Without realizing it, we’d visited many of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites on our travels. These are places that are listed by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as places of special cultural or physical significance. Now as we travel, we make a point to try to visit more of these sites.
Visiting these sites isn’t about just checking places off a list and we’ve go no specific time frame we want to see them in. UNESCO World Heritage sites are simply a guide to help us visit some of the most culturally significant places on our planet and we hope to see them all one day.
The Monastery, part of Petra, Jordan
Total number of World Heritage Sites: 1157
Sites we’ve been to: 139
Sites we’ve written about: 62
Antigua and Barbuda
Austria
- Historic Center of the City of Salzburg
- Historic Center of Vienna
- Palace and Gardens of Schonbrunn
- Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
Belgium
- Historic Center of Brugge
- La Grand-Palace, Brussels
- Flemish Béguinages
Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar
Canada
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Croatia
- Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
- Old City of Dubrovnik
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
Cyprus
- Paphos
- Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
Czechia
- Historic Center of Prague
Estonia
Finland
France
- Chartres Cathedral
- Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Historic Center of Avignon: Papal Palace, Episcopal Ensemble and Avignon Bridge
- Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)
- Jurisdiction of Saint-Emilion
- Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
- Decorated Cave of Pont d’Arc, known as Grotte Chauvet-Pont d’Arc, Ardèche
- Historic Sites of Lyon
- Canal du Midi
- Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
- The Climats, terroirs of Burgundy
- Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve
- Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt
- Fortifications of Vauban
Germany
- Hanseatic City of Lübeck
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- Historic Centers of Stralsund and Wismar
- Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen
- Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany
- The Wadden Sea
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
- Old Town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
- Speyer Cathedral
- Cologne Cathedral
Greece
- Archaeological Site of Olympia
- Delos
- Old Town of Corfu
- Acropolis, Athens
Holy See
Hungary
Iceland
Israel
- White City of Tel Aviv
- Incense Route – Desert Cities of the Negev
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
Italy
- Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Italy Maria delle Grazie with “The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
- Historic Center of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- Historic Center of Florence
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Venice and its lagoon
- Historic Center of San Gimignano
- The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera
- Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta
- Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata
- Historic Center of Siena
- Castel del Monte
- Cathedral, Torre Civica and Piazza Grande, Modena
- Amalfi Coast
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Basilica of Aquileia
- Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula
- City of Verona
- Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
- The Dolomites
- Genoa: Le Strade Nuove and the system of the Palazzi dei Rolli
- Mount Etna
- The Trulli of Alberobello
- Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
- Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily)
- Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica
- Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato
- Le Colline del Prosecco di Conegliano e Valdobbiadene
- The Porticoes of Bologna
Jordan
Latvia
- Historic Centre of Riga
Lithuania
- Vilnius Historic Centre
Luxembourg
Malta
- City of Valletta
- Megalithic Temples of Malta
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nepal
- Kathmandu Valley
The Netherlands
- Seventeenth Century Canal Ring of Amsterdam
- Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Norway
Oman
Poland
- Historic Centre of Warsaw
Portugal
- Historic Center of Oporto
- Alto Douro Wine Region
- Historic Center of Guimarães
- Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
Republic of Korea
Russia
- Ensemble of the Novodevichy Convent
- Historic Center of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
- Historical Center of the City of Yaroslavl
- Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
San Marino
- San Marino Historic Center and Mount Titano
Slovenia
Spain
- Teide National Park
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture
Switzerland
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Old City of Berne
Tanzania
- Ngorongoro Conservation Area
- Serengeti National Park
Türkiye
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church
- Tower of London
- Durham Castle and Cathedral
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
- Maritime Greenwich
- Heart of Neolithic Orkney
United States of America
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Independence Hall
- La Fortaleza and San Juan National Historic Site in Puerto Rico
- Statue of Liberty
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Redwood National and State Parks
- Yosemite National Park
