To reach the main part of the Iwami Ginza silver mine I took a bus to Omori Ginzan from Odashi station. The walk up to the Ryugenji shaft was interspersed …
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My most impressive site: Lava Tubes, Jeju Island, South Korea
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5030April 3, 2014Aachen Cathedral, Aapravasi Ghat, Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch, Abbey of St Gall, Acropolis ...
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- Abbey of St Gall
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- Centennial Hall
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- Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
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- Edinburgh
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- Fraser Island
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- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
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- Himeji-jo
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- Historic Cairo
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- Hortobágy
- Horyu-ji Area
- Hué
- Humayun's Tomb
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Ibiza
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- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Imperial Palace
- Incense Route of the Negev
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Island of Patmos
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- Istanbul
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- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle
- Lagoons of New Caledonia
- Lake Baikal
- Lake District
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Land of Frankincense
- Laponian Area
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- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Le Havre
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- Levuka
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- Liverpool
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- Longobards in Italy
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- Major Town Houses
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- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
- Mazagan
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Medina of Essaouira
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- Megalithic Temples of Malta
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Kii Mountain Range (Inscribed)
Kii Mountain Range
I started my visit to this site at Shingu and visited the three shrines in this area. The Hayatama shrine, set in a wooded area on the edge of Shingu …

Horyu-ji Area (Inscribed)
Horyu-ji Area
This WHS comprises two temples, the Horyuji and the Hokkiji. I reached the Horyuji temple by bus from Horyuji station. I found this temple huge, shadeless and unattractive.
After a …

Shirakami-Sanchi (Inscribed)
Shirakami-Sanchi
I found the most convenient way of seeing the Shirakami was from the train that runs along the narrow coastal strip from Fukaura south to Noshiro. From its windows I …

Shiretoko (Inscribed)
Shiretoko
To view the Shiretoko Peninsular I took a cruise on the tourist ship 'Aurora' and sailed along the north coast of the peninsular. I boarded the vessel in the port …

Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (Inscribed)
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
I too visited Ogimachi village in Shirakawa-go by taking the bus from Takayama. While Ogimachi was quite large and had many gassho houses, some of which I went inside to …

Flemish Béguinages (Inscribed)
Flemish Béguinages
While seeking our belfries I also visited many of the Belgian beguinages:
Kortrijk - beguinage of St Elisabeth, a quiet and secluded courtyard
Ghent - Beguinage of the Virgin Mary, …

Belfries (Inscribed)
Belfries
Visiting the belfries of northern France and Belgium involves travelling to many little-known towns that are well off the tourist trail. So on my visit to the region I covered …

Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Inscribed)
Upper Middle Rhine Valley
After having travelled the Rhine valley by train a couple of times I realised that I had missed a lot. So last year I took the KD boat from Bingen …

The Four Lifts (Inscribed)
The Four Lifts
I spent some time on a fine summers day watching vessels pass along the canal and being raised or lowered through lifts 2 and 3, and certainly the procedure was …

Routes of Santiago de Compost… (Inscribed)
Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
I don't have a problem with the French and Spanish routes being kept separate, I travelled them separately. But what bothers me is the amount of duplication; sites that are …

Fortifications of Vauban (Inscribed)
Fortifications of Vauban
A word to describe Vauban's structures would be 'massive'. The defensive works all appear on a grand scale. But of the 12 locations forming this WHS, only the one at …

Bordeaux (Inscribed)
Bordeaux
To get around the large city area I invested 4.10 euros in a day ticket for the trams and buses. During the course of the day I visited the three …

Saint-Emilion (Inscribed)
Saint-Emilion
Reaching St Emilion is possible by bus or train from Libourne. I travelled by train to a station 2km south, downhill from the town. The road to the town was …

Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay (Inscribed)
Cistercian Abbey of Fontenay
The restoration of this ensemble of buildings has been so carefully carried out that it is hard to believe that they are nearly 1000 years old. The grounds too are …

Vézelay (Inscribed)
Vézelay
The most interesting aspect of the church of St Mary Magdalen was the collection of wooden crosses brought here in 1946 from all over Europe during a march for peace. …

Vézère Valley (Inscribed)
Vézère Valley
To visit this site I travelled by train to Les Eyzies de Tyack where I visited an informative Pre-history museum. But earlier in the day I had located the Font …

Mont-Saint-Michel (Inscribed)
Mont-Saint-Michel
I stayed in the village of Pontorson and caught the bus to Mont St Michel from outside Pontorson station. It went right across the causeway and stopped at the entrance …

Saint-Savin sur Gartempe (Inscribed)
Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
Travelled by bus from Poitiers bus station to St Savin sur Gartempe, arriving by the bridge over the river.
The abbey and the church with its tall spire dominate the …

Loire Valley (Inscribed)
Loire Valley
Over the couse of three days I managed to visit 11 if the sites using a combination of trains and buses:
Chambord - (bus #18 from Blois) a huge but …