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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 […]
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 […]
Discover UNESCO Mud of Germany, Netherlands and Denmark There are really obvious World Heritage Sites and there are more subtle ones. The UNESCO inscribed Wadden Sea definitely belongs to the latter of the two categories. Being nothing but a seemingly endless plain of continuous mud where one would expect to find the waters of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Travel Day 687 – Yogyakarta and Borobudur on Java, INDONESIA In continuation of seeing the historical sites of central Java, today I went to see the Buddhist Borobudur Temple, another UNESCO World Heritage site… In general, the religious aspect of Indonesia seemed quite interesting as it used to be a Buddhist country at some point. […]
Travel Day 686 – Yogyakarta and Prambanan on Java, INDONESIA While exploring Yogyakarta and the Water Castle had been great, today I was off to something bigger and better, the UNESCO enlisted temples of Prambanan… But before even thinking about going to Prambanan, I still wanted to see the Kraton of Yogyakarta and luckily it […]
Travel Day 660 – Driving on Bali by Scooter, INDONESIA 05/09 Lovina via Pura Ulun Danu Batur to Toya Bungkah Since yesterday had only been a half day at the grey sand beach of Lovina, today at least the morning had to be spent again in the sun and by the sea… Surprisingly enough but the […]
Travel Day 1142 – Bagan, MYANMAR Bagan was absolutely amazing, it was simply stunning and yet it was not a UNESCO enlisted World Heritage site… When we climbed some temples yesterday and got a little bit of an overview of what the area of Bagan had to offer, we were simply in disbelieve. There were […]
Travel Day 1135 – Galle to Bangkok, THAILAND It was already my last day in Sri Lanka but I still liked to see and learn a little bit more about the amazing UNESCO Fortress City of Galle… Initially I had wanted to venture a little bit around Galle and maybe see some stilt-fishermen along the […]