Clyde

Malta \ Member since August 2017

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I love travelling to experience different cultures and new places. Apart from the well-known iconic places and landmarks, I love visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the list also includes places that are quite off the beaten track or places I would have never visited or even read about.

My favourite WHS are a combination of cultural WHS and spectacular nature WHS. I'm not a fan of industrial WHS or modern architecture WHS but I'm always open to visit to learn something new. Since the last few years I try to cover as many top WHS as possible on the longer trips while I try to cover the remaining European WHS on shorter trips or as road trips.

 

My most impressive site: Rapa Nui, Florence, Venice, Borobodur, Komodo NP, Skellig Michael, Angkor Wat, Pyramids of Giza, Taj Mahal, Petra, Great Wall, Rome, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Tasmanian Wilderness, Galapagos, Machu Picchu, Nemrut Dagi, Goreme NP, Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves, Rock Islands

My proposal for a new site: Drift Passes of Rangiroa

Recent Visits
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    Oct. 3, 2025
    Talayotic Menorca
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    Sept. 29, 2025
    Serra de Tramuntana
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    Sept. 10, 2025
    Fortress of Suomenlinna
Completed Countries

About Clyde

Member since
August 2017
Country of Origin
Malta
Visits
Rank
#31
WHS
654
Tentative Sites
231
Website Participation
Reviews
786
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World Heritage Sites
Tentative Sites
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Locations
15
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Reviews by Clyde

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Arslantepe Mound  by Clyde

Arslantepe Mound (Inscribed)

Arslantepe Mound

I visited this WHS in Spring 2021. If you're travelling by car between Goreme National Park and Nemrut Dagi, the Arslantepe Mound near Malatya is a rather convenient stopover point. …

Nemrut Dag by Clyde

Nemrut Dag (Inscribed)

Nemrut Dag

I visited this WHS in Spring 2021. I arrived in the small town of Karadut via several minor scenic roads from Goreme NP. A very long drive indeed but it …

Göreme NP and Cappadocia by Clyde

Göreme NP and Cappadocia (Inscribed)

Göreme NP and Cappadocia

I visited all 7 locations of this top WHS over a period of 5-6 days. I used this WHS as a central stepping stone twice in my figure of eight …

Hattusha by Clyde

Hattusha (Inscribed)

Hattusha

I visited this WHS in Spring 2021. Bogazkale is a perfect stopover point in Curum between Safranbolu and Goreme NP. Even though the WHS is made up of 4 locations, …

Safranbolu by Clyde

Safranbolu (Inscribed)

Safranbolu

I visited Safranbolu as my first stop for 2 nights during my Spring 2021 road trip round Turkey. Having previously visited Istanbul and Edirne already, and due to the interstate …

Land of Frankincense by Clyde

Land of Frankincense (Inscribed)

Land of Frankincense

I visited this WHS in December 2020 over several days during my extended road trip in Oman and it turned out to be a real highlight of our trip which …

Bisya Oasis by Clyde

Bisya Oasis (Nominated)

Bisya Oasis

I visited this tentative WHS in January 2021 as a day trip from Nizwa. The archaelogical remains of Bisya and Salut are some 30 km away from Bahla Fort which …

Smahan's Mountain Nature Reserve by Clyde

Smahan's Mountain Nature Rese… (On tentative list)

Smahan's Mountain Nature Reserve

I visited this tentative WHS in December 2020 as a day trip from Salalah. To reach Jabal Samhan Mountain Nature Reserve, as it's known locally, I drove up the never-ending …

Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn by Clyde

Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn (Inscribed)

Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn

I visited this WHS in December 2020 after having visited Bahla Fort. Prior to visiting Oman I allowed quite a lot of time to prepare well how to access the …

The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm by Clyde

The forts of Rostaq and al-Ha… (On tentative list)

The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm

I visited both locations of this tentative WHS in December 2020. The best way to visit is as an afternoon side trip from Muscat as the roads are perfect for …

al Dimaniyyat Islands Nature Reserve by Clyde

al Dimaniyyat Islands Nature … (On tentative list)

al Dimaniyyat Islands Nature Reserve

I visited this tentative WHS in December 2020. Nicknamed as Oman's secret Maldives spot, the Ad Dimaniyyat Islands Nature Reserve is made up of nine small islands and islets with …

Aflaj irrigation system by Clyde

Aflaj irrigation system (Inscribed)

Aflaj irrigation system

I visited 4 out of the 5 locations of this WHS on different days (sometimes doing repeat visits too) in December 2020 and January 2021. Although I had already seen …

Bahla Fort by Clyde

Bahla Fort (Inscribed)

Bahla Fort

I visited this WHS in December 2020. Even though parts of this fort have been reconstructed rather than restored since it was inscribed as Oman's first WHS in 1987, shamefully …

Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and Ras al Jinz by Clyde

Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and… (On tentative list)

Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and Ras al Jinz

I visited this tentative WHS in December 2020. Instead of a simple night tour as a walk-in guest as initially planned, we decided to spend 2 nights here with 2 …

Qalhat by Clyde

Qalhat (Inscribed)

Qalhat

I visited this WHS in December 2020. Shortly after entering Oman on what was supposed to be a free SHORT stay visa and receiving the green light to roam freely …

Ponds in the Bay of Oristano and the Sinis Peninsu by Clyde

Ponds in the Bay of Oristano … (Removed from tentat…)

Ponds in the Bay of Oristano and the Sinis Peninsu

I visited the coastal ponds in the Bay of Oristano in March 2017. I drove to different vantage points as close as possible to the scattered salt works and ponds …

Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt by Clyde

Jewish-Medieval heritage of E… (Inscribed)

Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt

I visited this tentative WHS in August 2020 as a convenient stopover during my road trips to Poland. Perhaps due to the recent unexpected positive experience I had while visiting …

European Paper Mills by Clyde

European Paper Mills (Nominated)

European Paper Mills

I visited this tentative WHS in August 2020. The 17th century paper mill in Duszniki-Zdroj is only 1.5hrs away from the Church of Peace WHS in Swidnica or the Centennial …

Zamość by Clyde

Zamość (Inscribed)

Zamość

I visited this WHS in August 2020 after a never ending drive due to roadworks and deviations. It will always have a special place in my memory as by visiting …

Warsaw by Clyde

Warsaw (Inscribed)

Warsaw

I visited this WHS in August 2020. The near total reconstruction of the Historic Centre of Warsaw is really outstanding and unlike other WHS such as Regensburg in Germany or …

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