There are 1092 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) sites around the world, and my goal is to visit them all! So far, I’ve managed to tick off 86, with plans to conquer many more. I love a good challenge, and in my experience, UNESCO sites are always worth visiting. Find below the full list of what I’ve managed to tick off and keep checking back as more places get added.
How many sites have you been to? Do you pick travel destinations based off of attractions? Post your answer in the comments below!
- Historic Centre of Vienna
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Historic District of Old Québec
- Old Town Lunenburg
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs
- Rideau Canal
- Landscape of Grand Pré
- Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
- Historic Centre of Prague
- Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
- Kronborg Castle
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- Vatican City
- Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
- Þingvellir National Park
- Masada
- White City of Tel-Aviv — the Modern Movement
- Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Venice and its Lagoon
- City of Verona
- Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
- Petra
- Wadi Rum Protected Area
- Kenya Lake System in the Great Rift Valley
- Historic Centre of Riga
- Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
- Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
- Bryggen
- West Norwegian Fjords – Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord
- Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
- Palestine: Land of Olives and Vines – Cultural Landscape of Southern Jerusalem, Battir
- Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments
- Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow
- Škocjan Caves
- Works of Antoni Gaudí
- Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
- Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
- Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
- City of Bath
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey including Saint Margaret’s Church
- Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church
- Tower of London
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
- Maritime Greenwich
- Dorset and East Devon Coast
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- The English Lake District
- Everglades National Park
- Statue of Liberty
- The Forth Bridge
- Giant’s Causeway and Causeway Coast
- Historic Centre of Warsaw
- Vilnius Historic Centre
- Palace and Park of Versailles
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
- La Grand-Place, Brussels
- Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
- City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications
- Medina of Fez
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou
- Kathmandu Valley
- Rila Monastery
- Historic Cairo
- Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
- Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae
- Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
- Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale
- Archaeological Site of Troy
- Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape
- Ephesus
- Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra
- Anjar
- Baalbek
- Byblos
- Tyre Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab)
