Cáceres is one of many WH-listed towns on the Iberian peninsula, and because of its somewhat remote location, it's one of the less visited ones. I enjoyed my stay there, …
Klaus Freisinger
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I like the concept of World Heritage, and I like to travel, so combining these two is very enjoyable. However, I don't travel outside of Europe that often, so my ultimate goal would be to visit all WH sites in Europe.
My most impressive site: Rome and Grand Canyon
My proposal for a new site: Mount Vesuvius and Phlegreian Fields, Historic University Towns of Oxford and Cambridge, Windsor Castle, Death Valley National Park, Old Town of Hall in Tirol and Schwaz Silver Mines, Historic Centre of Innsbruck and Ambras Castle, Bavarian Royal Castles, Moon Landing Sites: Cape Canaveral/Kennedy Space Center and Houston/Johnson Space Center (Mission Control)
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World Heritage Sites
- Uluru 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Kakadu National Park 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 4.5
- Ravenna 4.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 4.5
- Stonehenge 4.5
- Nubian Monuments 4.5
- Florence 4.5
- Vatican City 4.5
- Granada 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Acropolis 4.5
- Cordoba 4.0
- Delos 4.0
- Giant's Causeway 4.0
- Vienna 4.0
- Pont du Gard 4.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Brugge 4.0
- Santa Maria delle Grazie 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.0
- Canterbury 4.0
- Olympia 4.0
- Vézère Valley 4.0
- Belem 4.0
- Hallstatt-Dachstein 4.0
- Castel del Monte 4.0
- Salamanca 4.0
- Salzburg 4.0
- Mount Athos 4.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 4.0
- Trier 4.0
- Maritime Greenwich 4.0
- Santo Domingo 4.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 4.0
- Everglades 4.0
- Aachen Cathedral 4.0
- Westminster 4.0
- Edinburgh 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Amphitheater of El Jem 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum 4.0
- Budapest 4.0
- Carthage 4.0
- Toledo 4.0
- Luther Memorials 4.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4.0
- Statue of Liberty 4.0
- Medina Azahara 4.0
- Megalithic Temples of Malta 4.0
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Pompei 4.0
- Monticello 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Versailles 4.0
- Loire Valley 4.0
- Blenheim Palace 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Durham Castle and Cathedral 3.5
- Fortified City of Carcassonne 3.5
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.5
- Arles 3.5
- Strasbourg 3.5
- Reims 3.5
- Visby 3.5
- Plitvice Lakes 3.5
- Regensburg 3.5
- Aquileia 3.5
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.5
- Skocjan Caves 3.5
- Verona 3.5
- Kairouan 3.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.5
- Siena 3.5
- Assisi 3.5
- Epidaurus 3.5
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 3.5
- West Norwegian Fjords 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Sydney Opera House 3.5
- Tallinn 3.5
- Fontainebleau 3.5
- Chartres Cathedral 3.5
- Zollverein 3.5
- Mérida 3.5
- Convent of Christ in Tomar 3.5
- The trulli of Alberobello 3.5
- Vizcaya Bridge 3.5
- Segovia 3.5
- El Escurial 3.5
- Quedlinburg 3.5
- Semmering Railway 3.5
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.5
- Naumburg Cathedral 3.5
- Costiera Amalfitana 3.5
- Valletta 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Dolomites 3.5
- Studley Royal Park 3.5
- Dubrovnik 3.5
- Cesky Krumlov 3.5
- Split 3.5
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon 3.5
- Fortifications of Vauban 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 3.5
- Rhaetian Railway 3.5
- Graz 3.5
- Schönbrunn 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Southern Öland 3.5
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 3.5
- Longobards in Italy 3.5
- Naples 3.5
- Archaeological Site of Aigai 3.5
- San Marino and Mount Titano 3.5
- Classical Weimar 3.5
- Cahokia Mounds 3.5
- Medina of Tunis 3.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 3.0
- Serra de Tramuntana 3.0
- Old City of Berne 3.0
- Riga 3.0
- Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans 3.0
- Völklingen Ironworks 3.0
- Monastery of Batalha 3.0
- Monastery of Alcobaça 3.0
- Elvas 3.0
- Alcala de Henares 3.0
- Vilnius 3.0
- New Lanark 3.0
- Forth Bridge 3.0
- Wartburg Castle 3.0
- Canal du Midi 3.0
- Santa Maria de Guadalupe 3.0
- Caceres 3.0
- Avila 3.0
- Churches of Peace 3.0
- St. George, Bermuda 3.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.0
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy 3.0
- Kotor 3.0
- Trogir 3.0
- Ibiza 3.0
- Palmeral of Elche 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Kronborg Castle 3.0
- Benedictine Convent of St. John 3.0
- Laurisilva of Madeira 3.0
- Rock Carvings in Tanum 3.0
- Grimeton Radio Station 3.0
- Skogskyrkogarden 3.0
- Birka and Hovgarden 3.0
- Falun Great Copper Mountain 3.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 3.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 3.0
- Urbino 3.0
- Bamberg 3.0
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs 3.0
- Reichenau 3.0
- Abbey of St Gall 3.0
- Würzburg Residence 3.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3.0
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.0
- Kinderdijk 3.0
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec 3.0
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Bourges Cathedral 3.0
- Amiens Cathedral 3.0
- Poblet Monastery 3.0
- Tarraco 3.0
- Historic Cairo 3.0
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley 3.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3.0
- Rietveld Schröderhuis 3.0
- Matera 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Tugendhat Villa 3.0
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk 3.0
- Telc 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Nancy 3.0
- City of Bath 3.0
- Thessalonika 3.0
- Tower of London 3.0
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.0
- City of Luxembourg 3.0
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.0
- Bryggen 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 3.0
- Margravial Opera House 3.0
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 3.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 3.0
- The Porticoes of Bologna 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Danube Limes 3.0
- Roskilde Cathedral 2.5
- Medina of Sousse 2.5
- Flemish Béguinages 2.5
- Albi 2.5
- Bauhaus Sites 2.5
- Ferrara 2.5
- Kew Gardens 2.5
- Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 2.5
- Kernavė 2.5
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe 2.5
- Modena 2.5
- Genoa 2.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 2.5
- Trebic 2.5
- Evora 2.5
- Fortress of Suomenlinna 2.5
- Belfries 2.5
- Drottningholm 2.5
- Saint-Emilion 2.5
- Engelsberg Ironworks 2.5
- Holy Trinity Column 2.5
- Provins 2.5
- Muskauer Park 2.5
- Cuenca 2.5
- Úbeda and Baeza 2.5
- Karlskrona 2.5
- Aranjuez 2.5
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 2.5
- Pannonhalma 2.5
- Stari Grad Plain 2.5
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 2.5
- Jelling 2.5
- Beemster Polder 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Caves and Ice Age Art 2.0
- Plečnik's Ljubljana 2.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 2.0
- Durmitor National Park 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Crespi d'Adda 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.0
- Warsaw 2.0
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska 2.0
- Centennial Hall 2.0
- Villa d'Este 2.0
- Messel Pit 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Van Nellefabriek 2.0
- Le Havre 2.0
- Nice 2.0
- Saltaire 2.0
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle 2.0
- Holasovice 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Litomysl Castle 2.0
- Lower German Limes 2.0
- Bardejov Town 2.0
- Wooden Churches of the Slovak Carpathians 2.0
- Banska Stiavnica 2.0
- Struve Geodetic Arc 1.5
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Reviews by Klaus Freisinger


Salamanca (Inscribed)
Salamanca
Spain offers many pleasures to its visitors, but sitting on the terrace of a café on Salamanca's fantastic Plaza Mayor, enjoying tapas and a cold drink on a sunny autumn …

Avila (Inscribed)
Avila
Its huge town walls and well-preserved medieval city centre make Àvila one of Spain's most popular destinations, and a trip there adds an element of time travel. Wandering its streets …

Segovia (Inscribed)
Segovia
Segovia is a great city to visit for several reasons, including its historic city walls, its imposing fortress that now houses a military museum, and its huge cathedral, one of …

El Escurial (Inscribed)
El Escurial
The Escorial is really a great site to visit - it is (supposedly) the world's largest Renaissance building and houses Spain's royal pantheon, yet is built in a somewhat modest …

Pannonhalma (Inscribed)
Pannonhalma
This huge abbey is located on a hill outside of Györ, on the road between Vienna and Budapest. It's one of Hungary's most famous attractions, and it was swarming with …

Centennial Hall (Inscribed)
Centennial Hall
Wroclaw is really one of the most beautiful towns in Central Europe, and the Old Town very much resembles Krakow and Prague - although on a smaller scale, of course, …

Churches of Peace (Inscribed)
Churches of Peace
There are plenty of wooden churches all across Central and Eastern Europe, and most seem to be inscribed on the WH List as well. Still, these 2 are definitely worth …

Warsaw (Inscribed)
Warsaw
For a big European capital, Warsaw does not have a large number of attractions, but enough to spend a pleasant day or two. The reason for the relative lack of …

Kalwaria Zebrzydowska (Inscribed)
Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
This is one of Poland's most famous and important religious sites, second only to Czestochowa and its Black Madonna (a very crowded place, by the way...). It is reasonably easy …

Quedlinburg (Inscribed)
Quedlinburg
Quedlinburg is one of the most historic towns in Germany and experienced its heyday in the 10th to 12th centuries. Walking through the cobble-stoned streets, admiring the countless historic buildings …

Berlin Modernism Housing Esta… (Inscribed)
Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
On a sunny summer Saturday, I made full use of a public transport day ticket and visited 3 of the 6 inscribed parts of this site. I first went to …

Prehistoric Pile Dwellings (Inscribed)
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
One of the best places to experience this somewhat unusual site is the small German town of Unteruhldingen on Lake Constance, not far from Friedrichshafen and Konstanz. It features a …

St. George, Bermuda (Inscribed)
St. George, Bermuda
St. George is known as the oldest continuously inhabited English settlement in the New World, and it is to the English-speaking Americas what Santo Domingo is to the Spanish-speaking part …

Maulbronn Monastery (Inscribed)
Maulbronn Monastery
Known as the best-preserved medieval monastery north of the Alps, Maulbronn makes a nice excursion from Stuttgart or Karlsruhe (it is reachable from both cities by train and then by …

Crespi d'Adda (Inscribed)
Crespi d'Adda
I made a last-minute decision to visit Crespi d'Adda because I had arrived quite early in Milan from Modena and had a few hours to spare before my flight home …

Genoa (Inscribed)
Genoa
In the Middle Ages, Genoa was one of Europe's major cities and rivalled Venice in importance and wealth. Much of that glory has faded, and today, even though it is …

Modena (Inscribed)
Modena
After many years of renovations, this site is finally accessible again. I first went to Modena in April 2011, only to find the cathedral and the bell tower completely covered …

Portovenere, Cinque Terre, an… (Inscribed)
Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
Italy's coast is blessed with a number of beautiful regions - Amalfi is probably the most famous, but Cinque Terre doesn't come far behind. It is quite close to the …

Residences of the Royal House… (Inscribed)
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
For over 2 centuries, the monarchs of the Savoy dynasty spent their treasure on a huge series of Baroque palaces in and around their capital of Turin. I'm normally not …