UNESCO world heritage sites

50 photos of Tyre, the ancient Phoenician city where purple dye was invented

18 photos of the Cedars of God forest in the Lebanese mountains near Bcharre

16 photos of the Qadisha valley, a narrow valley in northern Lebanon with several monasteries

74 photos of the medieval city of Ohrid and the eponymous lake in southwestern Macedonia

36 photos of Kotor, a small medieval harbour town in a narrow bay in Montenegro

88 photos of Algiers, the capital of Algeria

48 photos of Djemila, the site of the ruins of an ancient Roman city in the Algerian mountains

38 photos of Sighisoara, a picturesque medieval city in Transylvania and UNESCO world heritage site

18 photos of the city of Kazanlak, a centre for rose oil production, with the Thracian tomb

13 photos of lake Neusiedl, a shallow lake at the border of Austria and Hungary

57 photos of Galle, a picturesque coastal city in Sri Lanka with a rich historic heritage

51 photos of Kandy, a former royal capital and spiritual centre in Sri Lanka

64 photos of Diyarbakir, a historic city in Mesopotamia on the Tigris river

46 photos of Ephesus, the most significant Greco-Roman site in western Turkey

28 photos of Pamukkale-Hierapolis, a combined natural and archaeological site in western Turkey

67 photos of Graz, the capital of Styria and Austria's second largest city

32 photos of Geirangerfjord, a scenic fjord in southern Norway