Ilya Burlak

Member since January 2017

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I only started prioritizing visiting World Heritage sites a few years ago and with my limited US-based corporate-warrior time-off allocation and family obligations I can only add a handful to a dozen in any given year. Looking forward to visiting them all after I am able to retire...

Check out my website: http://www.burlaki.com

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    Hollókö, Pannonhalma
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    Arequipa, Cuzco, Lima, Machu Picchu, Qhapaq Ñan
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    Acropolis, Agrigento, Albi, Alcala de Henares, Alto Douro ...
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About Ilya Burlak

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Reviews by Ilya Burlak

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Ein Karem by Ilya Burlak

Ein Karem (On tentative list)

Ein Karem

My visit to Ein Karem was not too extensive in November of 2019. Yad Vashem is nearby, as is Abbell Synagogue of Hadassah Ein Karem with windows painted by Marc …

Makhteshim Country by Ilya Burlak

Makhteshim Country (On tentative list)

Makhteshim Country

If you are driving on Route 40 to Eilat, you will go through Makhtesh Ramon, the largest and most well-known of makhteshim. In Mitzpe Ramon on its northern edge …

Caesarea by Ilya Burlak

Caesarea (On tentative list)

Caesarea

By the time I came to Caesarea, I was already having a mild case of archaeology overload from my time in Israel over two weeks in November of 2019, so …

Old City of Acre by Ilya Burlak

Old City of Acre (Inscribed)

Old City of Acre

I recognize that Acre did not get a fair shake from me on my trip to Israel in November of 2019. I initially planned to visit it with a guide, …

Bahá’i Holy Places by Ilya Burlak

Bahá’i Holy Places (Inscribed)

Bahá’i Holy Places

The World Heritage inscription of the Baha’i Holy Places emphasizes their deep spiritual value and the tradition of pilgrimage in the Baha’i faith. I am not convinced that it counts …

Masada by Ilya Burlak

Masada (Inscribed)

Masada

The legend of Masada - the mass suicide of several thousand members of the Jewish revolt in 73 AD who chose death over slavery when the fortress was about to …

Incense Route of the Negev by Ilya Burlak

Incense Route of the Negev (Inscribed)

Incense Route of the Negev

I visited Mamshit and Avdat on my trip to Israel in November 2019. Unlike the Biblical Tels, the archaeological sites of the Nabatean towns offer enough of standing remains to …

Bethlehem by Ilya Burlak

Bethlehem (Inscribed)

Bethlehem

I arranged for a private half-day guided tour of Bethlehem in November of 2019, which included not just the Church of Nativity, but also a drive through the governorate countryside, …

Jerusalem by Ilya Burlak

Jerusalem (On tentative list)

Jerusalem

When in Jerusalem, Mount of Olives and Mount Zion are practically unmissable parts of the itinerary, both for the historic and religious sites situated on them, and in case of …

Old City of Jerusalem by Ilya Burlak

Old City of Jerusalem (Inscribed)

Old City of Jerusalem

I spent about a day and a half in Jerusalem’s Old City on my trip to Israel in November 2019. That appears to be enough to see all of the …

Biblical Tells by Ilya Burlak

Biblical Tells (Inscribed)

Biblical Tells

I visited two of the three inscribed tels on my tour around Israel in November of 2019. The biggest and the most popular of them is Megiddo, in the Lower …

The Crusader Fortresses by Ilya Burlak

The Crusader Fortresses (On tentative list)

The Crusader Fortresses

While in Israel in November of 2019, I stopped by the Jordan Star National Park (Kokhav HaYarden, in Hebrew) which is centered on the Belvoir crusader castle high above the …

Early Synagogues in the Galilee by Ilya Burlak

Early Synagogues in the Galil… (On tentative list)

Early Synagogues in the Galilee

On my travels around Israel in November of 2019, I stopped by Bet Alpha National Park, which ended up one of my favorite ancient sites in the country (including many …

Necropolis of Bet She'arim by Ilya Burlak

Necropolis of Bet She'arim (Inscribed)

Necropolis of Bet She'arim

Not many people who are neither students of Jewish history nor WH chasers will prioritize seeing Bet She'arim on their visit to Israel, but it has to be said that …

Mount Carmel Caves by Ilya Burlak

Mount Carmel Caves (Inscribed)

Mount Carmel Caves

Nahal Me’arot may represent half a million years of human evolution, but they are a clear contender for the title of one of the least impressive paid-entry sights that I …

Degania & Nahalal by Ilya Burlak

Degania & Nahalal (On tentative list)

Degania & Nahalal

The original moshav and the earliest kibbutz may have non-trivial meaning to students of sociology, but I can't imagine that Nahalal and/or Degania ever become a WH site. Israel's withdrawal …

White City of Tel-Aviv by Ilya Burlak

White City of Tel-Aviv (Inscribed)

White City of Tel-Aviv

As the WH inscription itself suggests, the highest concentration of examples of Bauhaus Movement architecture (interestingly, the inscription never uses the term "Bauhaus", instead preferring fuzzier "modern") is around Dizengoff …

Nuruosmaniye Complex by Ilya Burlak

Nuruosmaniye Complex (On tentative list)

Nuruosmaniye Complex

I made a 15-minute stop at Nuruosmaniye Mosque on my tour around Istanbul in November 2019. The mosque is located outside one of the entrances to the Grand Bazaar, well …

Istanbul by Ilya Burlak

Istanbul (Inscribed)

Istanbul

Previous reviewers have already covered the main points of visiting Istanbul, so I'll stick to the specific angle of visiting the city on an intraday layover. In November of 2019, …

Semmering Railway by Ilya Burlak

Semmering Railway (Inscribed)

Semmering Railway

In a burst of fairly unusual spontaneity, I traversed the length of the WH-inscribed portion of Semmering Railway twice in both directions on consecutive days in December of 2016. I …

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