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Explore Shirakami-Sanchi, Japan (UNESCO site)
Shirakami-Sanchi (white god mountain area) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northern Honshū, Japan. This mountainous, unspoiled expanse of virgin forest straddles both Akita and Aomori Prefectures. Of the entire 1,300 km², a tract covering 169.7 km² was included in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1993. Siebold's beech trees make up a large portion... -
Visit Shirakawa-go & Gokayama, Japan (UNESCO site)
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The site is located in the Shogawa river valley stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in northern Japan. Shirakawa-gō ("White River Old-District") is located in the village of Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture. The Gokayama ("Five Mountains") area is div... -
See Shiretoko National Park, Japan (UNESCO site)
Shiretoko National Park covers most of the Shiretoko Peninsula at the northeastern tip of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. The word "Shiretoko" is derived form an Ainu word "sir etok", meaning "end of the Earth". One of the most remote regions in all of Japan, much of the peninsula is only accessible on foot or by boat. The park is best known as the home of Japan's larg... -
Visit Shore Temple, India (UNESCO Site)
The Shore Temple (built in 700–728 AD) is so named because it overlooks the shore of the Bay of Bengal. It is a structural temple, built with blocks of granite, dating from the 8th century AD. It was built on a promontory sticking out into the Bay of Bengal at Mahabalipuram, a village south of Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. At the time of its creat... -
Visit Shulgan-Tash Cave, Bashkortostan, Russia (UNESCO Site)
Shulgan-Tash Cave (Bashkir: Шүлгәнташ, romanized: Şülgəntaş), also known as Kapova Cave (Russian: Капова пещера, romanized: Kapova peshchera), is a limestone karst cave in the Burzyansky District of Bashkortostan, Russia. It is located in the southern Ural Mountains, on the Belaya River in the Shulgan-Tash Nature Reserve, approximately 200 km (120 mi) south-east ... -
Visit ShUM Sites of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, Germany (UNESCO Site)
Located in the former Imperial cathedral cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, in the Upper Rhine Valley, the serial site of Speyer, Worms and Mainz comprise the Speyer Jewry-Court, with the structures of the synagogue and women’s shul (Yiddish for synagogue), the archaeological vestiges of the yeshiva (religious school), the courtyard and the still intact undergro... -
See Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, Shushtar, Iran (UNESCO site)
The Band-e Kaisar, Pol-e Kaisar ("Caesar's bridge"), Bridge of Valerian or Shadirwan was an ancient arch bridge in Shushtar, Iran, and the first in the country to combine it with a dam. Built by a Roman workforce in the 3rd century AD on Sassanid order, it was also the most eastern Roman bridge and Roman dam, lying deep in Persian territory. Its dual-purpose desi... -
Explore Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico (UNESCO site)
Sian Ka'an is a biosphere reserve formed by a group of conservationists in the municipality of Tulum in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, whose mission is the conservation of the biodiversity. With the participation of scientists, technicians, students, fishermen, farmers, rural promotors and administrators, together with regional and international partners, have suc... -
Visit Siena (Sienna), Italy (UNESCO site)
Siena is a city in Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the province of Siena. The historic centre of Siena has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Site. It is one of the nation's most visited tourist attractions, with over 163,000 international arrivals in 2008. Siena is famous for its cuisine, art, museums, medieval cityscape and the Palio, a horse race held tw... -
See Sierra de San Francisco Cave Paintings, Baja, Mexico (UNESCO site)
One of the most impressive and unique experiences in Baja is the cave paintings of the Sierra de San Francisco. This UNESCO World Heritage Site encompasses some of the best-preserved and most impressive Great Mural sites in the world. Four hundred rock art sites have been recorded in the region, and most remain intact and in good condition, attributable to the dry cli... -
Visit Sighişoara, Romania (UNESCO site)
Sighișoara is a city on the Târnava Mare River in Mureș County, Romania in the historic region of Transylvania. Sighișoara is a popular tourist destination for its well-preserved walled old town, which is also listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. The main Citadel's attractions are certainly the towers. Towers According to ancient military architectures wri... -
Visit Sigiriya, Sri Lanka (UNESCO site)
Sigiriya (Lion's rock) is an ancient rock fortress and palace ruin situated in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, surrounded by the remains of an extensive network of gardens, reservoirs, and other structures. A popular tourist destination, Sigiriya is also renowned for its ancient paintings (frescos), which are reminiscent of the Ajanta Caves of India. It is o... -
Explore Silent Valley National Park, India (UNESCO site)
Silent Valley National Park is located in the Nilgiri Hills, Palakkad District in Kerala, South India. The area in this national park was historically explored in 1847 by the botanist Robert Wight, and is associated with Hindu legend. The park is one of the last undisturbed tracts of South Western Ghats montane rain forests and tropical moist evergreen forest in India... -
Explore Simien National Park, Ethiopia (UNESCO site)
Simien Mountains National Park is one of the National Parks of Ethiopia. Located in the Semien (North) Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, its territory covers the Simien Mountains and includes Ras Dashan, the highest point in Ethiopia. It is home to a number of extremely rare species, including the Ethiopian wolf, Gelada Baboon, and the Walia Ibex, a wild goat found no... -
Visit Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore (UNESCO Site)
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is a 166-year-old tropical garden located at the fringe of the Orchard Road shopping district in Singapore. It is one of three gardens, and the only tropical garden, to be honoured as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Botanic Gardens has been ranked Asia's top park attraction since 2013, by TripAdvisor Travellers' Choice Awards. It was de...
