UNESCO World Heritage Sites
One of the goals of our trip is to visit as many UNESCO World Heritage sites as possible. Here is a list of what we have seen so far:
#1 – Statue of Liberty
New York City, USA
Date Visited: 5/31/15
#2 – Palau de la Música Catalana
Barcelona, Spain
Date Visited: 8/13/15
#3 – Works of Antoni Gaudí
Barcelona, Spain
Date Visited: 8/14/15
#4 – Bordeaux, Port of the Moon
Bordeaux, France
Date Visited: 8/21/15
#5 – Jurisdiction of Saint-Émilion
Saint-Émilion, France
Date Visited: 8/22/15
#6 – Paris, Banks of the Seine
Paris, France
Date Visited: 9/1/15
#7 – Palace & Park of Versailles
Versailles, France
Date Visited: 9/2/15
#8 – Palace & Park of Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau, France
Date Visited: 9/6/15
#9 – Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Mont-Saint-Michel, France
Date Visited: 9/8/15
#10 – Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémy and Palace of Tau, Reims
Reims, France
Date Visited: 9/9/15
#11 – Champagne Hillsides, Houses, and Cellars
Reims, France
Date Visited: 9/9/15
#12 – Museumsinsel (Museum Island)
Berlin, Germany
Date Visited: 9/12/15
#13 – Venice and its Lagoon
Venice, Italy
Date Visited: 9/18/15
#14 – Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)
Sicily, Italy
Date Visited: 9/20/15
#15 – Arab-Norman Palermo and the Cathedral Churches of Cefalú and Monreale
Palermo, Italy
Date Visited: 9/30/15
#16 – Meteora
Kalabaka, Greece
Date Visited: 10/7/15
#17 – Acropolis
Athens, Greece
Date Visited: 10/11/15
#18 – Historic Areas of Istanbul
Istanbul, Turkey
Date Visited: 10/29/15
#19 – Hill Forts of Rajasthan
Ranthambore, India (and other locations)
Date Visited: 11/12/15
#20 – Jantar Mantar
Jaipur, India
Date Visited: 11/14/15
#21 – Agra Fort
Agra, India
Date Visited: 11/21/15
#22 – Taj Mahal
Agra, India
Date Visited: 11/22/15
#23 – Sacred City of Anuradhapura
Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
Date Visited: 12/6/15
#24 – Golden Temple of Dambulla
Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Date Visited: 12/7/15
#25 – Ancient City of Sigiriya
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Date Visited: 12/8/15
#26 – Sacred City of Kandy
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Date Visited: 12/9/15
#27 – Central Highlands of Sri Lanka
Adam’s Peak, Sri Lanka
Date Visited: 12/12/15
#28 – Old Town of Galle and its Fortifications
Galle, Sri Lanka
Date Visited: 12/14/15
#29 – Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
Praslin, Seychelles
Date Visited: 12/26/15
#30 – Te Wahipounamu
Franz Josef, New Zealand
Date Visited: 1/24/16
#31 – Wet Tropics of Queensland
Queensland, Australia
Date Visited: 2/2/16
#32 – Great Barrier Reef
Queensland, Australia
Date Visited: 2/3/16
#33 – Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia
Date Visited: 2/5/16
#34 – Greater Blue Mountains Area
Sydney, Australia
Date Visited: 2/7/16
#35 – Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens
Melbourne, Australia
Date Visited: 2/9/16
#36 – Singapore Botanical Gardens
Singapore, Singapore
Date Visited: 3/5/16
#37 – Angkor
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Date Visited: 3/13/16
#38 – Town of Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang, Laos
Date Visited: 3/15/16
#39 – Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Okinawa, Japan
Date Visited: 4/14/16
#40 – Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
Kyoto, Japan
Date Visited: 4/20/16
#41 – Changdeokgung Palace Complex
Seoul, South Korea
Date Visited: 4/22/16
#42 – Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River National Park
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Date Visited: 4/29/16
#43 – Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
Rome, Italy
Date Visited: 6/1/16
#44 – Historic Centre of Florence
Florence, Italy
Date Visited: 6/4/16
#45 – Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands (Palmaria, Tino and Tinetto)
Vernazza, Italy
Date Visited: 6/6/16
#46 – Historic Centre of Naples
Naples, Italy
Date Visited: 6/9/16
#47 – Costiera Amalfitana
Positano, Italy
Date Visited: 6/12/16
#48 – Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
Kotor, Montenegro
Date Visited: 6/22/16
#49 – Old City of Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik, Croatia
Date Visited: 6/30/16
#50 – Serengeti National Park
Arusha, Tanzania
Date Visited: 7/4/16
#51 – Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Arusha, Tanzania
Date Visited: 7/6/16
#52 – Stone Town of Zanzibar
Zanzibar, Tanzania
Date Visited: 7/11/16
#53 – Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Date Visited: 7/19/16
#54 – La Grand-Place, Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Date Visited: 7/23/16
#55 – Historic Centre of Brugge
Bruges, Belgium
Date Visited: 7/25/16
#56 – Belfries of Belgium and France
Bruges, Belgium
Date Visited: 7/25/16
#57 – Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Brussels, Belgium
Date Visited: 7/26/16
#58 – Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
Montana, USA
Date Visited: 8/28/16
#59 – Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
Banff, Canada
Date Visited: 9/8/16
#60 – Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii, USA
Date Visited: 10/14/16