HERITAGE TRAVEL ASIA

Asia’s UNESCO World Heritage
experienced as it was planned

Curated by an architect, urban planner and heritage regeneration specialist

Photo: Arpit Sahani

5 Questions a Culturally Discerning Traveller Should Ask of Any UNESCO Destination

Five questions for reading any World Heritage site: the spatial logic that ordered it, whether its tradition is living or preserved, what is being protected and from what, how it sits within its landscape, and when and how it should be seen.

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Briefs & Planners

Kyoto

Kyoto’s seventeen UNESCO World Heritage sites, experienced as they were planned from 794

The UNESCO Historic Monuments of Kyoto

Cultural Heritage Brief

66 pages • $29.99

The complete Brief: five heritage precincts, how each was planned and built, and how to experience them, with maps, shorter stays and practical details

Kyoto Heritage Travel Planner

Travel Planner

36 pages • $9.99

A five-day itinerary, where to stay, and visit protocols for Kyoto’s seventeen UNESCO World Heritage sites (Part of Brief)

Kyoto Heritage Travel Itinerary

Travel Itinerary

18 pages • $4.99

A five-day route through Kyoto’s seventeen UNESCO World Heritage sites, with maps for each day (Part of Planner)

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Your heritage travel, designed around you

Planning a cultural journey well takes more than a list of sights. Opening hours shift with the seasons, the great sites crowd at predictable hours, and the place you stay decides what you can reach at the quiet times.

We design your journey personally: one or multiple countries, up to ten days, sequenced by how each place was planned, with the right hour for every site and a place to stay chosen for its position.

Plan My Heritage Travel

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About the Founder

Rupak Chatterjee is an architect and urban planner, and has worked internationally in master planning, heritage monument conservation, and regeneration of historic precincts. This work has deepened the understanding of why a heritage precinct was planned and built as it was, and how these precincts can be meaningfully integrated into urban life and strengthen local cultural identity.

Rupak founded Heritage Travel Asia to bring the same understanding of Asia’s UNESCO World Heritage destinations to travellers who want to experience these as they were planned.