UNESCO World Heritage sites are witnesses to the history of earth and mankind. They tell the story of the country’s formation and are part of the Swiss identity. Each one of these places stands for authenticity, quality and diversity across generations.Prehistoric...
The World Heritage Tour will take you through the working fossil digs where you can chat to the palaeontologists at work in the lab. K’gari @Australia 22 Dec Where: About a one-hour ferry ride from Hervey Bay, which is a 3.5-hour drive north of Brisbane. It’s not just the ...
Total number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 20 Natural: 12, Cultural: 4, Mixed: 4 Great Barrier Reef (natural) Kakadu National Park (mixed) Willandra Lakes Region (mixed) Lord Howe Island Group (natural) Tasmanian Wilderness (mixed) Gondwana Rainforests of Australia (natural) Uluru-Kata Tjuta...
Ferrara, Italy, designated a World Heritage site in 1995. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Fontainebleau, France, designated a World Heritage site in 1981. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Fraser Island, off the southeastern coast of Queensland, Australia, designated a... ...
World Heritage Sites Visited In 2013 Australian Fossil Mammal Sites, Riversleigh/Naracoorte(Australia) Twyfelfontein or /Ui-//aes(Namibia) Namib Sand Sea(Namibia) Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church(United Kingdom) ...
Top UNESCO World Heritage Sites List Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park (Uganda) Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada) Central Amazon Conservation Complex (Brazil) Darién National Park (Panama) Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) Great Barrier Reef (Australia) Iguazú National Park (Argentina) Kenya La...
CLICK: See my tips for visiting Australia's World Heritage Sites 67% Austria Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape Semmering Railway City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg Wachau Cultural Landsc...
Selected World Heritage sites in Australia and Oceania site* country notes *The spelling or styling of place-names in this table may differ from those given on the World Heritage List; in addition, some place-names represent one or more constituent parts of larger World Heritage sites. Fra...
The Australian Convict Sites is one of the few World Heritage Sites to have multiple locations across an entire country. There are 11 sites in total in New SouthWales, Western Australia, Tasmania and Norfolk Island. I visited the 3 sites located in the Sydney area: Cockatoo Island (pictured)...
As at 2024, there are 1,223 UNESCO World Heritage Sites dotted across the globe and something we often research when planning upcoming trips is which countries have the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world! With 60 sites Italy takes the crown as the country with the mo...