Maybe it is not the best itinerary to start a Japan trip with one of its absolute highlights, Ancient Kyoto, and end it with the Mozu-Furuichi Tumuli. And I usually …
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World Heritage Sites
- Rome 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Pompei 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Bauhaus Sites 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Sintra 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Dubrovnik 4.5
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Prague 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 4.0
- Plitvice Lakes 4.0
- Maritime Greenwich 4.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Villa Romana del Casale 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Mount Etna 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.0
- Tugendhat Villa 4.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.0
- Neolithic Orkney 4.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 4.0
- Arab-Norman Palermo 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Fagus Factory 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Selimiye Mosque 3.5
- Ferrara 3.5
- Ravenna 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Laurisilva of Madeira 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Matera 3.5
- Brugge 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Zollverein 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Lyon 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5
- Oporto 3.5
- Vilnius 3.5
- Elvas 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Val di Noto 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Hattusha 3.5
- Acropolis 3.5
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama 3.5
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 3.5
- Edinburgh 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Ephesus 3.5
- Seville 3.5
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.5
- Teide National Park 3.5
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu 3.5
- Budapest 3.5
- Zagori Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.5
- Las Medulas 3.5
- City of Bath 3.5
- Stonehenge 3.5
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.0
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Trier 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.0
- Isole Eolie 3.0
- Salamanca 3.0
- Cuenca 3.0
- Major Town Houses 3.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Guimarães 3.0
- Alto Douro 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Fontainebleau 3.0
- Strasbourg 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Mystras 3.0
- Gwynedd Castles 3.0
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.0
- Kew Gardens 3.0
- Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 3.0
- Assisi 3.0
- Asturian Monuments 3.0
- Castel del Monte 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Rock Drawings in Valcamonica 3.0
- Split 3.0
- Old Rauma 3.0
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago 3.0
- Graz 3.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 3.0
- San Gimignano 3.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.0
- Agrigento 3.0
- Aphrodisias 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- Cordouan Lighthouse 3.0
- Curonian Spit 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Vézère Valley 3.0
- Pergamon 3.0
- Wooden Churches of Southern Malopolska 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Saint-Emilion 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Safranbolu 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Aggtelek and Slovak Karst 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Albi 3.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Vall de Boi 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- San Marino and Mount Titano 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Québec 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Trogir 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Causses and Cévennes 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Chartres Cathedral 2.5
- Amiens Cathedral 2.5
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 2.5
- Le Havre 2.5
- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay 2.5
- Ironbridge Gorge 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Tower of London 2.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 2.5
- Urbino 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 2.5
- Val d'Orcia 2.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 2.5
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Bryggen 2.5
- Churches of Peace 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.5
- Madriu-Perafita-Claror Valley 2.5
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 2.5
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces 2.5
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.5
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 2.5
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.5
- Poblet Monastery 2.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
- Heritage of Mercury 2.5
- Statue of Liberty 2.5
- Cologne Cathedral 2.5
- Regensburg 2.5
- Speyer Cathedral 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 2.5
- Würzburg Residence 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.5
- University of Coimbra 2.5
- Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Boyana Church 2.5
- Nessebar 2.5
- Pirin National Park 2.5
- Zamość 2.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- El Escurial 2.5
- Mérida 2.5
- Lake District 2.5
- Fujisan 2.5
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.5
- The Prosecco Hills 2.5
- Petäjävesi Old Church 2.5
- Tallinn 2.5
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill 2.5
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 2.5
- The Four Lifts 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Yuso and Suso Monasteries 2.5
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2.5
- Thessalonika 2.5
- Troy 2.5
- Çatalhöyük 2.5
- Wooden Hypostyle Mosques of Medieval Anatolia 2.5
- Gordion 2.5
- Via Appia 2.5
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.0
- Pienza 2.0
- Crespi d'Adda 2.0
- Burgundy 2.0
- San Cristobal de La Laguna 2.0
- Burgos Cathedral 2.0
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 2.0
- Tower of Hercules 2.0
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.0
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Bellinzone 2.0
- Ivrea 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Bourges Cathedral 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont 2.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 2.0
- Archaeological site of Philippi 2.0
- Reims 2.0
- Orange 2.0
- Muskauer Park 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Modernist Kaunas 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Chaîne des Puys 2.0
- Provins 2.0
- Medina Azahara 2.0
- Evora 2.0
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.0
- Avila 2.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Krzemionki prehistoric flint mines 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.0
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.0
- Xanthos-Letoon 2.0
- Old City of Berne 2.0
- Hedeby and Danevirke 2.0
- Bom Jesus do Monte 2.0
- Caceres 2.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 2.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 2.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari 2.0
- Medici Villas and Gardens 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- New Lanark 2.0
- Royal Palace at Caserta 2.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 2.0
- Sammallahdenmäki 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Belfries 2.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Decorated cave of Pont d'Arc 2.0
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Pannonhalma 1.5
- Vézelay 1.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Tarraco 1.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
- Vlkolinec 1.5
- Bardejov Town 1.5
- Abbey of St Gall 1.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 1.5
- Aranjuez 1.5
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 1.5
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine 1.5
- Trebic 1.5
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Genoa 1.5
- Litomysl Castle 1.5
- Modena 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- The Flow Country 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Atapuerca 1.5
- Blenheim Palace 1.5
- Studley Royal Park 1.5
- Monte San Giorgio 1.5
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 1.5
- Nancy 1.5
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 1.5
- Jelling 1.5
- Kronborg Castle 1.5
- Luther Memorials 1.5
- Žatec – Landscape of Hops 1.5
- Reichenau 1.5
- Quedlinburg 1.5
- Srebarna Nature Reserve 1.5
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 1.5
- Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin 1.5
- Stoclet House 1.5
- Saltaire 1.0
- Madara Rider 1.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 1.0
- Hollókö 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Beemster Polder 1.0
- Mafra 1.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 1.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 1.0
- Holasovice 1.0
- Schokland 1.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Lower German Limes 1.0
- Par force hunting landscape 0.5
- Tokaji Wine Region 0.5
- Hortobágy 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Aalto Works
- Sardis
- The Ringed Seal Archipelagos of Lake Saimaa
- The Marble Basin of Carrara
- Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to
- The wider area of Mount Olympus
- Íznik
- Levadas of Madeira Island
- City of York
- Rade de Marseille
- Carnac
- Olympic Park Munich
- Enclos paroissiaux du Finistère
- Waldsiedlung Zehlendorf (EXT)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex
- Asuka-Fujiwara
- Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ješt
- La Camargue
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Le palais de Princes Eveques de Liège
- Hangar Y
- Kosice
- The historic town of Korcula
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana
- Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston
- Amalienborg and its district
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Phil
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Álvaro Siza’s Architecture
- Bussaco cultural landscape
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Orvieto
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice
- Le chemin de fer de Cerdagne
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes
- The Spa at Luhacovice
- Jaén Cathedral
- Central Park
- Italica
- Franja Partisan Hospital
- The late ancient tomb of Silistra
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture
- Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
- The Jewish Cemetery of Altona Königstrasse
- Plovdiv
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Großglockner High Alpine Road
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Ripa Pannonica in Hungary
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte
- The Silver Route
- Ensemble de grottes à concrétions du Sud de la Fra
- The Olive Grove Landscapes of Andalusia
- Arsenal de Rochefort
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- The Fortress of Terezín
- Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Le Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo
- Les sites à fossiles néandertaliens de Wallonie
- El Ferrol of the Illustration Historical Heritage
- The Ribeira Sacra, Lugo and Orense
- Valle Salado de Añana
- La Rioja and Rioja Alavesa Vine and Wine Cultural
- Group of Mozarabic buildings on the Iberian Penins
- Citadel of Alessandria
- Early Medieval Benedictine settlements in Italy
- The Television Tower Stuttgart
- Pretzien Weir
- European Paper Mills
- European Paper Mills
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia
- St. Nicholas Church
- Konya-A capital of Seljuk Civilization
- Anatolian Seljuks Madrasahs
- The Theatre and Aqueducts of the Ancient City of A
- Archaeological Site of Assos
- Basilica Therma (Sarıkaya Roma Hamamı)
- The Historical Port City of Izmir
- Mothia and Lilibeo Island
- European Paper Mills
- Odunpazari Historical Urban Site
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel
- Trakai Historical National Park
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- The royal necropolis of the Thracian city of Seuth
- Vila Viçosa
- Bulwarked Fortresses of the Raia
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Creation of the Co-Principality of Andorra
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin
- Leuven
- Volterra
- Metz Royale et Impériale
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II
- Montagne Sainte-Victoire et sites cezaniens
- Francke Foundation Buildings
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Reviews by Hubert


Alto Douro (Inscribed)
Alto Douro
Vineyards are not the most popular type of WHS among the community of this website. One reason is certainly that they belong to an over-represented category. Our vineyards connection comprises …

Guimarães (Inscribed)
Guimarães
For today's visitors, it is not immediately apparent that Guimarães played such a significant role in Portuguese history, it is closely related to the foundation of the Portugal and is …

Bom Jesus do Monte (Inscribed)
Bom Jesus do Monte
The Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte is a pilgrimage site, only about 25 kilometres north of Guimarães. The pilgrimage church is located on the eastern outskirts on a hill …

Oporto (Inscribed)
Oporto
The historic centre of Oporto is located along the hillside of the northern bank of the Douro River, just a few kilometres from the Atlantic coast. In guidebooks, the historic …

Bussaco cultural landscape (On tentative list)
Bussaco cultural landscape
The Mata Nacional do Buçaco is located 550 meters above sea level at the highest point of the Serra do Buçaco mountain range. The forest area is surrounded by a …

University of Coimbra (Inscribed)
University of Coimbra
The University of Coimbra is the latest addition to the Portuguese World Heritage List and one of the few sites in the category secular education and science. The inscribed area …

Convent of Christ in Tomar (Inscribed)
Convent of Christ in Tomar
Initially I was skeptical whether it would be a good idea to visit three monasteries on two consecutive days. Or whether it would be rather an overkill of sacral architecture. …

Monastery of Batalha (Inscribed)
Monastery of Batalha
I arrived in Batalha around lunchtime on a Sunday in May 2018. Coming from the rather sleepy town of Alcobaça, the quite lively Batalha was a pleasant surprise. The service …

Monastery of Alcobaça (Inscribed)
Monastery of Alcobaça
I visited Portugal in May 2018 and Alcobaça was the first of three WHS of the monastery hotspot in the Centro region. I stayed overnight in Alcobaça and was the …

Chaîne des Puys (Inscribed)
Chaîne des Puys
France has twice succeeded in turning a "not to inscribe" recommendation by IUCN into a referral (in 2014 and 2016). Both IUCN evaluations were harsh, but clear, the main objection …

Sintra (Inscribed)
Sintra
Sintra was the first WHS on my trip to Portugal in May 2018. Actually, palaces and gardens are not my favourite kind of WHS, but due to the positive reviews …

Mafra (Inscribed)
Mafra
The Palacio Nacional de Mafra is nominated for inscription in 2019, reason enough to include Mafra in my itinerary for my Portugal Trip in May 2018. The palace is huge, …

Medici Villas and Gardens (Inscribed)
Medici Villas and Gardens
In November 2017, I managed to visit all the 14 locations of this WHS: twelve villas and two gardens. Only some of the villas have regular opening hours, a few …

Florence (Inscribed)
Florence
No need to additionally emphasize how worthwhile a visit to this WHS is, the rating and the previous reviews are unambiguous. So just a few short comments and recommendations:
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Margravial Opera House (Inscribed)
Margravial Opera House
The Margravial Opera House in Bayreuth reopened in April 2018 after six years of restoration. A business trip gave me the opportunity for a detour to visit the Opera House …

Jodrell Bank Observatory (Inscribed)
Jodrell Bank Observatory
When we planned our trip through Wales and Central England in May and June 2017 we were not aware of the fact that the Jodrell Bank Observatory would be the …

Granada (Inscribed)
Granada
The view to the Alhambra from the Mirador de San Nicolas provides an impression of the size of the palace complex, the massive walls and towers appear austere and powerful, …

Úbeda and Baeza (Inscribed)
Úbeda and Baeza
The Andalusian twin towns of Úbeda and Baeza in the province of Jaén are considered the best examples of Renaissance style in Spain. However, these two small towns cannot compete …

Padua’s fourteenth-century fr… (Inscribed)
Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
There is broad agreement among the reviewers on this website that the Scrovegni Chapel deserves a place on the World Heritage List and I can only emphasize once again the …