UNESCO’s World Heritage List of 2012 came with some unexpected but fascinating places for travelers around the world.
Every year UNESCO names new cultural and natural wonders to its World Heritage List.
UNESCO has 745 cultural, 188 natural and 29 mixed properties in 157 States Parties. As of March 2012
Before you plan your next trip take a look at these wonderful destinations first.
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Palau. (Photo: UNESCO/ Patrick L. Collin)
Lena Pillars Nature Park, Russia (Photo: UNESCO)
Bali Province’s Subak System, Indonesia (Photo: UNESCO/ Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia)
Margravial Opera House, Bayreuth, Germany (Photo: UNESCO/ Heiko Oehme)
Landscape of Grand Pré, Canada (Photo: UNESCO/ Francois Gaudet)
Rio de Janeiro’s Carioca Landscapes (Photo: David Davis Photoproductions / Alamy)
Between the Mountain and the Sea,
Brazil
Sangha Trinational, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo
(Photo: UNESCO/ Andrea Turkalo)
Site of Xanadu, China (Photo: UNESCO/ National Museum of China)
Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy, Bahrain (Photo: UNESCO/ MiCI/ Ghassan Chemali)
Lakes of Ounianga, Chad (Photo: UNESCO/ Sven Oehm)
