The U.S. has rejoined UNESCO this month. UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. As well as promoting education, science, and culture, UNESCO is most famous for designating ‘world heritage’ sites worldwide. A world heritage site is a cultural or natural attraction that is considered to be of ‘Outstanding Universal Value’. Many…
10 Stunning UNESCO World Heritage Sites You Can Visit Without Leaving The U.S.
Tourists seek out UNESCO World Heritage sites when they are traveling on vacation. From the Taj Mahal to Stonehenge, these incredible attractions have been deemed influential and significant on a global scale. But that doesn’t mean you have to travel the globe to find them. There are a whole host of stunning attractions you can…
A Unesco Heritage tour of Anatolia, Turkey now Türkiye
Anatolia in Turkey/Turkiye has a long history spanning thousands of years. We take the UNESCO tour Turkey has recently changed its name to Türkiye (pronounced as “tur-key-yay) after 400 years. It seems drastic but according to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan “the (new) word represents and expresses the culture, civilisation, and values of the Turkish nation…