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UNESCO World Heritage of the Mediterranean

The Alhambra, the Acropolis, Venice, Dubrovnik, the Pyramids and Carthage: the finest World Heritage Sites around the sea, country by country.

The Greek theatre, Syracuse · Photo: Antonio Sessa / Unsplash

UNESCO World Heritage

The finest sites around the sea

The Mediterranean holds one of the densest concentrations of World Heritage Sites on earth. This is a selection of the finest by country, chosen for the traveller: the ones worth planning a journey around. Each country page tells the wider story.

Links marked "UNESCO listing" open the official World Heritage Centre page. Opening times and access change, so check before you go.

World Heritage

The western Mediterranean

The Alhambra and the Palace of Charles V at dawn, Granada
The Alhambra and the Palace of Charles V at dawn, Granada · Photo: Jebulon / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

World Heritage

The Adriatic and the Ionian

The Neretva and the Old Bridge (Stari Most), Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Old Bridge over the Neretva, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Photo: Berthold Werner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

World Heritage

The eastern Mediterranean

The Library of Celsus framed by ruins, Ephesus, Türkiye
The Library of Celsus, Ephesus, Türkiye · Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

World Heritage

North Africa

Panorama of the Roman amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
The Roman amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia · Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Mediterranean Season Letter

Where to be, every season

Four letters a year, one for each season: the Mediterranean from spring to autumn, and Beyond the Mediterranean, into the Alps, in winter. The one best hotel to book, and the events worth crossing a sea for.