View from Skellig Michael, Ireland; 'The Hall of Mirrors', Palace of Versailles, France; A Pompeii room, Italy.
Way back in August at the start of our trip we came across our first UNESCO World Heritage site, Skellig Michael. We debated long and hard about whether or not to fork out the money for the boat trip across to the island. We eventually decided that we would, our reason being that ‘it’s not everyday you get to see a UNESCO World Heritage Site’.
Well, it turns out that assumption wasn’t entirely true.
As we went along we were incredibly fortunate to see some pretty amazing places that have been recognized by UNESCO for their ‘outstanding universal value from the point of view of history, art or science’.
We feel amazingly lucky and humbled to have been able to see the following sites…
- Skellig Michael, Ireland
- Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, Scotland
- Westminster Abbey, England
- Tower of London, England
- Kinderdijk, Holland
- La Grand-Place of Brussels, Belgium
- Historic Centre of Brugge, Belgium
- 17th Century canal ring area of Amsterdam, Holland
- Luxembourg ancient city and fortifications, Luxembourg
- Palace and Park of Versailles, France
- Strasbourg Grand Ile, France
- Cathedral of Notre-Dame, France
- Banks of the Seine, France
- Bern Old Town, Switzerland
- Historic centre of Salzburg, Austria
- Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn, Austria
- Historic centre of Graz, Austria
- Historic centre of Vienna, Austria
- Museum Island, Berlin, Germany
- Historic centre of Prague, Czech Republic
- Škocjan Caves, Slovenia
- Historical complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian, Croatia
- Old City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
- The Cathedral of St. James in Šibenik, Croatia
- Historic centre of Rome, Italy
- Historic centre of Florence, Italy
- Piazza del Duomo, Pisa, Italy
- Venice and its Lagoon, Italy
- Historic Centre of San Gimignano, Italy
- Historic Centre of Naples, Italy
- Historic Centre of Siena, Italy
- Archeological centre of Pompeii, Italy
- Villa Adriana, Tivoli, Italy
- Val d'Orcia, Italy
Oh, and for the record, if we had our time over we would go to Skellig Michael again in a heartbeat.
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