UNESCO World Heritage for Bahrain

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 2 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Bahrain to date (a red World Heritage symbol denotes a site currently regarded as endangered). For more details of these properties, click on the links to the UNESCO website and the photographic galleries of these sites from OurPlace (where available).


2005 - Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun
2012 - Pearling, testimony of an island economy