Valletta has been included in a list of 20 top Unesco World Heritage Sites by CNN Traveller.

Each year, around 25 sites deemed to have "outstanding universal value" are inscribed on the list of heritage sites, and CNN said it could not resist choosing a few favourites.

They are Angkor, Cambodia; Acropolis, Greece; Bagan, Myanmar; Galápagos Islands, Ecuador; Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, Turkey; Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Hampi, India; Iguazu National Park, Brazil and Argentina; Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina;  Machu Picchu, Peru; Mont-Saint-Michel, France; Petra, Jordan

Pyramids of Giza, Egypt; Rapa Nui, Chile; Serengeti National Park, Tanzania; Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Tulum, Mexico; Valletta, Malta; Venice and its lagoon, Italy and Yellowstone National Park, United States.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/04/28/travel/20-beautiful-unesco-sites/index.html

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.