Wojciech Fedoruk

Member since May 2012

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I try to spend every day of my vacation time (lately, limited to 28-30 days per year) travelling. I travel either solo or with my wife or with the whole family. Since 2024, when my children grew up a bit (as of 2024 the older is 12, the younger is 9) and do not require constant presence of their parents, I decided to increase the frequency and pace of my travels.

I love going to remote places and always plan visiting as many WH sites as possible. Although sometimes WHS (and especially TWHS) are not rewarding, in most cases visiting them gives me much better understanding of the region I visit.

Recently I focus my trips around regions that are WHS abundant. But when there is opportunity to visit a very remote WHS (such as the Minaret of Jam) on a budget (i.e. with like-minded people willing to share the costs), I forget about this rule. One rarely visited WHS is more worthy for me than 10 easy ones.


I find this site very helpful in planning my trips to WHS or TWHS and want to pay back by writing reviews of some places that are not on the bitten path.

My most impressive site: Angkor

My proposal for a new site: Khor Virap

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Reviews by Wojciech Fedoruk

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Álvaro Siza’s Architecture by Wojciech Fedoruk

Álvaro Siza’s Architecture (Nominated)

Álvaro Siza’s Architecture

Driving the most popular motorway Lisbon-Porto we made a quick detour to see the university campus in Aveiro, especially its library building, placed on Portuguese T-List. The library, according to …

Fish Salting and Conservation in Tróia by Wojciech Fedoruk

Fish Salting and Conservation… (Removed from tentat…)

Fish Salting and Conservation in Tróia

The site is located at the top of Tróia Peninsula and can be reached either by land (around 20-30 km detour from highway Lisbon - Faro) or by ferry from …

Gadara  by Wojciech Fedoruk

Gadara (On tentative list)

Gadara

Umm Qays is located on the top of the mountain with a view of many historical regions – Jordan Valley and West Bank, See of Galilee, Golan Heights and Syria. …

Qasr Al-Mushatta by Wojciech Fedoruk

Qasr Al-Mushatta (On tentative list)

Qasr Al-Mushatta

The site is located very close to the Ammann airport, so for visitors renting a car there (very recommended for Jordan) it may be the first spot. The site is …

As-Salt by Wojciech Fedoruk

As-Salt (Inscribed)

As-Salt

Nowadays As-Salt is nothing more but a satellite city of Amman agglomeration. But until the First World War it was a serious rival of current Jordanian capital. It faced substantial …

Umm Al-Jimāl by Wojciech Fedoruk

Umm Al-Jimāl (Inscribed)

Umm Al-Jimāl

Umm el-Jimal are the ruins of Nabataean, Roman and early Byzantine town from the beginning of our era. It is located in one hour driving distance from one of the …

Shaubak Castle  by Wojciech Fedoruk

Shaubak Castle (On tentative list)

Shaubak Castle

If you have some free time after visiting Petra, going to Shaubak castle may be a good idea. The castle is located about 30 km from Petra and is easily …

Kizhi Pogost by Wojciech Fedoruk

Kizhi Pogost (Inscribed)

Kizhi Pogost

Petrozavodsk seems to be a good base for visiting at least two WHS and one TWHS. There are one-day trips to TWHS Valaam Archipelago and even Solovetsky Islands (full trip …

Ferapontov Monastery by Wojciech Fedoruk

Ferapontov Monastery (Inscribed)

Ferapontov Monastery

It is not easy to go to Ferapontov on your own. Although there are three buses daily from Vologda (direction Lipin Bor and Petrozavodsk), you have to walk around two …

Yaroslavl by Wojciech Fedoruk

Yaroslavl (Inscribed)

Yaroslavl

Yaroslavl is the biggest city of Golden Ring, easily reachable from Moscow. I came there after reading other, not very enthusiastic, reviews on this site and again it seems that …

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal by Wojciech Fedoruk

White Monuments of Vladimir a… (Inscribed)

White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal

Tserkvas of Vladimir and Suzdal are among the best preserved sacral buildings in Russia. Even during Stalinism they did not suffer that much (although many of numerous tserkvas in Suzdal …

Sviyazhsk by Wojciech Fedoruk

Sviyazhsk (Inscribed)

Sviyazhsk

About 60 km from Kazan, on the opposite side of Volga river, lays small but beautiful town of Sviyazhsk. The town was built by tsar Ivan the Terrible in order …

Bolgar by Wojciech Fedoruk

Bolgar (Inscribed)

Bolgar

It is strange that according to this site Bolgar is one of the least visited WHS in Europe, as the place is very popular during summertime. Probably the reason is …

Kazan Kremlin by Wojciech Fedoruk

Kazan Kremlin (Inscribed)

Kazan Kremlin

Reading other people's reviews of Kazan Kremlin I was wandering whether we visited the same place or everything changed so much in the last few years. I bet the latter …

Virgin Komi Forests by Wojciech Fedoruk

Virgin Komi Forests (Inscribed)

Virgin Komi Forests

This is the most remote and the least visited (not counting fresh entries) WHS on European continent and going there is definitely an adventure. But at least minimal visit is …

Tet el Bad  by Wojciech Fedoruk

Tet el Bad (On tentative list)

Tet el Bad

I have an impression that some countries create their tentative WHS lists without taking care of justification and not aiming to really nominate the places for inscription in the future. …

Rock Islands by Wojciech Fedoruk

Rock Islands (Inscribed)

Rock Islands

Palau is rather rarely visited and expensive destination, but once someone decides to go, visiting Rock Islands is the must. They are a symbol of the country, their aerial view …

Necropolis of Bet She'arim by Wojciech Fedoruk

Necropolis of Bet She'arim (Inscribed)

Necropolis of Bet She'arim

I was lucky to be in Israel shortly after inscription of Bet She'arim, otherwise most probably I wouldn't go there. That would be a pity, because this place is interesting, …

Biblical Tells by Wojciech Fedoruk

Biblical Tells (Inscribed)

Biblical Tells

Although this WHS has three locations (in different places of Israel), I visited only one – Megiddo. Megiddo is located in the area full of World Heritage Sites, around 40 …

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin by Wojciech Fedoruk

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvr… (Inscribed)

Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin

Bet Guvrin-Maresha National Park is located in about one hour drive from Jerusalem to the south, in a very nice area next to the boarder with Palestine. The complex consists …

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