Articles related to "Unesco World Heritage"



Boating in Glacier Bay NP
Plan a boating trip to Glacier Bay, part of the UNESCO World Heritage system. Hundreds of boaters cruise Glacier Bay each year. You could be one of them!
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Italy's Cinque Terre National Park
The Italian Riviera, stretching from the northern port of Genova to the naval base of La Spezia to its south, has always been a popular tourist destination.
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Medieval Carcassonne and Bastide-Saint Louis
Include medieval Carcassonne in your new year's travel plan
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Pannonhalma the 1000 year old monastery
Pannonhalma is on the edge of the plain in North-western Hungary. It is known for its thousand years old Benedictine monastery on a 182 m high hill. Pannonhalma is only 18 km from Györ on the Route No 82
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UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO World Heritage Sites include such natural wonders as the Grand Canyon and man-made wonders such as Egypt's Pyramids. How to visit, protect, and support them.
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Canada - Halifax and the Titanic
Nova Scotia's capital city Halifax and the Titanic are forever linked with the 1912 sinking of the Titanic. Most of the victims are buried in the city's main church yard.
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Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic
Just a couple of hours from Prague, the UNESCO World Heritage site of Cesky Krumlov is a town well-known for its castle, beer, and unique jewelry.
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Cologne - Carnivals & Cathedrals
Cologne is a much underated city in guide books. Germany's oldest city has many attractions for the visitor including its famous cathedral, carnival and comedy festival.
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Cordoba Argentina - Rich in History & Atmosphere
Cordoba's rich historic heart, easily explored on foot, is both interesting and atmospheric. On the outskirts an historic route leads to 4 Jesuit Estancias.
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Croatia's Plitvice Lakes
For me, Croatia's Plitvice Lakes National Park is the most beautiful place in the world. You must enjoy the lakes, waterfalls and forest of this UNESCO Heritage site.
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Guide to Travel in the Baltics
The three Baltic nations – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania –are just emerging from the shadow of their USSR past to become tourist destinations in their own right.
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Japan's Tourist Attractions
Although expensive and rarely visited by budget travellers, Japan's urban centres offer glitzy nightlife and a door through which to explore the country's history.
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Lithuania's Curonian Spit
Baltic Sea beaches are a summer holiday haven and the UNESCO Heritage Curonian Spit in Lithuania is a wide sandy spot just waiting for a beach towel - and a sweater!
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Meknes: Morocco's Forgotten Jewel
Travelers to Morocco take heed: While the tour books may skip over Morocco's least known imperial capital, Meknes is worth the trip.
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National Hiking Trails
Hungary is a little country, but it has a lots of interesting and beautiful regions, hills with deep forests, valleys with clear streams, plains with unique animals not to mention historical sites and local architects. National hiking trails lead you to the most beautiful regions.
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Trogir, Unesco Heritage in Croatia
An ideal day trip from the major Dalmatian Coast city of Split, Croatia's Trogir is a village of Romanesque and Renaissance architecture settled onto a tiny island.
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First Pass Under Heaven
This week begins a month-long look at some "great walls."
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Explore Africa's Cameroon
Cameroon is often called Africa-all-in one. It has rainforests and mountains; beach resorts and big cities - but it is the arts and culture and you'll remember.
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Getting to Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Transportation to Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, is easy allowing Reformation sights to be seen on a day trip from Leipzig and Berlin by train or car.
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Italy Trivia: Sicily Travel Facts
Information on Barbarossa, Scylla and Charydbis, Bellini, The Godfather, Teatro Massimo, Archimedes, St Agata, Garibaldi, Aeolian islands and Doric temples in Italy.
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Jesuit Missions Cordoba Argentina
Argentina's Cordoba Province owes much to the Jesuits who not only established the University of San Carlos in 1613 but successfully farmed the fertile land.
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Lutherstadt Wittenberg in Germany
Lutherstadt Wittenberg is closely associated with the Lutheran Reformation in Germany. Popular sights include the Lutherhaus Museum, Schlosskirche, and Cranach Workshop.
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Normandy Travel Facts & Trivia
Northern France: Information on the Museum for the Peace, the Charles De Gaulle Memorial, D-Day beaches, Mont St Michel, and Memorials at Pointe du Hoc & Omaha.
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Old Town Warsaw Sights
Warsaw's central Old Town might have been destroyed in World War II, but the museums and castles around Castle Square and Old Town Square give a good insight into Poland.
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Pacific Islands Update
There's lots happening around the Pacific on big islands and small, even on atolls.
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Spain's Alcalá de Henares.
Alcalá de Henares is a beautiful little Spanish town, with a famous Cervantes Museum, Plaza and University focused around this classic novelist.
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The Boyana Church Museum
Sometimes a museum is actually the exhibit. The medieval frescoes at Boyana Church National History Museum in Bulgaria, preserve the Veliko Turnovo School of Painting.
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Top Sights in Lübeck, Germany
Lübeck is famous for brick-Gothic architecture including the Marienkirche, Rathaus (Town Hall), and Holstentor, the Baroque Buddenbrook House, and Niederegger marzipan.
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Travel to Martin Luther Sights
Top sights in Germany associated with Protestant church reformer Martin Luther are Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Eisenach, the Wartburg, Erfurt, Eisleben, Worms, and Coburg.
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Belgian Museum of Printing History
Discover there is nothing modern about the Garamond font on your PC. Visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus/ Prentenkabinet, Antwerpen - UNESCO World Heritage, in Belgium.
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Hammerhead Heaven
Some of the loneliest dots on the ocean could play a pivotal role in our future.
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The Philippines Travel Fact File
With 7107 islands to explore, the famous Boracay island, Baroque churches, historic Spanish colonies, indigenous tribes, what you need to know begins here.
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Probing on Philippine Old Churches
Churches, especially the ancient ones, are considered tourist destinations. With this as background, I opted to probe on the condition of Philippine century-old churches. (Based on the story written by the same author for the Philippine Panorama.)
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Cities to Visit in Eastern Europe: Mostar
Bombarded by the Serbian army during the Bosnian War and wracked by genocidal ethnic and religious conflict, Mostar combines historic beauty with modern horror.
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Iquassu Falls Park in Brazil
Iguassu Falls National Park in Brazil features adventure tours, boat rides, a canyon walk and is located next to a bird park.
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National Parks in Hungary
I would like to show you Hungarian National Parks, where you can discover lots of interesting and rare plants and animals. In National Parks make sure to take the colour coded and educational trails and the bicycle trail. I hope you will visit one or more of them when you visit Hungary.
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Quedlinburg, Half-timbered Historic City
This attractive town is compact, with a wealth of old medieval half-timbered buildings lining the large market area.
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Sight Seeing in Medieval Berne
With architecture and history reaching back to the middle ages, Berne is the place to see the storybook Switzerland of fairy tales and Heidi films.
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The Majestic Beauty of the Canadian Rockies
Highlighting the natural wonders of the Canadian Rockies.
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Ukrainian Capital Highlights
Kyiv's an especially historic city, with sights like the St Sophia Cathedral Complex and the Caves Monastery dating back to the eleventh century.
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Vikings in North America: 1000 years
This week, after searching many hours for an article topic I have found one: the first Europeans to make it across the Atlantic Ocean.
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Visit Mamallapuram's Temples In South India
The Tamil Nadu town of Mamallapuram is an old temple town, a modern day stone carving center, and a cheap South Indian backpacker beach resort all in one.
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Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is wild, beautiful, full of wildlife, and threatened.

Ayutthaya and Sukhothai Thailand's Old Capitals
Old Siamese capitals of Ayutthaya and Sukhothai are UNESCO World Heritage Sites and within easy reach of Thailand's modern capital Bangkok.
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Bergen, Norway's Coastal Beauty
Norway's second largest city is its most picturesque, with it's oceanside location, Hanseatic League buildings, world-class aquarium, inviting downtown and natural charm.
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Bridges of Budapest
Danube, which is the largest river of Hungary, cuts the country into two. The bridges of Budapest have main role on the transport and economy of Hungary. This article shows you the Chain Bridge.
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Discover Philippines
Visitors have been enchanted with the beauty of Philippines and the charms of its people. Find out what drove some to make it their new home or prompted others to return.
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Iquazu Falls Park in Argentina
Iguazu Falls National Park in Argentina features good walking trails, train rides, boat rides and roaring waterfalls.
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Medieval Castles in the Alsace
France's Alsace has countless feudal castles. Haut-Barr is a major tourist attraction. Hiking to castle ruins on the Alsace-Palatinate border leads off the trodden trail.
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Mini Guide to Aleppo, Syria
Things to see and do in the Middle East's friendliest city, including the Citadel, the Great Mosque, the souq, the Baron Hotel, and the Jdeide quarter.
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