UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Been To

UNESCO World Heritage Sites I’ve Been To

According to the UNESCO World Heritage Site List, in 2023, there are 1199 listed properties in 168 member countries (up from 848 in 145 when I started keeping this list). Of these, I’ve only been to 102 so far, up from 36 when I started the list. Lots left to see!

Australia
Great Barrier Reef
Kakadu National Park
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Sydney Opera House

Belgium
Historic Centre of Brugge
La Grand-Place, Brussels
Flemish Béguinages

Cambodia
Angkor

Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Historic District of Old Québec
Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Rideau Canal

China
Historic Centre of Macao

Croatia
Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
Plitvice Lakes National Park
Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar

Czech Republic
Historic Centre of Prague

El Salvador
Joya de Cerén Archaeological Site

Estonia
Historic Centre (Old Town) of Tallinn

France
Chartres Cathedral
Palace and Park of Versailles
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Historic Fortified City of Carcassonne
Funerary and memory sites of the First World War (Western Front)
Strasbourg, Grande-Île and Neustadt

Germany
Cologne Cathedral
Old town of Regensburg with Stadtamhof
Aachen Cathedral
Town Hall and Roland on the Marketplace of Bremen

Greece
Acropolis, Athens
Archeological Site of Delphi
Medieval City of Rhodes
Archeological Site of Olympia
Pythagoreion and Heraion of Samos
Archaeological Sites of Mycenae and Tiryns

Guatemala
Antigua
Tikal National Park

Honduras
Maya Site of Copan

Hungary
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

Iceland
Þingvellir National Park

Italy
Historic Centre of Florence
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Historic Centre of San Gimignano
Historic Centre of Siena
Venice and its Lagoon

Japan
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Korea, South
Haeinsa Temple Janggyeong Panjeon, the Depositories for the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks
Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
Gyeongju Historic Areas
Jongmyo Shrine
Changdeokgung Palace Complex
Jeju Volcanic Island and Lava Tubes
Historic Villages of Korea: Hahoe and Yangdong
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites

Laos
Town of Luang Prabang

Luxembourg
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications

Malaysia
Melaka and George Town, Historic Cities of the Straits of Malacca

Malta
City of Valetta

Mexico
Pre-Hispanic City and National Park of Palenque
Pre-Hispanic City of Teotihuacan

The Netherlands
Schokland and Surroundings
Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
Dutch Water Defence Lines
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes

New Zealand
Te Wahipounamu
Tongariro National Park

Nicaragua
León Cathedral

Portugal
Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon
Historic Centre of Guimarães
University of Coimbra – Alta and Sofia
Historic Centre of Évora
Cultural Landscape of Sintra
Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar

Russia
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal
Lake Baikal

Singapore
Singapore Botanic Gardens

Spain
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
Burgos Cathedral
Works of Antoni Gaudí
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
Historic City of Toledo

Sweden
Agricultural Landscape of Southern Öland

Thailand
Historic City of Ayutthaya

UK
City of Bath
The English Lake District

USA
Mesa Verde National Park
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Canyon National Park
Redwood National and State Parks
Olympic National Park
Statue of Liberty
Yosemite National Park
Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Viet Nam
Complex of Hué Monuments
Hoi An Ancient Town
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park