John Booth

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My most impressive site: Lava Tubes, Jeju Island, South Korea

My proposal for a new site: Volcanoes of Auckland, New Zealand

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Reviews by john booth

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Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans by john booth

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Sen… (Inscribed)

Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans

I reached Arc-et-Senans by train from Besancon and returned to Dole. Salines Les Bains can be accessed by bus from Mouchard station.

There is an interesting collection of models of …

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces by john booth

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Inscribed)

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces

This site is best visited by train, as the railway runs through the site along the shore of Lake Geneva from Lutry to Vevey. It is a simple matter to …

City of Luxembourg by john booth

City of Luxembourg (Inscribed)

City of Luxembourg

This has to be one of the most congested cities in Europe, and finding parking is a nightmare. On my first visit the only parking we could find was at …

Rietveld Schröderhuis by Els Slots

Rietveld Schröderhuis (Inscribed)

Rietveld Schröderhuis

I visited the Rietveldt-Schroder house on a cold windy morning a year ago by taking a #4 bus from Utrect Central station to Hoogstraat and walking down Prins Hendriklaan. I …

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Schokland (Inscribed)

Schokland

To reach Schokland by bus involves walking from the nearest bus stop in the village of Ens. Buses arrive in Ens from Zwolle via Kampen, a picturesque riverside town with …

Strasbourg by john booth

Strasbourg (Inscribed)

Strasbourg

As things are a bit spread out in Strasbourg I found a day ticket for the buses and trams invaluable at 3.60 euros. It enabled me to visit the Court …

Lyon by john booth

Lyon (Inscribed)

Lyon

As in Strasbourg, in Lyon I bought a day ticket which covered buses, trams, funicular, trolleybus and metro all for 4.50 euros. This way I managed to visit in one …

Fortified City of Carcassonne by john booth

Fortified City of Carcassonne (Inscribed)

Fortified City of Carcassonne

Of all the walled cities on the WHS list, this is my least favourite. The place seemed to have been turned into one huge outdoor restaurant. It was impossible to …

Hwaseong Fortress by john booth

Hwaseong Fortress (Inscribed)

Hwaseong Fortress

My visit to Hwaseong happened to coincide with the Hwaseong Festival in October. As a result I was rewarded with seeing the spectacular buildings of the Haenggung adorned with people …

Beemster Polder by john booth

Beemster Polder (Inscribed)

Beemster Polder

I admired the distictive architecture of the remaining houses in Middenbeemster, which I reached by bus #100 from Amterdam Centraal station.

Jeju by john booth

Jeju (Inscribed)

Jeju

A memorable part of visiting Jeju was meeting so many friendly visitors, mostly local, on ther ferry from Mokpo to Cgheju-do. But I did visit some of Jeju's volcanic attractions.

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen by john booth

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa … (Inscribed)

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen

I have now visited all three WHS listed dolmen sites in Korea and consider the Gochang site to be the most interesting. There I saw a whole mountainside dotted with …

Haeinsa Temple by john booth

Haeinsa Temple (Inscribed)

Haeinsa Temple

From Seoul there are now fast KTX trains to Dongdaegu, and transferring from that station to the Seobu bus station can be easily effected by taking the metro to Seondangmot.

Neolithic Orkney by john booth

Neolithic Orkney (Inscribed)

Neolithic Orkney

Orkney Coaches run a fantastic service linking the four parts of the WHS with Stomness and Kirkwall. A day ticket cost 7 pounds, and I felt right at home on …

Dutch Water Defence Lines by john booth

Dutch Water Defence Lines (Inscribed)

Dutch Water Defence Lines

Although a number of the forts were closed I did manage to visit a few of them:

Aalsmeer fort - got a guided tour from the curator of the museum …

Studley Royal Park by john booth

Studley Royal Park (Inscribed)

Studley Royal Park

To get to Fountains Abbey I took a #36 bus from Harrogate to Ripon from where there was a #139 minibus that took me to the visitor centre inside the …

Derwent Valley Mills by john booth

Derwent Valley Mills (Inscribed)

Derwent Valley Mills

The Derbyshire Wayfarer ticket is a usful way of visiting this WHS. It covers all the buses and trains between Derby and Matlock.

Besides the mills themselves I was interested …

Gwynedd Castles by john booth

Gwynedd Castles (Inscribed)

Gwynedd Castles

Basing myself in Bangor, itself a pleasant enough town, I was able to visit each of the royal castles:

Conwy - by train or bus from Bangor

Harlech - by …

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape by john booth

Cornwall and West Devon Minin… (Inscribed)

Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape

Over a few days I managed to visit a number of the sites:

Hayle - port for exporting tin

Wendron mining district - the Poldark mine with its interesting museum …

Dorset and East Devon Coast by john booth

Dorset and East Devon Coast (Inscribed)

Dorset and East Devon Coast

I also found extensive views of Chesil Beach from the causeway near Weymouth and from Littlesea.

The quarry area on Portland bill was very interesting too, with the cut stones …

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