Michael Turtle

Member since May 2015

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I'm a travel journalist and blogger who started counting World Heritage Sites in 2011. Often I try to visit the sites as part of other trips - although sometimes I will go to a country just with the mission to see as many as possible.

My most impressive site: Iguazu

My proposal for a new site: Bagan, Myanmar

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    Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, Hill Forts of Rajasthan, Jaipur City, Rajasthan, Jantar Mantar, Victorian Gothic and …
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    Beijing Central Axis, Grand Canal, Imperial Tombs, Mountain Resort, Chengde, Peking Man Site ...
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About Michael Turtle

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Reviews by Michael Turtle

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Anuradhapura by Michael Turtle

Anuradhapura (Inscribed)

Anuradhapura

Unfortunately I didn't get the chance to see as much of Anuradhapura as I would've liked. I only had a few hours there as I was passing through and decided …

Speyer Cathedral by Michael Turtle

Speyer Cathedral (Inscribed)

Speyer Cathedral

The main part of the building is free for visitors but it’s worth paying the admission fee to see the Imperial Hall above the main entrance with its large artwork …

Wartburg Castle by Michael Turtle

Wartburg Castle (Inscribed)

Wartburg Castle

Although you can get up to the castle and see the outside of it for free, it’s only possible to go inside with regular guided tours. Inside the castle, the …

Classical Weimar by Michael Turtle

Classical Weimar (Inscribed)

Classical Weimar

Weimar is a pretty town (and also has an element of a second WHS - Bauhaus - which makes it doubly as interesting).

There are quite a few places within …

Muskauer Park by Michael Turtle

Muskauer Park (Inscribed)

Muskauer Park

Muskauer Park straddles the border of Germany and Poland with large parts of the garden in both countries. It’s a testament to cross-country cooperation that there is a smooth synergy …

Völklingen Ironworks by Michael Turtle

Völklingen Ironworks (Inscribed)

Völklingen Ironworks

What a wonderful site to just wander around and explore. It's enormous and feels almost like its been abandoned, the way much of it has just been left the way …

Potsdam by Michael Turtle

Potsdam (Inscribed)

Potsdam

More than two million people a year visit Potsdam but, luckily, there’s enough to see that it doesn’t feel too crowded. The whole area is about 500 hectares large and …

Zollverein by Michael Turtle

Zollverein (Inscribed)

Zollverein

I absolutely loved this site - but I'm always a fan of the industrial heritage. It's been preserved really well (although I did prefer Volklingen for its aesthetics, I have …

Bamberg by Michael Turtle

Bamberg (Inscribed)

Bamberg

It is easy to explore Bamberg by foot and, if you start at the train station and head towards the cathedral, you will pass through each of the different sections. …

Upper Middle Rhine Valley by Michael Turtle

Upper Middle Rhine Valley (Inscribed)

Upper Middle Rhine Valley

The best way to really see this WHS is to travel along the river (although I did see a few people cycling the roads along the bank - also a …

Rammelsberg and Goslar by Michael Turtle

Rammelsberg and Goslar (Inscribed)

Rammelsberg and Goslar

An awesome site - really interesting and quite unique. I don't know how famous it is, but I'm surprised there aren't more visitors.

While it may be a ‘museum’ these …

Lübeck by Michael Turtle

Lübeck (Inscribed)

Lübeck

I was a bit surprised that Lubeck wasn't included as a single site with Wismar and Stralsund - there are a lot of similarities and such a common history. But, …

Corvey by Michael Turtle

Corvey (Inscribed)

Corvey

The site was add to the World Heritage List in 2014 while I was in Germany, doing a trip to see all of the WHS's, so it was good timing …

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates by Michael Turtle

Berlin Modernism Housing Esta… (Inscribed)

Berlin Modernism Housing Estates

This is a slightly odd WHS - a bunch of apartment buildings, you ask? But they are actually surprisingly interesting. I quite enjoy sites that are still living parts of …

Luther Memorials by Michael Turtle

Luther Memorials (Inscribed)

Luther Memorials

This is one of those WHS's where the reason for inscription is actually more about something that is hard to physicalise... so they just create a reason to use some …

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) by Michael Turtle

Museumsinsel (Museum Island) (Inscribed)

Museumsinsel (Museum Island)

You could easily spend days looking through the museums here on the island in Berlin - and I wish that I could have. Instead, I only had one day to …

Quedlinburg by Michael Turtle

Quedlinburg (Inscribed)

Quedlinburg

I didn't really have any expectations for Quedlinburg and so was extremely impressed when I finally saw the place. The old town has been preserved so well and the whole …

Würzburg Residence by Michael Turtle

Würzburg Residence (Inscribed)

Würzburg Residence

What is so incredible about this site is to think that it was all basically destroyed in the Second World War and then painstakingly restored to exactly how it was …

Cologne Cathedral by Michael Turtle

Cologne Cathedral (Inscribed)

Cologne Cathedral

This is a stunning site - not just for the scale but for all the detail inside.

One of the first things that hits you about Cologne Cathedral is its …

Volubilis by Michael Turtle

Volubilis (Inscribed)

Volubilis

Considering how far they are from Rome, these ancient Roman ruins are really impressive and it must have been quite a grand outpost they had here in Morocco. As the …

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