Favorite UNESCO sites you have visited
Mar 18th, 2018, 06:40 AM
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Favorite UNESCO sites you have visited
Good morning
Thinking about travel plans... as usual.
I managed to visit my 70th UNESCO site in December, in Melbourne (Carlton Gardens). I wonder if technically I have more than that because when there are multiple sites listed under one main category, I just count the main category.
Anyway.
Opening this up to new ideas, worldwide. Which sites that you have visited were your favorite(s)? Due to beauty, or age, or perhaps personal history attached to it, I'd love to hear why it was important to you as well.
Inspirations for a Sunday morning...
Thinking about travel plans... as usual.
I managed to visit my 70th UNESCO site in December, in Melbourne (Carlton Gardens). I wonder if technically I have more than that because when there are multiple sites listed under one main category, I just count the main category.
Anyway.
Opening this up to new ideas, worldwide. Which sites that you have visited were your favorite(s)? Due to beauty, or age, or perhaps personal history attached to it, I'd love to hear why it was important to you as well.
Inspirations for a Sunday morning...
Mar 18th, 2018, 07:39 AM
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Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento
Lovely, small town with an interesting history, good restaurants, antique cars, etc.
Lovely, small town with an interesting history, good restaurants, antique cars, etc.
Mar 18th, 2018, 02:00 PM
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I LOVE your thread.
I have a few...
statue of Liberty gives me the chills. My great great grandparents came through Ellis Island and when I’m on the ferry looking at the statue, it’s like I’m standing in their shoes. There’s something immensely powerful about the American story of emigration. Not knowing what you’ll find when you get there, but hoping you’ll find a better future.
redwoods NP- the trees are so big. Just a marvel.
In Europe- Rome. One of those few cities where when the light is just right, you can believe you’ve time travelled.
I have a few...
statue of Liberty gives me the chills. My great great grandparents came through Ellis Island and when I’m on the ferry looking at the statue, it’s like I’m standing in their shoes. There’s something immensely powerful about the American story of emigration. Not knowing what you’ll find when you get there, but hoping you’ll find a better future.
redwoods NP- the trees are so big. Just a marvel.
In Europe- Rome. One of those few cities where when the light is just right, you can believe you’ve time travelled.
Mar 18th, 2018, 08:09 PM
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We have been to close to 90 sites and, by coincidence because I did know they were listed, another 6 or 7 this year. Some of favorites for very different reasons are Cappadocia in Turkey, Medina in Marrakesh, Tikal in Guatemala, and the Alhambra and cave drawings at Altamira in Spain.
Mar 19th, 2018, 08:02 PM
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I just checked for this posting. I actually had no idea what was a UNESCO site and what wasn't. I understand the choices have recently turned into a political and economic morass, as opposed to being sites of genuine consequence and influence, and the more recent additions are a bit suspect. But I did a quick check and probably missed some. The ones I cited above, are some of my fondest travel memories, regardless of designation.
