All About World Heritage Sites (...and more)

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Each site has so many stories to tell. So many lessons to learn from.

Guides, history, and travel tips for UNESCO sites from all over the world.

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Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu

Babylon

TOP 3 GATEWAYS (per country)

The World Heritage Site list can overwhelm you with its LONG list (1000+ entries), and the entry’s naming does not always help in identifying which region or city we should head to for the visit unless we delve into the details.

I am compiling the list of gateways to make it easier to plan for the travel and accommodation. The gateways should have airport and have sufficient accommodation facility. However, please exercise your own judgement as this is just a guideline..

Below is the top three gateways to sites, per country. More gateways in the particular country can be found by just CLICKING the country on the left column of the table below.

This activity is still in “work in progress” stage. 113/1358 sites are completed. More to come.

COUNTRIES	TOP 3 GATEWAYS
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria	Setif
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda	Saint John’s
Argentina
Armenia
Australia	Sydney, Hobart
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus	Minsk
Belgium	Brussels
Belize	Belize City, San Pedro
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinatioal State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil	Belo Horizonte, Rio de Janeiro
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria	Burgas
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia	Siem Reap
Cameroon
Canada	Calgary, Sept-Iles
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China	Huangshan, Dunhuang, Shanghai
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cote d’Ivoire
Croatia	Zadar
Cuba
Cyprus
Czechia	Prague
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Denmark	Sisimiut, Kangerlussuaq
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt	Aswan, Luxor, Alexandria
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea	Asmara
Estonia	Tallinn
Eswatini
Ethiopia	Aksum
Fiji
Finland
France	Paris, Marseille, Nimes
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany	Cologne/Bonn, Duesseldorf, Frankfurt
Ghana
Greece	Athens, Kalamata, Kavala
Grenada
Guatemala	Guatemala City
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India	Aurangabad, Hubballi, Patna
Indonesia
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Tabriz
Iraq	Baghdad, Erbil
Ireland	Kerry
Israel
Italy	Palermo, Perugia, Naples
Jamaica
Japan	Osaka, Shirahama
Jordan	Amman, Aqaba
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	Vientiane, Savannakhet, Luang Prabang
Latvia	Riga
Lebanon	Beirut
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya	Tripoli
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar	Mahajanga, Morondava
Malawi
Malaysia	Miri, Kuala Lumpur, Mulu
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius	Port Louis
Mexico	San Jose del Cabo, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
Micronesia (Federated State of)
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro	Tivat
Morocco	Fes
Mozambique
Myanmar	Bagan/Nyaung-U
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Macedonia
Norway	Bergen
Oman	Muscat
Pakistan	Karachi, Moenjodaro
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru	Cusco
Philippines	Puerto Princesa
Poland	Krakow, Rzeszow
Portugal	Porto, Lisbon
Qatar	Doha
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova
Romania	Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca
Russian Federation	Kazan
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia	Riyadh, Damman, Hofuf
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles	Victoria
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Spain	Madrid, Malaga, Granada
Sri Lanka	Colombo, Sigiriya
State of Palestine	Amman (Jordan); Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel)
Sudan	Khartoum
Suriname
Sweden
Switzerland	Zurich
Syrian Arab Republic	Aleppo
Tajikistan
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkiye	Izmir, Denizli, Kars
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Republic of Tanzania
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Viet Nam	Dong Hoi, Da Nang
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe