From the moment we hit the road north of Skelleftea airport we felt a long way from London. The endless pine forests, lakes and sight of reindeer galloping next to …
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/
Recent Visits
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40Feb. 23, 2025Cilento and Vallo di Diano, Naples, Pompei, Royal Palace at Caserta
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10Sept. 13, 2024Eisinga Planetarium
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20July 29, 2024Beijing Central Axis, Via Appia
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About Ian Cade
- Member since
- December 2005
- Country of Origin
- United Kingdom
Visits
- Rank
- #132
- WHS
- 324
- Tentative Sites
- 53
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 316
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Rome 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Mesa Verde 4.5
- Chaco Culture 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.5
- Vienna 4.5
- Brasilia 4.5
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 4.5
- Guanajuato 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Sceilg Mhichíl 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 4.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 4.5
- Grimeton Radio Station 4.5
- Ajanta Caves 4.5
- Naples 4.5
- Aquileia 4.0
- Le Havre 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 4.0
- Yosemite National Park 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Split 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra 4.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.0
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 4.0
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 4.0
- Mostar 4.0
- Pampulha 4.0
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Gwynedd Castles 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Great Wall 4.0
- Summer Palace 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Cesky Krumlov 4.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.0
- Dougga/Thugga 4.0
- Zollverein 4.0
- Sintra 3.5
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.5
- Beijing Central Axis 3.5
- Temple of Heaven 3.5
- Bordeaux 3.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.5
- Graz 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Rammelsberg and Goslar 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Gammelstad 3.5
- Churches of Peace 3.5
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.5
- Old City of Berne 3.5
- Teotihuacan 3.5
- Abbey of St Gall 3.5
- Westminster 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Kraków 3.5
- Budapest 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Major Town Houses 3.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
- Tugendhat Villa 3.5
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 3.5
- Florence 3.5
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Würzburg Residence 3.5
- Valletta 3.5
- Syracuse 3.5
- Thingvellir 3.5
- Cordoba 3.5
- Saint-Emilion 3.5
- Puebla 3.5
- Monastery of Batalha 3.5
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.5
- Xochicalco 3.5
- Rio de Janeiro 3.5
- Riga 3.5
- Wartburg Castle 3.5
- Jodrell Bank Observatory 3.5
- Everglades 3.5
- L'viv 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Medina of Fez 3.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 3.0
- Imperial Palace 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 3.0
- Via Appia 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Villa d'Este 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Oporto 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales 3.0
- Rhaetian Railway 3.0
- Brú na Bóinne 3.0
- Stoclet House 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 3.0
- Val di Noto 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- Reims 3.0
- Warsaw 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Lake District 3.0
- Bursa and Cumalikizik 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Holy Trinity Column 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- University of Coimbra 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Maritime Greenwich 3.0
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 3.0
- Kerkuane 3.0
- Ironbridge Gorge 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Litomysl Castle 3.0
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes 3.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 3.0
- Avignon 3.0
- Pont du Gard 3.0
- Orange 3.0
- Lyon 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes 3.0
- Seville 3.0
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.0
- Stone Circles of Senegambia 3.0
- Kunta Kinteh Island 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- Studley Royal Park 3.0
- Altamira Cave 3.0
- Sukhothai 3.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3.0
- Verona 3.0
- Gyeongju 3.0
- Haeinsa Temple 3.0
- Malbork Castle 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Heritage of Mercury 3.0
- Skocjan Caves 3.0
- Fagus Factory 3.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 3.0
- Meknes 3.0
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3.0
- Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland 3.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- Monticello 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 3.0
- Trogir 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 2.5
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 2.5
- Asturian Monuments 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Stevns Klint 2.5
- Kutna Hora 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 2.5
- Trier 2.5
- Canterbury 2.5
- Brugge 2.5
- Carthage 2.5
- Kairouan 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 2.5
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 2.5
- Aachen Cathedral 2.5
- Beemster Polder 2.5
- Arles 2.5
- Medina of Essaouira 2.5
- Lübeck 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Santiago de Compostela 2.5
- Ayutthaya 2.5
- Elephanta Caves 2.5
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church 2.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 2.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 2.5
- Fontainebleau 2.5
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 2.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 2.5
- Toledo 2.5
- New Lanark 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Laponian Area 2.5
- Centennial Hall 2.5
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.5
- Saltaire 2.5
- Longobards in Italy 2.5
- Classical Weimar 2.5
- Torun 2.5
- Gorham's Cave Complex 2.5
- Champagne 2.5
- Stari Grad Plain 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Forth Bridge 2.5
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region 2.5
- Potsdam 2.5
- Giant's Causeway 2.5
- Burgundy 2.5
- Reichenau 2.5
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes 2.5
- Schönbrunn 2.0
- Kinderdijk 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Roman Walls of Lugo 2.0
- The Four Lifts 2.0
- Palmeral of Elche 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 2.0
- Tower of London 2.0
- Semmering Railway 2.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.0
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses 2.0
- Kernavė 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Speyer Cathedral 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 2.0
- Cologne Cathedral 2.0
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal 2.0
- Drottningholm 2.0
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin 2.0
- Chartres Cathedral 2.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 2.0
- Nesvizh 2.0
- Camino Real 2.0
- Aranjuez 2.0
- Avila 2.0
- Alcala de Henares 2.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 2.0
- Antequera Dolmens Site 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Trebic 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 2.0
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 1.5
- Stecci 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.5
- Modena 1.5
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai 1.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 1.5
- Imperial Tombs 1.5
- Muskauer Park 1.5
- Peking Man Site 1.5
- Schokland 1.5
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 1.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 1.5
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 1.5
- Kronborg Castle 1.5
- Kladruby nad Labem 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Tower of Hercules 1.5
- Blenheim Palace 1.5
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 1.5
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe 1.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 1.5
- Donana National Park 1.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 1.5
- Royal Palace at Caserta 1.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 1.5
- Holasovice 1.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 1.5
- Morelia 1.5
- Independence Hall 1.5
- Wadden Sea 1.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 1.0
- Moravian Church Settlements 1.0
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal 1.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 1.0
- Mafra 1.0
- Mir Castle 1.0
- Colonies of Benevolence 1.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.0
- Derwent Valley Mills 1.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 1.0
- Corvey 1.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 1.0
- Danube Limes 0.5
- Lower German Limes 0.5
- Par force hunting landscape 0.5
Tentative Sites
- Chiang Mai
- The Rise of Systematic Biology
- Zadar - Episcopal complex
- Nuruosmaniye Complex
- Palais de la Culture, Rio de Janeiro
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise
- Kyiv: St. Cyril's and St. Andrew's Churches
- California Current Conservation Complex
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento
- Le noyau historique médiéval de Gand
- Noyau historique d'Antwerpen -Anvers
- Trakai Historical National Park
- The Royal Sites of Ireland
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers
- Phnom Kulen
- Leuven
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble
- Ellis Island
- Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie (Tunisia)
- Via Francigena
- Thingvellir National Park
- Pont sur la gorge du Salgina
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- City of York
- Rouen
- Olympic Park Munich
- Central Park
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of
- Oasis de Gabes
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom
- Extension of Prague WHS
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- The Walk of Peace from the Alps to the Adriatic
- Coastal Cliffs
- Les passages de Bruxelles
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes
- Centre ancien de Sarlat
- Astronomical Observatories of Ukraine
- Amalienborg and its district
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo)
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthag
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Knights Fortifications around Harbours of Malta
- L'oeuvre architecturale d'Henry van de Velde
- Médina de Sfax
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle
- Primosten Vineyards
- D-Day Landing Beaches, Normandy, 1944
- Domaine de Fontainebleau
- Le champ de bataille de Waterloo
- Alvaro Siza's Architecture
- Les citadelles mosanes
- Trading Posts and Fortifications on Genoese Trade
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir NP
- Francke Foundation Buildings
- Caves of the Buda Thermal Karst System
- Victoria Lines Fortifications
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
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Reviews by Ian Cade


Struve Geodetic Arc (Inscribed)
Struve Geodetic Arc
Four years since my last visit.
Three weeks of internet research.
A three hour flight.
685 km of driving.
One aborted attempt to visit from a more logical place on …

Falun Great Copper Mountain (Inscribed)
Falun Great Copper Mountain
As Frederick states below, Falun gives you a real sense of how heavy industry can alter a landscape, and in comparison with nearby Engelsberg you can really get a sense …

University of Coimbra (Inscribed)
University of Coimbra
I have fond memories of the day I spent in Coimbra 10 years ago. The atmosphere, weather and pleasant surroundings made me seriously consider moving there to study for my …

Independence Hall (Inscribed)
Independence Hall
It is rather hard trying to pick apart our experience of Philadelphia, it was rather tainted by the shutdown of the US government which meant that everything we wanted to …

Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) (Inscribed)
Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
This is one of the most iconic sites on the whole list, one of the places I always reel off when asked "so what places are world heritage sites then". …

Meknes (Inscribed)
Meknes
I liked Meknes, admittedly I would probably give it the lowest billing of Morocco's four Imperial cities, but I did find it the most welcoming and the one where it …

Medina of Fez (Inscribed)
Medina of Fez
Perhaps the finest place in the world to get a feel for medieval life, Fez is a rather special place to experience; however our particular visit was marred by behaviour …

Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (On tentative list)
Moulay Idriss Zerhoun
I rather enjoyed the cool whitewashed alleys of Moulay Idriss which we visited on a half day trip that also included nearby Volubilis. We only spent a short time …

Volubilis (Inscribed)
Volubilis
Volubilis was a nice site which gave a good impression of everyday life in a Roman outpost; however my main recollection of it is of the incredible heat during our …

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Inscribed)
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
Part 1 of my visit to these pile Dwellings was a pleasant boat trip to Rosen Insel on Lake Starnberg.
From the station at Possenhoffen it is a quiet 40 …

Rabat (Inscribed)
Rabat
Rabat may not be everyone's cup of tea but we ended up really enjoying our trip there. The official title of the WHS is a little cumbersome but does actually …

Regensburg (Inscribed)
Regensburg
Ah, such a familiar feeling: 2 hours of strolling in the drizzle feeling slightly underwhelmed by another variation of a European Town, a few hours later I'm rushing for the …

Salzburg (Inscribed)
Salzburg
First up, I've never seen the Sound of Music. This put me out of kilter with the large crowds in the city centre; this was by no means a bad …

Hallstatt-Dachstein (Inscribed)
Hallstatt-Dachstein
I’m not sure I have been anywhere quite as picture perfect as Hallstatt. You would really need a hard heart not to swoon at the incredible mixture of the town, …

Pilgrimage Church of Wies (Inscribed)
Pilgrimage Church of Wies
The initial impact upon opening the doors is one of amazement and awe at the elaborate over the top decoration inside. I've visited a fair few Central European pilgrimage churches, …

New Lanark (Inscribed)
New Lanark
A mixture of work and the chance to see my cousin DJ in Glasgow gave me an opportunity to open my WHS account for 2013. A great weekend mixed with …

Town Hall and Roland, Bremen (Inscribed)
Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
It may not appeal to everyone, but there is something about Bremen that charms the socks off of me. It is a great little city and if, like me, you …

Fagus Factory (Inscribed)
Fagus Factory
Two years after my first attempt I finally managed to get the right train and finally pay this site a proper visit, and I must admit I loved it. In …

Corvey (Inscribed)
Corvey
For every great world city that I have visited in this World Heritage hunting malarkey I seem to have visited some previously obscure town that has never really troubled a …