Unesco
We have been lucky enough to visit many cool places on our travels, but to be able to experience sites, places and buildings which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites is truly a wonderful and exciting feeling.
UNESCO is and I quote “A World Heritage Site is a landmark or area which is selected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as having cultural, historical, scientific or other form of significance, and is legally protected by international treaties. The sites are judged important to the collective interests of humanity”
Below, categorised by country, you will find blog posts from each of the sites we have had the pleasure of visiting… and there is many more we would like to add to this list.
Australia
Uluru- Kata Tjuta National Park
Australian Convict Sites- Hyde Park Barracks
Austria
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
Belgium
Cambodia
China
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang – The Forbidden City
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor- Xian
Czech Republic
France
Hungary
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrassy Avenue
India
Indonesia
Italy
Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
Malta
New Zealand
Te Wahipounamu – South West New Zealand
Poland
Spain
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
Works of Antoni Gaudí-Crypt of La Sagrada Familia
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
Serra de Tramuntana, mountain range, Mallorca
United Kingdom
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Vietnam