Martina Rúčková

Member since August 2017

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My most impressive site: Jerusalem

My proposal for a new site: Oxford

Check out my website: https://blog.sme.sk/ruckova

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    May 9, 2025
    Eisinga Planetarium, Schwerin Residence Ensemble
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    Jan. 3, 2025
    Su Nuraxi di Barumini
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    Dec. 30, 2024
    Gulf of Porto
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About Martina Rúčková

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Reviews by Martina Rúčková

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The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm by Martina Rúčková

The forts of Rostaq and al-Ha… (On tentative list)

The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm

In case of this TWHS, the road taken was even more interesting than the actual site. We saw the burial tumuli of Al-Ayn and then decided to drive the shortest …

Barbar Temple by Martina Rúčková

Barbar Temple (On tentative list)

Barbar Temple

We visited this site recently after seeing both Bahraini's WHSs. We drove towards the Oil Museum, then back through many burial mounds and ended up in the village Barbar. There …

Pearling by Martina Rúčková

Pearling (Inscribed)

Pearling

Just to confirm the previous guesses, the heritage trail is still not really happening, so for anyone wishing to visit some or most of the locations, just mark them in …

Mission Ruins of Venn's Town by Martina Rúčková

Mission Ruins of Venn's Town (On tentative list)

Mission Ruins of Venn's Town

The site of Mission ruins of Venn's Town was set up in the late 19th century and its main importance lies with taking care of children abandoned on Seychelles after …

Sigiriya by Martina Rúčková

Sigiriya (Inscribed)

Sigiriya

We travelled to Sigiryia from Dambulla by our rental car, it's an easy ride of about an hour. You can get inside the site by car, the parking spot is …

Qalhat by Martina Rúčková

Qalhat (Inscribed)

Qalhat

Qalhat is a former port town founded somwhere before 1500 BC, destroyed 3000 years later. Once a prosperous centre now lies buried in the sands of time, quite literally, as …

Western Caucasus by Martina Rúčková

Western Caucasus (Inscribed)

Western Caucasus

Russia's natural beauty is something to behold. Even though I'm not a fan of hiking myself and I much prefer city landscapes, after being dragged kicking and screaming, and, sometimes …

Lake Baikal by Martina Rúčková

Lake Baikal (Inscribed)

Lake Baikal

Lake Baikal is one of those WHSs you can dedicate more time to and you will not regret it. And while we're at it, let me recommend you to plan …

Virgin Komi Forests by Martina Rúčková

Virgin Komi Forests (Inscribed)

Virgin Komi Forests

The virgin forests of Komi Republic are one of the more remote WHS of Russia. When I thought about visiting them, I was mentally preparing myself for something akin to …

Ferapontov Monastery by Luis Filipe Gaspar

Ferapontov Monastery (Inscribed)

Ferapontov Monastery

My husband Ivan and I have visited this WHS on a very gloomy and rainy August day in 2013. We turned it into a day trip from Moscow – we …

Volcanoes of Kamchatka by Martina Rúčková

Volcanoes of Kamchatka (Inscribed)

Volcanoes of Kamchatka

This is one of those WHS that truly deserve a trip of their own and contain so many parts and places that even with a week at your disposal, you'll …

Lena Pillars by Martina Rúčková

Lena Pillars (Inscribed)

Lena Pillars

On our way to Kamchatka, we have made a detour through Yakutsk. It's a good way to get to Kamchatka, as direct flights from Moscow to Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy are much …

Sarazm

Sarazm (Inscribed)

Sarazm

The ancient site of Sarazm is to be found about 15 kms west off Penjikent in north-western part of Tajikistan. Travelling from Dushanbe, it takes about 4-5 hours to reach …

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park by marcel staron

Alejandro de Humboldt Nationa… (Inscribed)

Alejandro de Humboldt National Park

Visited in January 2013. The last part of our journey through Cuba was the historically first town on the island, Baracoa. It's the base from which you can easily get …

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Tauric Chersonese (Inscribed)

Tauric Chersonese

Visited in October 2014. This WHS is located on the Crimean peninsula. Today due to geopolitics the easiest way to visit is through Moscow and via some of the connecting …

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