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WORLD HERITAGE TRAVEL PLANNER

World Heritage Sites: Explore and Plan Your Trip

Browse 1273 current World Heritage properties by country, category and inscription year. Use BookMyDestination travel-planning links where available, and open the official UNESCO record for each site.

World Heritage at a glance

The current World Heritage List includes 1273 properties: 991 cultural, 240 natural and 42 mixed. Shortlist the sites that fit your route, then check current access, opening arrangements, tickets or permits, seasonality and local visiting rules before you travel.

1273Current properties
991Cultural
240Natural
42Mixed
336With BMD travel planning
Showing 1–24 of 1273 properties
UNESCO 549Cultural

18th-Century Royal Palace at Caserta with the Park, the Aqueduct of Vanvitelli, and the San Leucio Complex

Italy

Inscribed
1997
Criteria
(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
UNESCO 1227Cultural

Aapravasi Ghat

Mauritius

Inscribed
2006

Travel planning note: BookMyDestination offers travel planning for Mauritius, but this World Heritage site is not automatically included in every package. Check the day-by-day itinerary before booking.

UNESCO 1557Cultural

Aasivissuit – Nipisat. Inuit Hunting Ground between Ice and Sea

Denmark

Inscribed
2018
Criteria
(v)
UNESCO 90Cultural

Abu Mena

Egypt

Inscribed
1979
Criteria
(iv)

Travel planning note: BookMyDestination offers travel planning for Egypt, but this World Heritage site is not automatically included in every package. Check the day-by-day itinerary before booking.

UNESCO 1207Cultural

Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman

Oman

Inscribed
2006
Criteria
(v)

Travel planning note: BookMyDestination offers travel planning for Oman, but this World Heritage site is not automatically included in every package. Check the day-by-day itinerary before booking.

UNESCO 1209Cultural

Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

Mexico

Inscribed
2006
Criteria
(ii)(iv)(v)
UNESCO 251Cultural

Agra Fort

India

Inscribed
1983
Criteria
(iii)

Travel planning note: This property is connected to a related BookMyDestination heritage route. Check the day-by-day itinerary for visit timing, transfers, inclusions and the time allowed at the site before booking.

UNESCO 242Cultural

Ajanta Caves

India

Inscribed
1983
Criteria
(i)(ii)(iii)

Travel planning note: This property is connected to a related BookMyDestination heritage route. Check the day-by-day itinerary for visit timing, transfers, inclusions and the time allowed at the site before booking.

UNESCO 1563Cultural

Al-Ahsa Oasis, an Evolving Cultural Landscape

Saudi Arabia

Inscribed
2018
Criteria
(iii)(iv)(v)

Travel planning note: BookMyDestination offers travel planning for Saudi Arabia, but this World Heritage site is not automatically included in every package. Check the day-by-day itinerary before booking.

UNESCO 1770Cultural

Alamūt Castle and Related Fortifications

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Inscribed
2026
Criteria
(iii)
UNESCO 314Cultural

Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada

Spain

Inscribed
1984
Criteria
(i)(iii)(iv)
UNESCO 102Cultural

Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad

Algeria

Inscribed
1980
Criteria
(iii)

Travel planning note: BookMyDestination offers travel planning for Algeria, but this World Heritage site is not automatically included in every package. Check the day-by-day itinerary before booking.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

Turn a World Heritage shortlist into a workable trip

A World Heritage designation tells you why a place matters; it does not tell you how easy it is to visit. Use these checks before you add a site to your itinerary.

Before you set a date

Check access, tickets and local rules

Opening days, timed-entry tickets, permits, restoration work, local closures and seasonal access can change. Use the official UNESCO record to identify the property, then confirm current visiting information with the site operator or local authority.

When a BMD link appears

Read the travel-planning link carefully

A site-specific or related-route link means BookMyDestination has a direct planning relationship for that property. A country-level travel-planning link means we cover that destination; it does not mean every package visits the World Heritage site. Always check the day-by-day itinerary before booking.

Build realistic days

Allow for transfer time and the scale of the site

A monument, historic city, cultural landscape and large natural property can require very different amounts of time. Check driving or transfer time, walking level, climate, altitude and local access before combining several heritage visits in one day.

World Heritage names, current-list status and factual fields are sourced from UNESCO DataHub (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wikidata (CC0) may provide optional entity identifiers. Visit conditions can change, so confirm tickets, access and local rules before departure. View UNESCO DataHub ↗