Ian Cade

United Kingdom \ Member since December 2005

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I discovered the World Heritage list whilst studying in the Czech city of Olomouc in 2003, and since then I have spent a fair bit of my time visiting the sites and boring people with information about them. World Heritage Sites provide a great way to hunt out the best bits of countries and can give you a look at some great parts of a destination that you would otherwise not see. A few of my favourite sites have been the ones that I have made a special effort to get to see because of their place on the list; Sceilg Mhichíl, Guanajuato and Preah Vihear

I mostly take short trips around Europe, making the most of budget airlines special offers, seeing some of the continent's great cities, visiting friends and dragging them to some pretty obscure places.
I try to travel outside Europe at least once a year and hope to tick off a few of the places on my wish list when money, politics and time enable this.

It's not about the shark!:
Whilst the World Heritage Sites themselves are the focus of my travels, they are more a means to an end, the real joy of travelling comes from interacting with people, waiting for trains at hitherto unknown corners of the world then eating and drinking the tasty (and not so tasty) delights on offer.

My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Major Buildings of the Chicago School of Architecture

Check out my website: https://letterboxd.com/meltwaterfalls/

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    Welterbetag 2025: Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
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    Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Naples, Pompei, Royal Palace at Caserta
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    Sept. 13, 2024
    Eisinga Planetarium
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About Ian Cade

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Reviews by Ian Cade

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La Lonja de la Seda by Ian Cade

La Lonja de la Seda (Inscribed)

La Lonja de la Seda

Valencia is one of those cities that make me love travelling in Europe. Whilst I really enjoy visiting the big cities Paris, London, Rome etc. it is the dense cluster …

Orange by Ian Cade

Orange (Inscribed)

Orange

I was a little dubious going here as to whether it would be worth a visit, or even its place on the World Heritage list, as there are already plenty …

Lyon by Ian Cade

Lyon (Inscribed)

Lyon

I really enjoyed Lyon. It was the first proper visit I have paid to a major French city outside Paris, and gives a great impression of French culture.

The Presqu’ile …

Pont du Gard by Ian Cade

Pont du Gard (Inscribed)

Pont du Gard

It is quite impressive to see infrastructure on the World Heritage list, and this site is very deserving of its place on the list. The structure is absolutely massive and …

Arles by Ian Cade

Arles (Inscribed)

Arles

I had a really nice day in Arles late September 2006. Probably the most famous site is the Roman Amphitheatre, and this is a good site to start off with, …

Rietveld Schröderhuis by Ian Cade

Rietveld Schröderhuis (Inscribed)

Rietveld Schröderhuis

I really enjoyed visiting this site; it was my favourite World heritage site in the Netherlands. Twentieth century/ Modern architecture has turned into something of a special area of interest …

Beemster Polder by Ian Cade

Beemster Polder (Inscribed)

Beemster Polder

I must admit that I was not really looking forward to this visit; it is by its very essence featureless, just flat and featureless. However I actually quite enjoyed the …

Schokland by Ian Cade

Schokland (Inscribed)

Schokland

The terp is one of the few features in the landscape, from a distance it just looks like a clump of trees. I wasn’t really expecting a large site but …

Kinderdijk by Ian Cade

Kinderdijk (Inscribed)

Kinderdijk

This is a really lovely place to visit, there are 19 windmills in a very small area, making it the ideal place to see one of the classic images of …

Dutch Water Defence Lines by Ian Cade

Dutch Water Defence Lines (Inscribed)

Dutch Water Defence Lines

The forts ring Amsterdam so if you travel about 15km out from the centre you will be pretty close to one of them.

After a recommendation from Els we headed …

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal by Ian Cade

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal (Inscribed)

Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal

The pumping station is absolutely pristine, the machines are spotless and still ready to start up when called into action, as they are in for a few weeks in winter. …

Dorset and East Devon Coast by Ian Cade

Dorset and East Devon Coast (Inscribed)

Dorset and East Devon Coast

I really quite enjoyed my trips to this piece of coastline, I have visited pretty regularly having family days out here when I was very young, but I have also …

Derwent Valley Mills by Ian Cade

Derwent Valley Mills (Inscribed)

Derwent Valley Mills

I spent an nice afternoon following the A6 from Cromford to Derby, which gave me a chance to view most of the sites inscribed on the list.

Masson Mills (pictured) …

Sceilg Mhichíl by Ian Cade

Sceilg Mhichíl (Inscribed)

Sceilg Mhichíl

My experience of visiting this site was absolutely fantastic, visiting World Heritage sites can take to the end of the earth, which is almost literally where Skellig Michael was when …

Mont-Saint-Michel by Ian Cade

Mont-Saint-Michel (Inscribed)

Mont-Saint-Michel

This is one of the earliest inscriptions on the World Heritage List, and is defiantly deserving of its place, the outline of the island and the abbey that crown it …

Versailles by Ian Cade

Versailles (Inscribed)

Versailles

I am not a big fan of Palaces, however Versailles made it on to my list of visited sites for perhaps being the premium example of the European Royal Palace, …

Chartres Cathedral by Ian Cade

Chartres Cathedral (Inscribed)

Chartres Cathedral

As stated below, one of the most impressive aspects of the cathedral is that it dominates the rest of the town and it sits up from the rest of the …

Paris, Banks of the Seine by Ian Cade

Paris, Banks of the Seine (Inscribed)

Paris, Banks of the Seine

I have now visited Paris twice and almost by accident I have indulged in two clichés, the first time I visited I stumbled in on Bastille Day and was treated …

Yosemite National Park by Ian Cade

Yosemite National Park (Inscribed)

Yosemite National Park

I really enjoyed my visit to Yosemite, it is defiantly not a wilderness anymore but it is worth going out of your way for, but be warned it is very …

Vatican City by Ian Cade

Vatican City (Inscribed)

Vatican City

This is the world’s smallest country, however it possesses a wealth of history, art & architectural treasures worthy of even the largest. The creation of the Vatican as it is …

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