I'm not sure what I can say you you wouldn't already know about Rome. It's an incredible city full of history and heritage. The struggle here, I imagine, was choosing …
Michael Turtle
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My most impressive site: Iguazu
My proposal for a new site: Bagan, Myanmar
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- Aachen Cathedral
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch
- Acropolis
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Ancient Kyoto
- Ancient Nara
- Ancient Thebes
- Angkor
- Antigua Naval Dockyard
- Anuradhapura
- Aphrodisias
- Aquileia
- Aranjuez
- Archaeological Site of Delphi
- Arequipa
- Assisi
- Auschwitz Birkenau
- Australian Convict Sites
- Ayutthaya
- Baekje Historic Areas
- Bagan
- Bali Subak system
- Bamberg
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
- Baroque Churches
- Bauhaus Sites
- Beemster Polder
- Belem
- Belfries
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates
- Blenheim Palace
- Bordeaux
- Borobudur
- Botanical Garden, Padua
- Brugge
- Brú na Bóinne
- Bryggen
- Budapest
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
- Calakmul
- Campeche
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Canterbury
- Cape Floral Region
- Caral-Supe
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust
- Centennial Hall
- Central Highlands
- Cesky Krumlov
- Chan Chan
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex
- Chavin
- Chichen-Itza
- Chitwan National Park
- Choirokoitia
- Churches of Chiloé
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- City of Bath
- City of Luxembourg
- Classical Weimar
- Cologne Cathedral
- Colonia del Sacramento
- Corvey
- Costiera Amalfitana
- Crespi d'Adda
- Cueva de las Manos
- Cuzco
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Delos
- Drottningholm
- Dubrovnik
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Durmitor National Park
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs
- Edinburgh
- Ephesus
- Epidaurus
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Euphrasian Basilica in Porec
- Fagus Factory
- Ferrara
- Flemish Béguinages
- Florence
- Fraser Island
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Fujisan
- Funerary and memory sites of the First World War
- Gamzigrad-Romuliana
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz
- Gaya Tumuli
- Genbaku Dome
- Genoa
- Giant's Causeway
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Gondwana Rainforests
- Gorham's Cave Complex
- Grand Place, Brussels
- Graz
- Great Barrier Reef
- Greater Blue Mountains
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Great Wall
- Gwynedd Castles
- Gyeongju
- Haeinsa Temple
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
- Hawaii Volcanoes
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago
- Hildesheim Cathedral and Church
- Historic Cairo
- Hoi An
- Holasovice
- Hollókö
- Holy Trinity Column
- Horyu-ji Area
- Huascaran National Park
- Hué
- Hwaseong Fortress
- Iguacu
- Iguazu National Park
- Imperial Palace
- Independence Hall
- Ir. D.F. Woudagemaal
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya
- Istanbul
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- Jongmyo Shrine
- Kakadu National Park
- Kandy
- Kathmandu Valley
- Kernavė
- Kew Gardens
- Kii Mountain Range
- Kinderdijk
- Komodo National Park
- Kotor
- Kraków
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou
- Kutna Hora
- La Lonja de la Seda
- Laurisilva of Madeira
- Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape
- Le Havre
- Lenggong Valley
- Lima
- Litomysl Castle
- Lord Howe Island
- Los Glaciares
- Luang Prabang
- Lübeck
- Lumbini
- Luther Memorials
- Machu Picchu
- Maison Carrée of Nîmes
- Major Town Houses
- Margravial Opera House
- Maulbronn Monastery
- Mazagan
- Medici Villas and Gardens
- Medina of Essaouira
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Medina of Tétouan
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
- Meknes
- Melaka and George Town
- Messel Pit
- Mining Sites of Wallonia
- Mir Castle
- Modena
- Monticello
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun
- Mudejar Architecture of Aragon
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
- Muskauer Park
- Mycenae and Tiryns
- My Son
- Mystras
- Namhansanseong
- Namib Sand Sea
- Naples
- Nasca Lines
- Nesvizh
- Nice
- Nikko
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- Notre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai
- Nubian Monuments
- Old Town of Galle
- Olympia
- Oporto
- Palenque
- Pannonhalma
- Paphos
- Paraty and Ilha Grande
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Peninsula Valdes
- Petra
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
- Pienza
- Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Ping Yao
- Plantin-Moretus Museum
- Polonnaruva
- Pompei
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Pont du Gard
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands
- Potsdam
- Prague
- Prambanan
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Pyu Ancient Cities
- Qhapaq Ñan
- Québec
- Quedlinburg
- Quseir Amra
- Rabat
- Rammelsberg and Goslar
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple
- Ravenna
- Regensburg
- Reichenau
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy
- Rhodes
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Riga
- Rio de Janeiro
- Robben Island
- Rock Carvings in Tanum
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka
- Rome
- Royal Exhibition Building
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Royal Palace at Caserta
- Saint-Emilion
- Salzburg
- Samarkand
- Sanchi
- San Gimignano
- San Marino and Mount Titano
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
- Santa Maria delle Grazie
- Sarazm
- Schokland
- Schönbrunn
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies
- Seville
- Sewell Mining Town
- Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Sian Ka'an
- Siena
- Sigiriya
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor
- Silk Roads: Zarafshan-Karakum Corridor
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Sintra
- Skogskyrkogarden
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District
- Speyer Cathedral
- Split
- Stari Grad Plain
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Statue of Liberty
- Stoclet House
- Stonehenge
- Stralsund and Wismar
- Studenica Monastery
- Sukhothai
- Sulaiman-Too
- Sydney Opera House
- Taj Mahal
- Talayotic Menorca
- Tallinn
- Tarraco
- Tasmanian Wilderness
- Telc
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Temple of Heaven
- Te Wahipounamu
- Thang Long
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
- The Four Lifts
- The Porticoes of Bologna
- Thessalonika
- The trulli of Alberobello
- Tikal National Park
- Toledo
- Tomioka Silk Mill
- Tower of London
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen
- Trang An
- Trebic
- Trier
- Trogir
- Tugendhat Villa
- Uluru
- Um er-Rasas
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Uxmal
- Val d'Orcia
- Valletta
- Valparaiso
- Van Nellefabriek
- Vatican City
- Venetian Works of Defence
- Venice and its Lagoon
- Verona
- Versailles
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Vienna
- Vigan
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Villa d'Este
- Vilnius
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont
- Völklingen Ironworks
- Volubilis
- Wachau Cultural Landscape
- Wadden Sea
- Wadi Al-Hitan
- Wadi Rum
- Warsaw
- Wartburg Castle
- Western Tien-Shan
- Westminster
- Wet Tropics of Queensland
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines
- Willandra Lakes
- Würzburg Residence
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Yogyakarta
- Yosemite National Park
- Zollverein
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Top 10 Missing
- Galapagos Islands 4.62
- Rapa Nui 4.49
- Yellowstone 4.48
- Victoria Falls 4.47
- Serengeti 4.41
- Grand Canyon 4.40
- Granada 4.39
- Persepolis 4.37
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.37
- Ngorongoro 4.35
Completed Countries
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About Michael Turtle
- First name
- Michael
- Member since
- May 2015
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #103
- WHS
- 366
- Tentative Sites
- 31
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 136
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Kakadu National Park 5.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 5.0
- Cesky Krumlov 5.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- San Gimignano 4.0
- Willandra Lakes 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 3.5
- Flemish Béguinages 3.5
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Epidaurus 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Grand Place, Brussels 3.5
- Volubilis 3.0
- Mining Sites of Wallonia 3.0
- Gardens and Castle at Kromeríz 3.0
- Modena 3.0
- Stari Grad Plain 3.0
- Sian Ka'an 3.0
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
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Reviews by Michael Turtle


Preah Vihear Temple (Inscribed)
Preah Vihear Temple
It's not an easy place to get to but it's worth the effort. I organised a driver from Siem Reap and that was definitely the easiest way to do it. …

Salzburg (Inscribed)
Salzburg
Just the name ‘Salzburg’ is enough to conjure up images of European modern fairytale – majestic churches, colourful facades, quaint shops on quiet streets, narrow bridges over a wide river. …

Citadel of the Ho Dynasty (Inscribed)
Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
The citadel is in a small town called Vinh Loc. I couldn’t find mention of any tours that go there and there is no direct public transport options for other …

Nikko (Inscribed)
Nikko
The town itself feels like a ski resort in summer… which it kind of is. But what I mean is that the visitors come for the day to walk in …

Phong Nha - Ke Bang (Inscribed)
Phong Nha - Ke Bang
As a regular tourist, you can only walk through the first kilometre and a half of Paradise Cave, although there are special tours that can take you further. This first …

Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipel… (Inscribed)
Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago
Ha Long has big problems - overcrowding, pollution, and an inconsistent tourism product. That doesn't take away from the beauty of the place but it does present some concerns.
It's …

The Architectural Work of Le … (Inscribed)
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
On a trip to Japan a few years ago I made the effort to go and see the National Museum of Western Art in Tokyo – mainly because I knew …

Ancient Nara (Inscribed)
Ancient Nara
Seven constructions within Nara have been designated as part of an official World Heritage Site. Although there are other things to see, together they form the best examples of the …

Ancient Kyoto (Inscribed)
Ancient Kyoto
Within the city, there are 17 specific places that have been designated as part of the official Kyoto listing on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It’s impossible to see them …

Peninsula Valdes (Inscribed)
Peninsula Valdes
I think the authorities have done an excellent job of protecting the peninsula and making it accessible for tourists. There are a lot of information booths and good viewing points …

Cueva de las Manos (Inscribed)
Cueva de las Manos
This is not an easy place to get to but I did not regret the effort to get here. If you have your own car, then you can drive here …

Los Glaciares (Inscribed)
Los Glaciares
There is a lot to the region that the WHS includes - it's easy to spend weeks here if you really wanted. I loved spending some time based in El …

Greater Blue Mountains (Inscribed)
Greater Blue Mountains
I grew up in Sydney and never really appreciated what a magnificent WHS was just an hour's drive away. The main road that goes through the mountains offers easy access …

Gondwana Rainforests (Inscribed)
Gondwana Rainforests
The Dorrigo National Park is popular partly because it is a perfect example of the ancient rainforests but also because it’s easily accessible from coastal holiday towns like Coffs Harbour. …

Uluru (Inscribed)
Uluru
A few hours on the ground is long enough to feel the energy of Uluru but not long enough to become absorbed by it. Many parts of the site – …

Istanbul (Inscribed)
Istanbul
My highlight of the Istanbul site is definitely the juxtaposition of the Blue Mosque and the Hagia Sophia.
The two buildings look across the crowded square at each other. Like …

Xanthos-Letoon (Inscribed)
Xanthos-Letoon
Even today, the capital of Lycia gives you the impression that this was a civilisation that was able to do things on a grand scale. The twin sites of Xanthos …

Hierapolis-Pamukkale (Inscribed)
Hierapolis-Pamukkale
These days the ruins of Hierapolis are still there and are worth visiting. The hotels, on the other hand, have been completely demolished after it was decided they were causing …

Westminster (Inscribed)
Westminster
It's one of the most iconic sites in London so it's no surprise that it's a WHS many people have ticked off. But unfortunately it is much harder to get …