Unesco nominates destinations in all parts of the world as World Heritage Sites annually. Only the destinations that have outstanding universal value and meet at least one out of ten selection criteria can be listed as … Read the Story
I have been pretty happy each time I have accidentally, or on purpose, visited a Unesco World Heritage Site. The places Unesco has chosen truly are special places worth visiting. The problem for an ordinary tourist is that today, the World … Read the Story
Fallas carnival in Valencia, Spain, is considered such an important tradition that it has become a Unesco World Heritage event (Intangible Cultural Heritage). Party-goers, however, don’t have time to think about Unesco because there are so many happenings in the ancient … Read the Story
Unesco, a United Nations organization, has an appealing initiative: Creative City. The organization wants to promote cooperation among cities that have introduced sustainable development as a key element into their strategies. In addition, if the city is supporting creative initiatives, it … Read the Story
World Book Day 2017 is celebrated on Sunday 23rd April in thousands of locations across the globe. Also known as the World Book and Copyright Day, the purpose is the share the joy of reading (and why not writing, too) with … Read the Story
If a destination has been granted the honor of being included in the Unesco World Heritage List, it usually means that the site worth visiting and exploring. Recently, we were traveling in central Spain, and on a chilly morning we arrived … Read the Story
Each year Unesco, a United Nations organization that focuses on development of education, science and culture, nominates a number of cities for different fields of culture that constitute the Creative Cities Network. For instance, film, music, media arts, gastronomy, design, crafts … Read the Story
