This cross-border UNESCO landscape combines a limestone massif with canyons, cirques and a history of pastoral land use. It shows that mountain heritage can follow a landscape rather than a national boundary. Its place in the countdown comes from this mixture of dramatic geology and human history. Choose a specific valley and local access point when planning; the heritage designation is not one continuous, uniformly accessible walking route.
Source: Pyrénées–Mont Perdu, France and Spain.
Image credit: Patrick Rouzet · CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized and JPEG compressed.
