimbetka Rock Shelter. I did not know about this site earlier, but it was recommended by my …

Sun Temple, Modhera (On tentative list)
Sun Temple, Modhera
While I did enjoy more than two hours in Modhera on the way to Rani-Ki-Vav from Amdavad back in 2019, I'm not sure if I am able to grasp what …

Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Inscribed)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
In driving around southern Germany, I managed to see two components of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, dubbed as the longest monument in Europe at 550 kilometers long. The …

Armenian Monastic Ensembles (Inscribed)
Armenian Monastic Ensembles
There seems to be a shared frustration about Dzordzor in the group. I also did not get to see it during my visit. As previous reviewers have already tackled a …

Olympic Park Munich (On tentative list)
Olympic Park Munich
Rather easy to get to from the city center via the U-Bahn, Olympiapark is directly right across the highway from the BMW Welt, and it can be visited together with …

Mapungubwe (Inscribed)
Mapungubwe
Mpungubwe is located far away along the border of South Africa with Botswana and Zimbabwe, and at one of the viewpoints you can see the convergence of the three …

Persian Caravanserai (Inscribed)
Persian Caravanserai
My initial reaction when I finally saw the inscribed properties under Persian Caravanserai was of wonder as to why the beautiful Aminoddoleh Timche in the grand bazaar of Kashan was …

Mazagan (Inscribed)
Mazagan
As was the case for Els, I wasn't expecting much from Mazagan but it turned out to be a very positive visit. Even its evaluation report widely praised it, with …

Medina of Tétouan (Inscribed)
Medina of Tétouan
It was nice to practice the little Spanish that remains in me in this medina. Filipinos certainly find this city of a particular interest as one of our colonial churches …

Koh Ker (Inscribed)
Koh Ker
Koh Ker did not interest me at all in 2012 so I was more than fine to have skipped it when I went to Preah Vihear Temple, despite the former …

Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
This is my third visit to Angkor. In my first visit I did the small circuit with a very competent guide who has had been part of many studies and …

Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)
Sambor Prei Kuk
If one spends enough time to carefully explore the area, there are many temples here that have been overgrown by strangling fig trees in ways that do not fail to …

Long-lived trees of Iran (On tentative list)
Long-lived trees of Iran
There is a local legend saying that the cypress in Abarkooh was planted by Zoroaster himself. Cypresses, in general, are considered sacred trees by Iranians. Coming from Yazd, the site …

Si Thep (Inscribed)
Si Thep
I visited Si Thep 2 weeks after its inscription, and it is a telling illustration of the power of the World Heritage tag. Prior to being inscribed, the management shared …

Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage … (Inscribed)
Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
Tucked deep within the Bukit Barisan mountains, Sawahlunto may not ring a bell to many, but it is a city that is well worth a visit. The two-hour drive from …