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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    Eisinga Planetarium
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About Ian Cade

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Reviews by Ian Cade

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Botanical Garden, Padua by Ian Cade

Botanical Garden, Padua (Inscribed)

Botanical Garden, Padua

Having looked at aerial maps of the site and knowing I would be visiting in winter I set my expectations low. However I did enjoy my visit but I don’t …

Ellora Caves by Ian Cade

Ellora Caves (Inscribed)

Ellora Caves

The Kailash Temple was perhaps the finest single site I saw on my whole 3 week trip in South Asia. It marks out the Ellora caves as a truly world …

Fagus Factory by Ian Cade

Fagus Factory (Inscribed)

Fagus Factory

‘Perhaps it is the ones that get away that prove the most interesting’ I thought to myself as my train trundled passed this magnificent 100 year old modernist shoe last …

Wadden Sea by Ian Cade

Wadden Sea (Inscribed)

Wadden Sea

“I’m going to visit some mudflats!”

“Why?” my colleagues asked, as they seem to delight in eking out the weirder destinations that visiting World Heritage Sites takes me. Therefore they …

Hildesheim Cathedral and Church by Ian Cade

Hildesheim Cathedral and Chur… (Inscribed)

Hildesheim Cathedral and Church

It felt like everything was conspiring against me when I visited Hildesheim on New Year's Eve 2010. Mistakes with trains meant I managed to turn up at the closed Cathedral …

Sukhothai by Ian Cade

Sukhothai (Inscribed)

Sukhothai

Of the three Thai WHS that I visited this was my favourite. It is comparable to Ayutthaya, being a former Thai capital now just a pile of glorious ruins. …

Ayutthaya by Ian Cade

Ayutthaya (Inscribed)

Ayutthaya

This was my first Asian WHS so it will have a little bit of a special place for me.

There are quite a few different ruins and temples to visit …

Elephanta Caves by Ian Cade

Elephanta Caves (Inscribed)

Elephanta Caves

First things first; the enormous carvings in the first cave really are impressive, and rank alongside the very best at Ellora/ Ajanta. However I have to say this was perhaps …

Ajanta Caves by Ian Cade

Ajanta Caves (Inscribed)

Ajanta Caves

These were a very late addition to my itinerary, but I could not have made a better decision as they were magnificent.

They are in a pretty compact area, being …

Sambor Prei Kuk by Ian Cade

Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)

Sambor Prei Kuk

This is the best preserved pre-Angkorian archaeological site in Cambodia and if all goes to plan then this should be Cambodia's next World Heritage Site.

The ruins here comprise three …

Angkor by Ian Cade

Angkor (Inscribed)

Angkor

Astounding!

I can imagine a few sites being the equal of Angkor, but surely there is nothing that can better it. The sheer amount of temples would be impressive, but …

Preah Vihear Temple by Ian Cade

Preah Vihear Temple (Inscribed)

Preah Vihear Temple

This was perhaps the single most unique experience I have had in visiting a WHS. With a group of really good friends I made the trip in a day from …

Dong Phayayen by Ian Cade

Dong Phayayen (Inscribed)

Dong Phayayen

I wimped out a little on this one, and took an organised day trip from Bangkok's tourist enclave of Khao San Road. However I have to say the trip was …

Phnom Kulen by Ian Cade

Phnom Kulen (On tentative list)

Phnom Kulen

I visited the site of Kbal Spean, or the River of 1,000 Lingas which is included in this batch of monuments. It was a really rewarding place to visit as …

The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar by Ian Cade

The Archeological complex of … (On tentative list)

The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar

This is a little way off the beaten track, but well worth a visit if you are in North-Western Cambodia. The ruins are some of the most extensive from the …

Santiago de Compostela by Ian Cade

Santiago de Compostela (Inscribed)

Santiago de Compostela

Santiago almost defeated me. It rained heavily and consistently for the 3 days I was there, the times of masses seemed to never correlate with the information I was given, …

Asturian Monuments by Ian Cade

Asturian Monuments (Inscribed)

Asturian Monuments

At the start of my trip around northern Spain I based myself in Oviedo, to enable me to see a bit of Asturian countryside and also the bulk of the …

Tower of Hercules by Ian Cade

Tower of Hercules (Inscribed)

Tower of Hercules

An early finish to my Camino gave me a day spare to venture north to A Coruña and visit the windiest WHS so far.

The lighthouse is quite impressive and …

Altamira Cave by Ian Cade

Altamira Cave (Inscribed)

Altamira Cave

After reading Els disappointment with a visit to the new copy of Altamira which correlated with some friends experiences, I decided to forgo a trip along to Cantabria and instead …

Route of Santiago de Compostela by Ian Cade

Route of Santiago de Composte… (Inscribed)

Route of Santiago de Compostela

It was about 5km outside of Sarria that I spoke to my first proper Pilgrim, or Perigrino as they are locally known. I was feeling pretty good having decided to …

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