"Heritage is our legacy from the past, what we live with today, and what we pass on to future generations. Our cultural and natural heritage are both irreplaceable sources of life and inspiration." (from UNESCO site)
I do enjoy visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites all over the globe. All are different and unique in their own way!
Although I list them here on my website, I do not treat them as a 'list' in real life and trying to tick of each and every one of them. Quite a few of them I actually visited, not being fully aware that they are UNESCO sites. But knowing it afterwards, they are deservingly so.
It has been an interesting journey however to list the ones that I have visited, and read about the many remaining ones, that maybe one day I might visit as well.
Visited UNESCO sites Spain
In Spain I visited 12 of them so far (see below). In total Spain has 47 UNESCO sites.
Below are the sites that I have visited, and you can find a map with all the Spanish UNESCO sites at the bottom of the page.
Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
Burgos Cathedral
Caliphate City of Medina Azahara
Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Cordoba
Historic City of Toledo
Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches
Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct
Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)
Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
Teide National Park
Map of UNESCO sites in Spain
| Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada (visited 2008) | Link to UNESCO |
| Antequera Dolmens Site | Link to UNESCO |
| Aranjuez Cultural Landscape | Link to UNESCO |
| Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida | Link to UNESCO |
| Archaeological Ensemble of Tárraco (Tarragona) | Link to UNESCO |
| Archaeological Site of Atapuerca | Link to UNESCO |
| Burgos Cathedral (visited 2017) | Link to UNESCO |
| Caliphate City of Medina Azahar (visited 2008) | Link to UNESCO |
| Catalan Romanesque Churches of the Vall de Boí (visited 2017) | Link to UNESCO |
| Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville (visited 2014) | Link to UNESCO |
| Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain | Link to UNESCO |
| Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana | Link to UNESCO |
| Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija | Link to UNESCO |
| Historic Centre of Cordoba (visited 2008) | Link to UNESCO |
| Historic City of Toledo (visited 2010) | Link to UNESCO |
| Historic Walled Town of Cuenca | Link to UNESCO |
| La Lonja de la Seda de Valencia | Link to UNESCO |
| Las Médulas | Link to UNESCO |
| Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid | Link to UNESCO |
| Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias | Link to UNESCO |
| Mudejar Architecture of Aragon | Link to UNESCO |
| Old City of Salamanca | Link to UNESCO |
| Old Town of Ávila with its Extra-Muros Churches (visited 2010) | Link to UNESCO |
| Old Town of Cáceres | Link to UNESCO |
| Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct (visited 2010) | Link to UNESCO |
| Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona | Link to UNESCO |
| Palmeral of Elche | Link to UNESCO |
| Poblet Monastery | Link to UNESCO |
| Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde | Link to UNESCO |
| Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza | Link to UNESCO |
| Rock Art of the Mediterranean Basin on the Iberian Peninsula | Link to UNESCO |
| Roman Walls of Lugo | Link to UNESCO |
| Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain | Link to UNESCO |
| Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe | Link to UNESCO |
| San Cristóbal de La Laguna | Link to UNESCO |
| San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries | Link to UNESCO |
| Santiago de Compostela (Old Town) (visited 2017) | Link to UNESCO |
| Tower of Hercules | Link to UNESCO |
| University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares | Link to UNESCO |
| Vizcaya Bridge | Link to UNESCO |
| Works of Antoni Gaudí | Link to UNESCO |
| Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe | Link to UNESCO |
| Doñana National Park | Link to UNESCO |
| Garajonay National Park | Link to UNESCO |
| Teide National Park (visited 2019) | Link to UNESCO |
| Ibiza, Biodiversity and Culture | Link to UNESCO |
| Pyrénées - Mont Perdu (visited 2017) | Link to UNESCO |
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