UNESCO World Heritage List
A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a place that is listed as a place of special cultural or physical significance. The list was designed to conserve and protect these precious sites of value. There are currently 1092 sites in total. Chances are if you visit one of these sites, you won’t regret it.
We make it a point to travel to a World Heritage Site whenever we are nearby. Sometimes we even intentionally plan our trips around the sites, or make a significant detour to view one. So far we’ve visited 56.
Algeria (2 of 7 sites)
- Djemila
- Tipasa
Bahrain (1 of 2 sites)
- Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
Belize (1 of 1 site)
- Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
Colombia (1 of 8 sites)
- Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
Cuba (1 of 9 sites)
Egypt (2 of 7 sites)
- Historic Cairo
- Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Greece (1 of 17 sites)
- Acropolis, Athens
Italy (3 of 54 sites)
- Historic Centre of Florence
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
- Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan
Jordan (5 of 5 sites)
- Bethany Beyond the Jordan
- Petra
- Quseir Amra
- Um er-Rasas
- Wadi Rum
Palestine (1 of 1 site)
- Birthplace of Jesus: Church of the Nativity and the Pilgrimage Route, Bethlehem
Syria (1 of 6 sites)
- Ancient City of Damascus
Turkey (2 of 11 sites)
- Historic Areas of Istanbul
- Ephesus
United States (10 of 21 sites)
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- Everglades National Park
- Grand Canyon National Park
- Great Smokey Mountains National Park
- Independence Hall
- Monticello
- Olympic National Park
- Redwood National Park
- San Antonio Missions
- Statue of Liberty
Austria (1 of 9 sites)
- Historic Center of Vienna
Belgium (2 of 11 sites)
- Historic Centre of Brugge
- La Grand Place, Brussels
Canada (1 of 17 sites)
- Historic District of Old Quebec
Czech Republic (1 of 12 sites)
- Historic Centre of Prague
Germany (2 of 36 sites)
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies
- Upper Middle Rhine Valley
Hungary (1 of 8 sites)
Iceland (1 of 3 sites)
- Thingvellir National Park
- Vatnajokull National Park
Jerusalem (1 of 1 site)
- Old City of Jerusalem
Lebanon (1 of 5 sites)
- Tyre
Mexico (2 of 31 sites)
Tunisia (5 of 8 sites)
- Ampitheatre of El Jem
- Carthage
- Dougga
- Kairouan
- Medina of Tunis
United Kingdom (5 of 28 sites)
- Blenheim Palace
- Canterbury Cathedral, St. Augustine’s Abbey, and St. Martin’s Church
- Palace of Westminster and Westminster Abbey (including Saint Margaret’s Church)
- Stonehenge
- Tower of London
Zambia (1 of 1 sites)
- Mosi-oa-Tunya / Victoria Falls