Published: Nov./Dec. 20062006 DESTINATIONS RATED
World Heritage Destinations Rated: The List, by Score

87 Norway: "West Fjords"

81 France: Vézelay

81 Spain: Alhambra and medieval Granada

80 New Zealand: Te Wahipounamu

80 Mexico: Guanajuato

79 Spain: Historic Córdoba and mosque

78 United Kingdom: City of Bath

78 Portugal: Évora

77 Austria: Salzburg historic center

77 France: Versailles and environs

77 Canada: Historic district of Québec City

77 Italy: Siena

76 Belgium: Historic center of Bruges

76 Switzerland: Jungfrau-Aletsch-Bietschhorn region

76 France: Paris, banks of the Seine

75 France: Loire Valley

75 France: Historic center of Avignon

75 Italy: Assisi

75 Australia: Uluru (Ayers Rock) and environs

74 Japan: Ancient Kyoto

74 Germany: Upper Middle Rhine Valley

73 Norway: Bryggen, Bergen

73 Greece: Delphi and environs

73 Canada/USA: Waterton-Glacier parks

73 Poland: Krakow's historic center

72 Australia: Greater Blue Mountains Area

72 Italy: Costiera Amalfitana (Amalfi Coast)

71 Hungary: Budapest

71 Brazil: Pantanal

70 Italy: Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and islands

70 United Kingdom: Jurassic Coast of Dorset and East Devon

69 USA: Historic San Juan, Puerto Rico

69 Israel: Masada

69 Chile: Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

69 Mexico: Oaxaca and Monte Albán

68 Croatia: Dubrovnik and environs

68 Latvia: Historic center of Riga

67 South Africa: Cape Floral Region, with Table Mountain

67 India: Ellora and Ajanta Caves, and Aurangabad

67 Russia: Historic center of Saint Petersburg

66 China: Qin Emperor Mausoleum, Xi'an

66 Spain: Toledo

66 Argentina: Península Valdés

66 Sri Lanka: Polonnaruwa, Sigiriya, Dambulla and environs

65 Czech Republic: Historic center of Prague

65 Syria: Aleppo

65 Germany: Cologne (Köln) cathedral and city

65 Italy: Florence

65 Turkey: Göreme and the rock sites of Cappadocia

64 Zambia: Mosi-oa-Tunya/Victoria Falls (Zambian side only)

64 Australia: Great Barrier Reef

63 Morocco: Medina of Marrakech

63 Greece: Medieval city of Rhodes

63 USA: Pueblo de Taos and Taos, New Mexico

63 Croatia: Diocletian's Palace, Split, and surroundings

62 France: Mont-Saint-Michel and its bay

62 Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park

61 Tanzania: Serengeti National Park and environs

61 Honduras: Copán and environs

61 Argentina/Brazil: Iguazú and environs

61 Portugal: Sintra

61 Brazil: Historic center of Salvador (Pelourinho)

61 Tunisia: Site of Carthage

60 China: Suzhou town and gardens

60 Saint Lucia: the Pitons and environs

59 Tanzania: Kilimanjaro

59 Bosnia and Herzegovina: Old Bridge area of Mostar

59 Jordan: Petra and environs

58 Mexico: Sian Ka'an and environs

58 Indonesia: Borobudur and environs

58 Egypt: Thebes/Luxor

57 Cuba: Old Havana and fortifications

57 Tanzania: Stone Town, Zanzibar

56 India: Agra and sights—Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri

56 United Kingdom: Stonehenge and environs

55 China: The Great Wall

54 Peru: Cuzco (1983), Machu Picchu, and the Sacred (Vilcanota) Valley

54 Jerusalem: Old City and its walls

53 Mexico: Chichén-Itzá

53 Greece: Acropolis, Athens and environs

53 Egypt: Islamic Cairo district

52 Dominican Republic: Colonial quarter of Santo Domingo

52 Peru: Nasca lines and environs

52 China: Lijiang and Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan

50 Egypt: Pyramids of Giza and environs

50 Vietnam: Ha Long Bay

48 Cambodia: Angkor and environs

48 Ethiopia: Rock-hewn churches, Lalibela

47 Belize: Barrier Reef

46 China/Tibet: Potala Palace, Lhasa, and environs

46 Italy: Venice and its lagoon

44 Ecuador: Galápagos Islands

41 Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo

39 Nepal: Kathmandu Valley

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