Places visited in the World
"The tender friendship that one gives up, on parting, leave their bite of the heart,
but also a curious feeling of a treasure somewhere buried."
[Antoine de Saint-Exupery, 1900-1944]
Number of Countries
The following is a counting of how many places I've visited in the World.
A very reasonable way of counting this is suggested by
Travelers' Century
Club, and below is the latest counting as of
30th of June 2011.
Europe: 32/67
Atlantic: 3/13
North America: 3/6
Central America: 0/7
South America: 2/13
Caribbean: 0/30
Africa: 7/53
Middle East: 4/20
Indian Ocean: 0/14
Asia: 16/50
Pacific: 3/39
Antarctica: 0/7
Total: 70/317
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
UNESCO World Heritage
Sites, and below is the latest counting as of
30th of June
2011.
Europe: 53 sites

Historic Centre of Vienna

La Grand-Place, Brussels

Historic Centre of Prague

Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church

Roskilde Cathedral

Kronborg Castle

Fortress of Suomenlinna (Findland)

Chartres Cathedral

Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay

Palace and Park of Versailles

Pont du Gard (Roman Aqueduct)

Paris, Banks of the Seine

Historic Site of Lyons

The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes

Hanseatic City of Lübeck

Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin

Acropolis, Athens

Archaeological Site of Olympia

Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue

Church and Dominican Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie with "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci (Milan)

Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights

Historic Centre of Florence

Piazza del Duomo, Pisa

Venice and its Lagoon

Historic Centre of San Gimignano

Vatican City

Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites

Val d'Orcia

Ferrara, City of the Renaissance, and its Po Delta

Historic Centre of Naples

Historic Centre of Siena

Early Christian Monuments of Ravenna

Archaeological Areas of Pompei, Herculaneum and Torre Annunziata

Costiera Amalfitana

City of Verona

The Dolomites

Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon

Historic Centre of Évora

Cultural Landscape of Sintra

Laurisilva of Madeira

Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments

Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow

Works of Antoni Gaudí

Teide National Park

Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture

Old City of Berne

Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces

Historic Areas of Istanbul

Durham Castle and Cathedral

Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church

Tower of London

Old and New Towns of Edinburgh

Maritime Greenwich
Atlantic: No Unesco World Heritage sites visited!
North America: 5 sites

Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks

Rideau Canal

Independence Hall

Statue of Liberty

Yosemite National Park
Central America: Never been there!
South America: Never been there!
Caribbean: Never been there!
Africa: 13 sites

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Historic Cairo

Memphis and its Necropolis - the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

Medina of Fez

Medina of Marrakesh

Archaeological Site of Volubilis

Ngorongoro Conservation Area

Serengeti National Park

Kilimanjaro National Park

Stone Town of Zanzibar

Medina of Tunis

Site of Carthage

Kairouan
Middle East: 5 sites

Meidan Emam, Esfahan

Persepolis

Pasargadae

Tabriz Historic Bazaar Complex

Persian Gardens (Chehel Sotoun in Esfahan)
Indian Ocean: Never been there!
Asia: 19 sites

Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor

The Great Wall

Temple of Heaven: an Imperial Sacrificial Altar in Beijing

Mogao Caves

Historic Centre of Macao

Parthian Fortresses of Nisa

State Historical and Cultural Park "Ancient Merv"

Historic Centre of Bukhara

Samarkand - Crossroads of Cultures

Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain

The Jantar Mantar, Jaipur

Agra Fort

Taj Mahal

Humayun's Tomb, Delhi

Mountain Railways of India

Red Fort Complex

Fort and Shalamar Gardens in Lahore

Lake Baikal
Pacific: 9 sites

Great Barrier Reef

Tasmanian Wilderness

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Wet Tropics of Queensland

Fraser Island

Greater Blue Mountains Area

Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens

Sydney Opera House

Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand
Antarctica: Never been there!
The total number of sites visited are: 104 sites