UNESCO World Heritage for Israel

UNESCO World Heritage Sites represent some of the best natural, cultural and historic attractions in world travel. Below are details of the 10 cultural, natural and mixed sites inscribed for Israel 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) or see our highlights of Israel for descriptions.


1981 - Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
2001 - Old City of Acre
2001 - Masada
2003 - White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement
2005 - Biblical Tels - Megiddo, Hazor, Beer Sheba
2005 - Incense Route - Desert Cities in the Negev
2008 - Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee
2012 - Sites of Human Evolution at Mount Carmel: The Nahal Me’arot / Wadi el-Mughara Caves
2014 - Caves of Maresha and Bet-Guvrin in the Judean Lowlands as a Microcosm of the Land of the Caves
2015 - Necropolis of Bet She’arim: A Landmark of Jewish Renewal


Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls

Masada

White City of Tel-Aviv -- the Modern Movement

Bahá’i Holy Places in Haifa and the Western Galilee