travels

21 september 2011

Bicycle excursions

My favourite way to spend holiday is traveling by bicycle. Below list of my journeys outside Poland:

• by bicycle 2762kmRomania 2005
• by bicycle 4977kmWestern Europe 2006
• by bicycle 2387kmVisegrád Four 2007
• by bicycle circa 7800kmBalkans 2009
• by bicycle 4961kmvery east of Europe 2010
• by bicycle 3180kmUkraine 2011

UNESCO World Heritage list by bicycle

During my trips I try to follow, it does matter when I'm thinking about my route, objects of UNESCO World Heritage List. Below list of them – dates of visiting and icons of kind of transport I've riched the place – which I have fortunately seen.

• Albania:
  • Butrint 2009
  • Historic Centres of Berat and Gjirokastra
    2009 1/2: Gjirokastra
• Armenia:
  • Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin 2010
  • Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zvartnots 2010
  • Monastery of Geghard and the Upper Azat Valley
    2010
• Austria:
  • Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
    11-12.07.2006
  • City of Graz – Historic Centre 2009
  • Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape 2009
• Belgium:
  • Historic Centre of Brugge 12.08.2006
• Bosnia and Herzegovina:
  • Old Bridge Area of the Old City of Mostar 2009
• Bulgaria:
  • Ancient City of Nessebar 2009
  • Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak 2009
  • Boyana Church 2009
  • Rila Monastery 2009
• Croatia:
  • Old City of Dubrovnik 2009
  • Stari Grad Plain 2009
  • Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian 2009
  • Historic City of Trogir 2009
  • The Cathedral of St James in Šibenik 2009
  • Plitvice Lakes National Park 2009
• Czech Republic:
  • Historic Centre of Prague 08.07.2006
  • Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc 03.08.2007
  • Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž 03.08.2007
  • Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč
    2009
  • Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora 2009
• France:
  • Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
  • Chartres Cathedral
  • Palace and Park of Versailles
  • Palace and Park of Fontainebleau 24.07.2006
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine
    repeatedly
  • The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
  • Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
• Georgia:
  • Historical Monuments of Mtskheta 17.07.2010
  • Bagrati Cathedral and Gelati Monastery
    23-23.07.2010
• Greece:
  • Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonika 2009
  • Archaeological Site of Aigai 2009
  • Meteora 2009
• Hungary:
  • Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue 09.08.2007
  • Old Village of Hollókö and its Surroundings
    15.08.2007
  • Hortobágy National Park — the Puszta
    11-12.08.2007
  • Tokaj Wine Region Historic Cultural Landscape
    2005, 2007
• Italy:
  • Venice and its Lagoon
• Iran:
  • Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran
    17-18.08.2010
• Kosovo:
  • Medieval Monuments in Kosovo 2009 2/4: Dečani Monastery, Patriarchate of Peć Monastery
• Macedonia (properly FYROM):
  • Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
    2009
• Montenegro:
  • Durmitor National Park 2009
  • Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
    2009
• Poland:
  • Cracow's Historic Centre repeatedly
  • Wieliczka Salt Mine
  • Centennial Hall in Wroclaw
    repeatedly
  • Medieval Town of Toruń 13.06.2008
  • Historic Centre of Warsaw repeatedly
  • Old City of Zamość 2009
• Romania:
  • Churches of Moldavia 2005, 2009 7/7: Humor, Voronet, Moldovita, Patrauti, Probota, Suceava, Arbore
  • Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania
    31.07.2005 1/7: Biertan
  • Historic Centre of Sighişoara 30.07.2005
  • Danube Delta 2009
• Slovakia:
  • Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity 16.08.2007
• Switzerland:
  • Convent of St Gall 16.07.2006
  • Old City of Berne
• Turkey:
  • Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği 02.08.2010
  • Nemrut Dağ 04.08.2010
• Ukraine:
  • L'viv – the Ensemble of the Historic Centre 2009
• United Kingdom:
  • Tower of London 09.08.2006
  • Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret's Church 08.08.2006

Other travels

Besides bicycle excursions I use to travel by car, bus, airplane or ship. Some of photos from this non-bicycle journeys I put here:

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