Philipp Peterer

Switzerland \ Member since March 2010

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I started focusing my trips on WHS in 2008. Since I leave in Europe, I could greatly increase my count in the following years. Nowadays my yearly goal is to visit more sites than are added the same year.

My trips are usually rather spontaneous and I try to maximize the time I have available by adding as many WHS and TWHS as possible, preferably completing countries or regions in one visit. For efficiency, my preferred method of transport is the combination of airplane and rental car. I’ve been driving a car in more than 50 countries, including Lebanon or India.

A major obsession of mine is to visit WHS with good weather conditions. I move or cancel trips if the forecast is bad. I also have a “revisit needed” list and travel back to WHS, where I had, sometimes due to bad weather, an unsatisfying visit.

In the upcoming years, I will shift my focus to more exotic and harder to reach sites. I also plan to keep up travelling with those community members that became good friends. No better way to celebrate a milestone or finding a hidden TWHS after navigating your car through rice fields than with fellow enthusiasts.

My most impressive site: Machu Picchu

My proposal for a new site: Ancient Salamis (Northern Cyprus)

Recent Visits
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    Durmitor National Park, Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge, Vjetrenica Cave
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    Iguacu, Iguazu National Park, Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis, Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
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    April 14, 2025
    Baroque Churches, Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Tubbataha Reefs, Vigan
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About Philipp Peterer

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Reviews by Philipp Peterer

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Mahabalipuram by Philipp Peterer

Mahabalipuram (Inscribed)

Mahabalipuram

Visit January 2023 - This is one of the sites I struggle to pronounce even after I visited. Still I think Maha Bali Puram (that is how I try to …

Dholavira: A Harappan City by Philipp Peterer

Dholavira: A Harappan City (Inscribed)

Dholavira: A Harappan City

Visit December 2022 – I planned this visit together with Randi and Svein. As Randi described the site very well in her review, I will focus on the logistics.

Abbey of St Gall by Philipp Peterer

Abbey of St Gall (Inscribed)

Abbey of St Gall

After many years, thanks to a visit from Ian, I finally did a revisit of the abbey and its marvellous library. As mentioned in previous reviews, it is really the …

Historical Centre of Puerto Plata by Philipp Peterer

Historical Centre of Puerto P… (On tentative list)

Historical Centre of Puerto Plata

Puerto Plata is one of the tourist hotspots in the Dominican Republic. We spent our family vacation in one of the resorts, a few minutes’ drive from the city center. …

Lower German Limes by Philipp Peterer

Lower German Limes (Inscribed)

Lower German Limes

I visited the Lower German Limes in Germany and the Netherlands. The “Roman Disneyland” Xanten is already covered in other reviews. The museum in Cologne was in September still under …

Historic City of Harput by Philipp Peterer

Historic City of Harput (On tentative list)

Historic City of Harput

Harput is a few kilometres outside the city of Elazig. It’s about half way on the road between Divrigi and Diyarbakir. You will need to drive through Elazig to reach …

The Underground Water Structures in Gaziantep; Liv by Philipp Peterer

The Underground Water Structu… (On tentative list)

The Underground Water Structures in Gaziantep; Liv

I flew in and out of Gaziantep to cover WHS in eastern Turkey and visited the town on my last day. The proposal talks about structures in plural. There might …

Cascata delle Marmore  by Philipp Peterer

Cascata delle Marmore (On tentative list)

Cascata delle Marmore

This proposal includes the impressive and picturesque Marmore waterfall and several monasteries. Another one of these Italian sites, where they try to include completely different sites into one WHS, just …

Historic Town of Kemaliye by Philipp Peterer

Historic Town of Kemaliye (On tentative list)

Historic Town of Kemaliye

I visited Kemaliye on a detour between Divrigi and Diyarbakir. The village is located in a huge canyon and thus only accessible from the north or the south. I approached …

Nemrut Dag by Philipp Peterer

Nemrut Dag (Inscribed)

Nemrut Dag

Visited March 2022. After Nan could not make it in January due to snow, I guessed end of March should be no problem. That was a massive misjudgement. I arrived …

Mountain Chains by Philipp Peterer

Mountain Chains (On tentative list)

Mountain Chains

4 of the 5 proposed mountain chains are massively off the beaten path. I managed a short visit to Gebel Dokhkhan, the only chain within a tourist area. We sort …

Dababiya by Philipp Peterer

Dababiya (On tentative list)

Dababiya

The suggested OUV of Dababiya is that it is a one of the Global Standard-stratotype Sections and Points (GSSP). It’s a place where the boundary between the Paleocene and the …

Archaeological Site of Assos by Can SARICA

Archaeological Site of Assos (On tentative list)

Archaeological Site of Assos

I almost missed this great Greek site, because I didn’t find the entrance first. I expected (as usual) a parking lot and an easy accessible main entrance. Unfortunately the entrance …

Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization by Philipp Peterer

Ancient Cities of Lycian Civi… (On tentative list)

Ancient Cities of Lycian Civilization

I visited 4 of the currently proposed 6 Lycian cities on my trip from Xanthos to Antalya.

Xanthos

Already inscribed as a WHS, this is probably the town …

Güllük Dagi-Termessos National Park by Philipp Peterer

Güllük Dagi-Termessos Nationa… (On tentative list)

Güllük Dagi-Termessos National Park

I absolutely loved my visit to Termessos. The ruins of Greek fortified town are located within the National Park, close to Antalya. From the E87 there is a crossroad, leading …

As-Salt by Philipp Peterer

As-Salt (Inscribed)

As-Salt

Visit May 19. On my short trip to the northern part of Jordan I visited some great TWHS, like Jerash or Umm al-Jimal. And I visited As-Salt.

I parked …

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats by Philipp Peterer

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Inscribed)

Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats

I visited two locations of the Tidal Flats, up for inscription in 2020 (or maybe 2021, due to coronavirus): Suncheon Bay and the Gochang Tidal Flats.

Suncheon BayThis …

Baekje Historic Areas by Philipp Peterer

Baekje Historic Areas (Inscribed)

Baekje Historic Areas

Visit February 2020 - I managed to visit all components of the Baekje Historic Areas on my Korea trip.

Gongju clusterI started in Gongju, visiting the Gongsanseong fortress …

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen by Philipp Peterer

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa … (Inscribed)

Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen

Visit February 2020 - Dolmen sites are generally not too appealing for me, but in a land full of temples and palaces, they were a nice disruption. Unlike most others …

Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple  by Philipp Peterer

Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at … (On tentative list)

Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple

This, in my opinion, does not only deserve to be a world heritage site, It would also be Korea’s best world heritage site. Unjusa is unfortunately (or rather fortunately) very …

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