I visited As-Salt in February 2025 from Amman. By asking some very helpful men, I managed to find the very cheap minibus to As-Salt from the North bus terminal in …
Frédéric M
Member since December 2018
#263 200 68

Biologist, entomologist, outdoor enthusiast, scuba-diver, birder and traveler from Québec interested in discovering the world and its wonders! I did my first oversea backpacking trip in 2018 following my master and I don't want to stop any time soon. I am mostly interested in ecology, national parks and thus natural WHS, but being a WHS hunter opens my mind to architecture, history of art, urban planning, industrial heritage and the epic history of the World!
My most impressive site: Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Göreme, Gunung Mulu, Los Glaciares, Machu Picchu, Rome, Tikal
Recent Visits
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160March 17, 2025Abu Mena, Ancient Thebes, As-Salt, Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan", Historic Cairo ...
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200Nov. 18, 2024Botanical Garden, Padua, Etruscan Necropolises, Ferrara, Florence, Medici Villas and Gardens ...
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40Sept. 25, 2024Kuldiga, Riga, Struve Geodetic Arc, Tallinn
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About Frédéric M
- First name
- Frédéric
- Member since
- December 2018
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #263
- WHS
- 200
- Tentative Sites
- 68
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 69
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Huascaran National Park 5.0
- Galapagos Islands 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 5.0
- Palenque 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Teotihuacan 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Chichen-Itza 5.0
- Plitvice Lakes 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Skocjan Caves 5.0
- Gros Morne National Park 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Komodo National Park 5.0
- Mammoth Cave 5.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Dubrovnik 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4.0
- Guanajuato 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Puebla 4.0
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4.0
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 4.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 4.0
- Cuzco 4.0
- Nasca Lines 4.0
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Copán 4.0
- Cueva de las Manos 4.0
- Los Alerces National Park 4.0
- Peninsula Valdes 4.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 4.0
- Kew Gardens 4.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 4.0
- Oporto 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Kinabalu Park 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Calakmul 4.0
- Uxmal 4.0
- Cartagena 4.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 4.0
- Rio de Janeiro 4.0
- Riga 4.0
- Ravenna 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- San Gimignano 4.0
- Siena 4.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.0
- Verona 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.0
- Wadi Rum 4.0
- San Agustín 3.0
- Canterbury 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Tierradentro 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Niah Caves 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Mostar 3.0
- Kuldiga 3.0
- Nubian Monuments 3.0
- Umm Al-Jimāl 3.0
- Tallinn 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Wadi Al-Hitan 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Westminster 3.0
- Ferrara 3.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 3.0
- Alto Douro 3.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Sian Ka'an 3.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Panamá 3.0
- Chavin 3.0
- Caral-Supe 3.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.0
- Evora 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Mafra 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Monastery of Batalha 3.0
- Quseir Amra 3.0
- Quirigua 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Antigua Guatemala 3.0
- Fray Bentos 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.0
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 3.0
- Mistaken Point 3.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3.0
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 3.0
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3.0
- Quebrada de Humahuaca 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Campeche 3.0
- Naples 3.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 3.0
- Quito 3.0
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.0
- Um er-Rasas 3.0
- The Prosecco Hills 2.0
- Villa d'Este 2.0
- Val d'Orcia 2.0
- Church of Atlántida 2.0
- Miguasha National Park 2.0
- Rideau Canal 2.0
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.0
- Saint Catherine Area 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- L'Anse aux Meadows 2.0
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- ESMA Site Museum 2.0
- Tak'alik Ab'aj 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Abu Mena 2.0
- Independence Hall 2.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 2.0
- Santa Cruz de Mompox 2.0
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 2.0
- Via Appia 2.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.0
- Querétaro 2.0
- Tequila 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.0
- Troy 2.0
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.0
- Monte San Giorgio 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Chan Chan 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2.0
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.0
- Valongo Wharf 1.0
- Coffee Cultural Landscape 1.0
- As-Salt 1.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1.0
- Trogir 1.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 1.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Ancient City of Kaunos
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Central Park
- Classical Karst
- Fuzina Hills in Bohinj
- Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo
- Kekova
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain
- Sarajevo
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Produ
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru
- Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park
- The Mayan-Olmecan Encounter
- Town of Chichicastenango
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- National Theater of Guatemala
- Kebun Raya Bogor
- Transatlantic Cable Ensemble
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
- Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge)
- Amazonia Theaters
- The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
- Seaflower Marine Protected Area
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Villas of the Papal Nobility
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio
- Dahshour
- Abydos
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Egyptian Museum
- Alexandria
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Aqaba Marine Reserve
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de M
- Quartier de Peñarol
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Álvaro Siza’s Architecture
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Bird Migration Routes
- Baltic Klint
- Old Town of Jakarta
- China-Egypt hydrological sites
- Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) B
- The Padang Civic Ensemble
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun
- Ellis Island
- Azraq
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- Canal del Dique - Dike Canal
- University City of Bogotá
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Catholic Doctrine Temples
- South of Ricaurte Province
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Oasis of Fayoum
- Via Francigena
- City of Trujillo
- The Historic Centre of Cajamarca
- Nasca Aqueducts
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- El Fayoum
- Peruvian Central Railway
- Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Anavilhanas Ecological Station
- Dahab
- Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation
- Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation
- Route of the Peace and National Identity
- Castle of San Felipe de Lara
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Lake Atitlán
- Panamá City
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá
- Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez
- La Rambla de la Cité de Montevideo
- 200 89
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Reviews by Frédéric M


Umm Al-Jimāl (Inscribed)
Umm Al-Jimāl
I visited Umm Al-Jimāl during my trip to Jordan and Egypt in the winter of 2025. Since I decided not to rent a car in Jordan, I had to find …

Abu Mena (Inscribed)
Abu Mena
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

El Fayoum (On tentative list)
El Fayoum
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

Wadi Al-Hitan (Inscribed)
Wadi Al-Hitan
During my trip to Egypt in February and March 2025, I spent three nights at the Zad El Mosafer guesthouse in Tunis in the Fayoum and Lake Qarun region. I …

Paraty and Ilha Grande (Inscribed)
Paraty and Ilha Grande
I visited Paraty and Ilha Grande in March 2024, en route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The Costa Verde bus first took me from Rio to Conceição de …

Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)
Lenggong Valley
I visited Lenggong Valley in March 2023. In planning my trip, I contacted the guides and resources mentioned in previous reviews on this page. However, given the excessively high cost …

Niah Caves (Inscribed)
Niah Caves
In her review, Randi explains that she visited Niah during the same year as Els, so their visits are very similar. In my case, I visited Niah the day after …

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (On tentative list)
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
On March 21, 2024, while visiting Rio de Janeiro, I received an e-mail from the Canadian Abroad Warning System. It warned me that a major storm would hit Rio the …

Seaflower Marine Protected Ar… (On tentative list)
Seaflower Marine Protected Area
I visited San Andrés Island in February 2024 during my trip to Colombia. I spent four nights there. After the arrival day (from Cartagena), the next three were scheduled for …

Central Amazon Conservation C… (Inscribed)
Central Amazon Conservation Complex
I worked hard to find an affordable way to visit this WHS. First, I contacted various tour operators in Manaus to inquire about a boat trip lasting a few days. …

Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (On tentative list)
Los Petenes-Ría Celestún
I visited Los Petenes-Ría Celestún during a trip to Yucatán in November 2023. The Reserva de la Biosfera Ría Celestún and the Reserva de la Biósfera Los Petenes cover the …

Cueva de las Manos (Inscribed)
Cueva de las Manos
I visited the Cueva de las Manos in February 2022. My base for this visit was the uninteresting little town of Perito Moreno (which, it should be remembered, has nothing …

Yogyakarta (Inscribed)
Yogyakarta
We spent four days and four nights in Yogyakarta in February 2023. We arrived in the evening, having spent the day on trains from Bogor (Kebun Raya Bogor TWHS …

Tak'alik Ab'aj (Inscribed)
Tak'alik Ab'aj
I visited Tak'alik Ab'aj during a trip to Guatemala in November 2021, my first trip abroad after the Covid-19 outbreak. I chose to visit this archaeological site on a day …

ESMA Site Museum (Inscribed)
ESMA Site Museum
Joel's review of this excellent and disturbing museum is itself excellent (but fortunately not very disturbing!). He describes the site itself and its history exceedingly well, and I even share …

Red Bay Basque Whaling Station (Inscribed)
Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
I visited Red Bay in July 2023 on a family camping trip to Newfoundland and Labrador. We began our visit at the interpretive center right on the waterside. The history …

Kinabalu Park (Inscribed)
Kinabalu Park
Kinabalu Park is included on the World Heritage List mainly because of the extraordinary plant diversity resulting from its particular topography. In fact, Mount Kinabalu creates a gradient of climatic …

Bali Subak system (Inscribed)
Bali Subak system
Despite its popularity and fame, the island of Bali is far from being the most pleasant to visit in Indonesia. Indeed, it is overpopulated and lacks any attempt at urban …

Ischigualasto / Talampaya (Inscribed)
Ischigualasto / Talampaya
This review will be one of disappointments and cautionary tales. I (almost) visited Ischigualasto and Talampaya parks in March 2023. I have been there and seen some elements of it, …