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Discover UNESCO in Cuba: Trinidad and the Valle de los Ingenios Founded by Spanish colonizer Diego Velasquez as the third settlement of the island, the colonial gem of Trinidad is nowadays one of the best preserved towns of the Caribbean and the second in Cuba to earn a UNESCO listing after Havana. After Hernan Cortes set […]
Discover UNESCO: Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus Thought of as the birthplace of Apollo’s son, the famous healer Asclepius with his serpent entwined rod, Epidaurus once used to be the highest regarded hospital of the world. After the original hill-top sanctuary of the 6th century BC had become too small, an extensive healing center was erected […]
Discover UNESCO: Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey It was almost impossible to image that the former monastery of Corvey in its peaceful rural setting once used to be a hard fought over frontier. Located in a bend of the river Weser, Charles the Great initiated the establishment of a small basilica during the quest to […]
Let’s be honest, Athens is not a pretty city. I was actually quite shocked when arriving and expecting to find a historical city that would compare to other European capitals like Paris or Rome, but Athens turned out to be quite different in many ways. Not only was Athens unique in terms of its ancient […]
Discover UNESCO: Mont Saint-Michel and its Bay Situated on a small rocky island just off the coast between Normandy and Brittany Mont Saint-Michel is an impossible to miss landmark when driving along the Atlantic coast of France. The Gothic style abbey with its tall rising spire, situated on the already 92 meter high peak of […]
As part of our road trip through Europe, Boulogne-sur-Mer happened to be our first stop in France and it was a surprisingly pleasant one. As it turned out, Boulonge was not only located by the sea as indicated by the addition sur-Mer, but it had also been quite an important harbor town throughout the centuries. […]
Discover UNESCO: Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout Windmills are great. They are not only great because their slowly turning wings look beautiful in the flat, windswept landscapes, but also because they are an extremely fascinating type of historical architecture. These huge wood and brick machines were both workplace and home for many Dutch families in the […]
Only two kilometers off the border with northern Germany lies the small village of Bourtange, within the Dutch province of Groningen. But this was not an ordinary village, it was actually an amazingly well preserved star fort village, so well preserved that walking through the stone gates really felt like travelling back in time and […]
Berlin is famous for its wall. Well, Berlin is famous for the fact that it once had a wall that not only divided the city into east and west, but also entirely enclosed it. While Berlin was forced to exist as an island in the middle of the communist sea, the wall itself became a […]
Discover UNESCO: Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin Walking the extensive gardens of Sanssouci in Potsdam on a nice, sunny day simply is one of the best things to do when visiting Berlin. What used to be a small garrison town outside of Berlin, changed drastically when Frederick the Great decided to establish his […]
Everybody who has been to New York in recent years has been to the High Line, which has clearly become one of the main tourist attractions. What used to be simply an abandoned elevated train line with trees and weeds growing on it in the middle of the Meatpacking District, was renovated in different stages […]
Discover a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Germany Travelling to Berlin without visiting the Museum Island almost seems impossible. Located right in the center of modern-day Berlin, this island within the river Spree came a long way from being a sister city called Cölln to the center of the arts in the early 19th century. […]
The beautiful island of Bali was not only offering a wide range of beaches to relax and enjoy the sun, but also a unique cultural experience when visiting some of the many Hindu temples. Known as the island of thousand temples, Bali was actually believed to have as many as 20,000 temples in total. While […]