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Els Slots
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Since 1997, I have traveled extensively with a focus on World Heritage Sites (WHS) while working in ICT management. I quit in 2022, and since then, I have been dedicating all my time to WHS (including running this website) and WH travel.
Plans for 2025
Scotland in August
Big Trip to #1,000 (November/December)
My most impressive site: Kathmandu Valley (Nepal)
My proposal for a new site: Janaki Mandir, Janakpur (Nepal), Puthia (Bangladesh)
Check out my website: https://whtraveller.com/
Recent Visits
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30July 3, 2025Test for WHC 2025: Bikini Atoll, Bonaire Marine Park, The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad …
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20June 19, 2025Kenya Trip 2025: Fort Jesus, Mijikenda Kaya Forests
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20May 7, 2025Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands , Khinalig
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- Cambodia
- Chad
- Chile
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Finland
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Holy See
- Hungary
- Iceland
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- Italy
- Jamaica
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- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Paraguay
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Republic of Korea
- Romania
- San Marino
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- United Arab Emirates
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Viet Nam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
About Els Slots
- First name
- Els
- Member since
- December 2005
- Country of Origin
- Netherlands
Visits
- Rank
- #4
- WHS
- 973
- Tentative Sites
- 224
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 1076
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Ennedi Massif 5.0
- Kathmandu Valley 5.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 5.0
- Nasca Lines 4.5
- Bukhara 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Willandra Lakes 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Uluru 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Ngorongoro 4.5
- Kakadu National Park 4.5
- Sagarmatha National Park 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Mountain Railways of India 4.5
- Bali Subak system 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Virunga National Park 4.5
- Caral-Supe 4.5
- Calakmul 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Ilulissat Icefjord 4.5
- Meroe 4.5
- Sigiriya 4.5
- Petra 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Manu National Park 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Khajuraho Group of Monuments 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 4.0
- Epidaurus 4.0
- Acropolis 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Mesa Verde 4.0
- Hattusha 4.0
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Churches of Peace 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Chitwan National Park 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Djenné 4.0
- Cliff of Bandiagara 4.0
- Vilnius 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- The trulli of Alberobello 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Dazu Rock Carvings 4.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Nemrut Dag 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Pantanal 4.0
- Aksum 4.0
- Samarkand 4.0
- Lalibela 4.0
- Potala Palace 4.0
- Haghpat and Sanahin 4.0
- Ping Yao 4.0
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha 4.0
- Mogao Caves 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Churches of Chiloé 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.0
- Namib Sand Sea 4.0
- Teide National Park 4.0
- Gebel Barkal 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Baalbek 4.0
- Yakushima 4.0
- Viñales Valley 4.0
- Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona 4.0
- Elvas 4.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos 4.0
- Arequipa 4.0
- Chavin 4.0
- Chan Chan 4.0
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Ajanta Caves 4.0
- Pattadakal 4.0
- Chola Temples 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Takht-e Soleyman 4.0
- Rock Islands 4.0
- Galapagos Islands 4.0
- Ahwar of Southern Iraq 4.0
- Djoudj 4.0
- Kaziranga National Park 4.0
- Sun Temple, Konarak 4.0
- Ogasawara Islands 4.0
- Beijing Central Axis 4.0
- Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi 4.0
- Wulingyuan 4.0
- Los Glaciares 4.0
- Sangha Trinational 4.0
- Taxila 4.0
- Mana Pools 4.0
- Great Zimbabwe 4.0
- Ambohimanga 4.0
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 4.0
- Selimiye Mosque 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Gunung Mulu 4.0
- Serra da Capivara 4.0
- Brazilian Atlantic Islands 4.0
- São Luis 4.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 4.0
- Lakes of Ounianga 4.0
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.0
- Gros Morne National Park 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Tikal National Park 4.0
- Gulf of California 4.0
- Western Tien-Shan 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 4.0
- Surtsey 4.0
- Lake Baikal 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Bagan 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Victoria Falls 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 4.0
- Hani Rice Terraces 4.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 4.0
- Upper Svaneti 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Chaco Culture 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Kunya-Urgench 4.0
- Ancient Merv 4.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Serengeti 4.0
- Kandy 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Cordoba 4.0
- Altamira Cave 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- Churches of Moldavia 4.0
- Haeinsa Temple 4.0
- Orkhon Valley 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Palenque 4.0
- Assisi 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 3.5
- Berat and Gjirokastra 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana 3.5
- Studenica Monastery 3.5
- Paramaribo 3.5
- Quseir Amra 3.5
- Pearling 3.5
- Hiraizumi 3.5
- Byblos 3.5
- El Fuerte de Samaipata 3.5
- Potosi 3.5
- Lima 3.5
- Luang Prabang 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Qadisha Valley 3.5
- Qutb Minar 3.5
- Tyre 3.5
- Old Havana 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Gusuku of Ryukyu 3.5
- Longobards in Italy 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Mapungubwe 3.5
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 3.5
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Pico Island 3.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 3.5
- Bourges Cathedral 3.5
- Medina of Tétouan 3.5
- Angra do Heroismo 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Plitvice Lakes 3.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 3.5
- Rwenzori Mountains 3.5
- Laponian Area 3.5
- Panamá 3.5
- León Cathedral 3.5
- Portobelo-San Lorenzo 3.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 3.5
- Butrint 3.5
- Ohrid Region 3.5
- Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 3.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Heritage of Mercury 3.5
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.5
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.5
- Vall de Boi 3.5
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Anjar 3.5
- Aranjuez 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 3.5
- Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Tiwanaku 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Tasmanian Wilderness 3.5
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.5
- Um er-Rasas 3.5
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 3.5
- Sanchi 3.5
- Ellora Caves 3.5
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Causses and Cévennes 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Soltaniyeh 3.5
- Curonian Spit 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Sangay National Park 3.5
- Robben Island 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Yin Xu 3.5
- Kilimanjaro National Park 3.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 3.5
- Itchan Kala 3.5
- Monastery of Geghard 3.5
- Echmiatsin and Zvartnots 3.5
- Vienna 3.5
- Congonhas 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.5
- Iguacu 3.5
- Great Wall 3.5
- Huanglong 3.5
- Jiuzhaigou Valley 3.5
- Longmen Grottoes 3.5
- Old Town of Lijiang 3.5
- South China Karst 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Yungang Grottoes 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.5
- Simien National Park 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Mystras 3.5
- Olympia 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Villa Romana del Casale 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Timbuktu 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Urnes Stave Church 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Baroque Churches 3.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 3.5
- Ani 3.5
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.5
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.5
- The Sundarbans 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Mount Taishan 3.5
- Bauhaus Sites 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 3.5
- Vatican City 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Agrigento 3.5
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.5
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- Dacian Fortresses 3.5
- Villages with Fortified Churches 3.5
- Wooden Churches of Maramures 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Polonnaruva 3.5
- Ayutthaya 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Tower of London 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Land of Frankincense 3.5
- Torun 3.5
- Malbork Castle 3.5
- Mtskheta 3.5
- Gelati Monastery 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Rock Art of Alta 3.5
- Nessebar 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios 3.5
- Historic Cairo 3.5
- Trang An 3.5
- Tsodilo 3.5
- Białowieża Forest 3.5
- Plain of Jars 3.5
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.5
- Sheki 3.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Bolgar 3.5
- Mount Etna 3.5
- St. George, Bermuda 3.5
- San Agustín 3.5
- Tierradentro 3.5
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 3.5
- Vézère Valley 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Gulf of Porto 3.5
- Willemstad 3.5
- Talamanca Range-La Amistad Reserves 3.5
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 3.5
- Quanzhou 3.5
- Paquimé 3.5
- El Pinacate 3.5
- Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaino 3.5
- Copán 3.5
- Quirigua 3.5
- Carthage 3.5
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Mistaken Point 3.5
- Rhodes 3.5
- Island of Patmos 3.5
- Delos 3.5
- Salvador de Bahia 3.5
- Discovery Coast 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.5
- Thungyai-Huai Kha Khaeng 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Pitons of Reunion 3.5
- Andrefana Dry Forests 3.5
- Khami Ruins 3.5
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor 3.5
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 3.5
- Yogyakarta 3.5
- Gordion 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Hegra 3.5
- Makli, Thatta 3.5
- Moenjodaro 3.5
- Takht-i-Bahi 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- Los Alerces National Park 3.5
- Cueva de las Manos 3.5
- Sewell Mining Town 3.5
- Mount Wuyi 3.5
- Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 3.5
- Amami-Oshima Island 3.5
- Elephanta Caves 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Sundarbans National Park 3.5
- Rudreshwara (Ramappa) Temple 3.5
- Ancient Ksour 3.5
- Saloum Delta 3.5
- Bassari Country 3.5
- Samarra 3.5
- Hatra 3.5
- Göbekli Tepe 3.5
- Divrigi 3.5
- Lamu Old Town 3.5
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Dolomites 3.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Cidade Velha 3.0
- Riga 3.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 3.0
- Arles 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 3.0
- Fort and Shalamar Gardens 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.0
- Jeju 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Rohtas Fort 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Genoa 3.0
- Monastery of Horezu 3.0
- Blue and John Crow Mountains 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Crespi d'Adda 3.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Bardejov Town 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Stevns Klint 3.0
- Donana National Park 3.0
- Santo Domingo 3.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 3.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.0
- Tower of Hercules 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Nesvizh 3.0
- Walled City of Baku 3.0
- Babylon 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 3.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Nisa 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Røros 3.0
- Gammelstad 3.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 3.0
- Kernavė 3.0
- Mir Castle 3.0
- Gobustan Rock Art 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Imperial Tombs 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Aflaj irrigation system 3.0
- Gedi 3.0
- Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Roșia Montană 3.0
- Ivrea 3.0
- Mount Kenya 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.0
- Sydney Opera House 3.0
- Sucre 3.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Tusi Sites 3.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 3.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Medina Azahara 3.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 3.0
- Tanbaly 3.0
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 3.0
- Saryarka 3.0
- Hortobágy 3.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 3.0
- Tombs of Buganda Kings 3.0
- Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu 3.0
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 3.0
- Rio de Janeiro 3.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.0
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 3.0
- Sviyazhsk 3.0
- Stari Ras and Sopocani 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 3.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Durmitor National Park 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 3.0
- Shiretoko 3.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 3.0
- Rjukan / Notodden 3.0
- Pirin National Park 3.0
- Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur 3.0
- Flemish Béguinages 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Sulaiman-Too 3.0
- Fujisan 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Tequila 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Rock Paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco 3.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 3.0
- Joya de Ceren 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 3.0
- El Tajin 3.0
- Khinalig 3.0
- Vredefort Dome 3.0
- Medina of Sousse 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Miguasha National Park 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park 3.0
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Burgundy 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Le Havre 3.0
- Southern Öland 3.0
- Olinda 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Nalanda 3.0
- Pampulha 3.0
- Atlantic Forest South-East 3.0
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.0
- Rabat 3.0
- Mazagan 3.0
- Western Ghats 3.0
- Sacred Ensembles of the Hoysalas 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 3.0
- Kaiping Diaolou 3.0
- Brasilia 3.0
- Stećci 3.0
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 3.0
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 3.0
- Corvey 3.0
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Garajonay 3.0
- Paphos 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Banc d'Arguin 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Wadden Sea 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 3.0
- Shakhrisyabz 3.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 3.0
- Petäjävesi Old Church 3.0
- Pyu Ancient Cities 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Huangshan 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Island of Gorée 3.0
- Messel Pit 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Quedlinburg 3.0
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 3.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Ruins of León Viejo 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Xidi and Hongcun 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Matobo Hills 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Talayotic Menorca 3.0
- Twyfelfontein 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- El Escurial 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.0
- Memorial Sites of Genocide 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 3.0
- Cahokia Mounds 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Namhansanseong 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- Chartres Cathedral 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Poverty Point 3.0
- Engelsberg Ironworks 3.0
- Potsdam 3.0
- Speyer Cathedral 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Zollverein 3.0
- Qal'at al-Bahrain 3.0
- Thang Long 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Jantar Mantar 3.0
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Mount Qingcheng and Dujiangyan 2.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Erbil Citadel 2.5
- Guanacaste 2.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.5
- Valletta 2.5
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Mijikenda Kaya Forests 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Camagüey 2.5
- Cienfuegos 2.5
- Nancy 2.5
- Warsaw 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- Macao 2.5
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Reims 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 2.5
- Thimlich Ohinga 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Maritime Greenwich 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.5
- Kuldiga 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Arslantepe Mound 2.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Phu Phrabat 2.5
- Tugendhat Villa 2.5
- Zacatecas 2.5
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.5
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries China 2.5
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Mammoth Cave 2.5
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Avila 2.5
- Valparaiso 2.5
- Wartburg Castle 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- San Antonio Missions 2.5
- Morne Trois Pitons 2.5
- Pienza 2.5
- Lushan National Park 2.5
- Tlacotalpan 2.5
- Skocjan Caves 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Tarraco 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Vézelay 2.5
- Church of Atlántida 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Bellinzone 2.5
- Qalhat 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Nice 2.5
- Medina of Tunis 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Keoladeo National Park 2.5
- Mycenae and Tiryns 2.5
- Bagerhat 2.5
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site 2.5
- Niokolo-Koba National Park 2.5
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Ibiza 2.5
- Mount Athos 2.5
- Historic Jeddah 2.5
- Independence Hall 2.5
- Saltaire 2.0
- Hollókö 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Par force hunting landscape 2.0
- Vegaøyan 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Kew Gardens 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 2.0
- Cold winter deserts of Turan 2.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 2.0
- Ichkeul National Park 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Hopewell 2.0
- Amiens Cathedral 2.0
- Dacian Limes 2.0
- Peking Man Site 2.0
- Lumbini 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.0
- Margravial Opera House 2.0
- Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge 2.0
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Mafra 2.0
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 2.0
- Telc 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- Modena 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Sado Island Gold Mines 2.0
- Al Zubarah 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.0
- Aapravasi Ghat 2.0
- Le Morne 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.0
- Okinoshima Island 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 2.0
- Campeche 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Choirokoitia 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Danube Delta 2.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.0
- Sighisoara 2.0
- As-Salt 2.0
- Vlkolinec 2.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.0
- Kronborg Castle 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 2.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.0
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 2.0
- Fort Jesus 2.0
- Central Highlands 2.0
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 2.0
- Dong Phayayen 2.0
- Old Rauma 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Diyarbakir Fortress and Hevsel Gardens 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Blenheim Palace 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Bahla Fort 2.0
- Moidams 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Cuzco 2.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.0
- Chinchorro Culture 2.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 2.0
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- São Francisco Square 2.0
- Madara Rider 2.0
- China Danxia 2.0
- Mount Sanqingshan 2.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 2.0
- Risco Caido 2.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art 2.0
- Island of Saint-Louis 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Tokaji Wine Region 2.0
- Las Medulas 2.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 1.5
- Old City of Berne 1.5
- Bridgetown 1.5
- Centennial Hall 1.5
- Neolithic Orkney 1.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 1.5
- Regensburg 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Santiniketan 1.5
- Grand Pré 1.5
- Djerba 1.5
- Stari Grad Plain 1.5
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 1.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 1.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Chengjiang Fossil Site 1.5
- Chaîne des Puys 1.5
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Gaya Tumuli 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Ahmadabad 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.0
- Dilmun Burial Mounds 1.0
- Stoclet House 1.0
- Alto Douro 1.0
- Karlskrona 1.0
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- Turaif Quarter 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Hyrcanian Forests 1.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 1.0
- Lenggong Valley 1.0
- Atapuerca 1.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.0
- The Prosecco Hills 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Sian Ka'an 1.0
Tentative Sites
- National Museum of Qatar
- Sarajevo
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Benguela Current
- Etosha Pan
- Ram Janaki Temple
- City of Granada and its natural environment
- Svalbard Archipelago
- Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna
- Íznik
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- Aalto Works
- Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- La Haute Ville d’Antananarivo
- Ancien site industriel de Mantasoa
- Mughal and Colonial Temples of Bangladesh
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Hejaz Railway
- Chaukhandi Tombs, Karachi
- Port of Banbhore
- Uch Sharif monuments
- Tomb of Shah Rukn-e-Alam
- Grand Trunk Road sites
- Tombs of Jahangir, Asif Khan and Akbari Sarai
- 17th Century Port Royal
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de M
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National P
- Fell and Pali Aike Caves
- Fishriver Canyon
- Naletale Cluster of Dzimbabwes
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia
- Triolet French Drugstore
- Jingdezhen Handicraft Porcelain Industry Sites
- Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream
- Sümela Monastery
- Valle Calchaquí
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Hikone-Jo
- Asuka-Fujiwara
- Sun Temple, Modhera
- Ekamra Kshetra
- The Qutb Shahi Monuments of Hyderabad
- The Bachkovo Monastery
- Tarrafal Concentration Camp
- Wazir Khans Mosque, Lahore
- Gorge of Samaria National Park
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Carnac
- Baghdad Rusafa
- Old City of Mosul
- The mausoleum of Nakhichevan
- Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
- Tatev Monastery and Vorotan Gorge
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious autho
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States
- Harran and Sanliurfa
- Chobe Linyanti System
- Old Dongola
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Centre historique d'Irkoutsk
- The Medieval Town of Tansen
- Lalish Temple
- Dana Biosphere Reserve
- Torfajökull Volcanic System / Fjallabak Nature Res
- Mývatn and Laxá
- The Turf House Tradition
- Sanxingdui
- Ngwenya Mines
- Yen Tu
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar
- Corcovado and Isla del Cano
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil
- Silk Roads Sites in Kyrgyzstan
- Huichol Route through Sacred Sites to Huiricuta
- Lake Tana Island Monasteries and the Adjacent Wetl
- Amazonia Theaters
- Ver-o-Peso
- Serra da Capivara National Park
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- The Historical City of Masouleh
- Varanasi
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Khor Dubai
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- Uplistsikhe Cave Town
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Surakhany, Atashgyakh
- Ancient Buddhist Site, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pr
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- Les « coules » de Petite Valachie
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines
- The Ancient City of Nineveh
- L'amphitheatre de Durres
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Casablanca
- Amedy city
- Cambodian Memorial Sites
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Álvaro Siza’s Architecture
- Vila Viçosa
- Old Wastewater Treatment Plant
- Tet el Bad
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco)
- Bouches de Bonifacio
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium
- Plantations in West Curacao
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- Saar Heritage Park
- Barbar Temple
- Manama
- Sites of the Busan Wartime Capital
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Kaboud Mosque
- Derawar and the Desert Forts of Cholistan
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Paysage culturel d'Azougui
- Baquedano Street
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- The Danube Limes (Croatia)
- Fortifications at Komárno
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Archaeo-astronomical Site Kokino
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible
- Chalchuapa
- Ciudad Vieja / La Bermuda
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Medieval Settlement of Kirtipur
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Reviews by Els Slots


Aachen Cathedral (Inscribed)
Test review for a WHS publ direct
Another test

17th Century Port Royal (On tentative list)
Another test review
Can we write a short text?

Lamu Old Town (Inscribed)
Lamu Old Town
I stayed for two nights in a renovated traditional house along one of the narrow alleyways of the Old Town of Lamu. I enjoyed being woken up by the call …

Gedi (Inscribed)
Gedi
The Historic Town and Archaeological Site of Gedi gained World Heritage status last year – this is the first review since. Known as the Gedi Ruins, they are quite a …

Thimlich Ohinga (Inscribed)
The Thimlich experience
Even seven years after its inscription as a WHS, Thimlich Ohinga is still one of the 20 least visited by our members. Only three were there before me, and this …

Mijikenda Kaya Forests (Inscribed)
Mijikenda Kaya Forests
The Sacred Mijikenda Kaya Forests along the East Coast of Kenya comprise former fortified settlements (kayas) in an undisturbed forest setting, which still fulfill a sacred role in the belief …

National Museum of Qatar (On tentative list)
National Museum of Qatar
I have a strong fascination for National Museums and every time I visit a “new” country, I try to take one in. What I am interested in is how countries …

Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ … (On tentative list)
Garni and the ‘Basalt Organ’ Columnar Joint
I visited this recent addition to Armenia's Tentative List in March 2005. It's actually surprising that it took them so long to put it forward, since Garni is one of …

Colchic Rainforests and Wetla… (Inscribed)
Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands
The Colchic Rainforests and Wetlands, being a distinct Floral WHS, never appealed to me much. Still, it was a shoo-in in 2021 as IUCN easily confirmed its global significance (“one …

The mausoleum of Nakhichevan (On tentative list)
The mausoleum of Nakhichevan
This TWHS is a good excuse to visit the Azeri exclave of Nakhichevan. Its peculiar geographical location may also improve its chances of ever getting nominated to a WHS, as …

Divrigi (Inscribed)
Divrigi
I am happy to be the first to review the Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği after restorations ended in May 2024. The complex lies uphill above the Old Town; …

The Ancient City of Nineveh (On tentative list)
The Ancient City of Nineveh
Nineveh is yet another classic name on the list of Iraqi TWHS. Although it was present as a trade colony at the time of Ancient Mesopotamian civilizations early on, Nineveh’s …

Hatra (Inscribed)
Hatra
Hatra is one of the stars of the National Museum in Baghdad: it produced those funny statues of men with curly hair and a surprised expression, raising one hand as …

Khinalig (Inscribed)
Khinalig
Khinalig isn’t visited much by our community – it is too remote to feature on a first itinerary of Azerbaijan. A direct drive from Baku takes 4 hours; so it …

Samarra (Inscribed)
Samarra
Although best known for its Spiral Minaret, Samarra is much more. It’s the archaeological site of a city that was the short-lived capital of the Abbasids. They built it as …

Workers' Assembly Halls (Part of Nomination)
Workers' Assembly Halls
The Workers' Assembly Halls, a nomination led by Denmark, is one of the more prominent upcoming serial transnational initiatives. It is aiming for inscription in 2027. They represent the international …

Ahwar of Southern Iraq (Inscribed)
Ahwar of Southern Iraq
This should have been split into two WHS: one for the sites of the Ancient Sumerian civilization, one for the “New” Marshes. ICOMOS and IUCN suggested to do so and …

Babylon (Inscribed)
Babylon
I made it to Babylon in April 2025. There’s a lot to explain here – we’re missing a Solivagant-style PhD review, so I have tried my best to cover …

Old City of Mosul (On tentative list)
Old City of Mosul
The northern city of Mosul is the odd one out among the Iraqi (T)WHS. On the one hand, it is probably the one most severely damaged during the recent conflicts …