Luis Filipe Gaspar

Luis Filipe Gaspar - Portugal

He visited all the 193/193 independent countries of the UN and all 7 continents, 299/330 countries and territories on the Travelers' Century Club list, 1198/1500 countries and territories on the MTP list, 1126/1301 regions on the NomadMania list, 891/1223 UNESCO World Heritage Site and spent over 10 years on the road.

Luís Filipe Gaspar was born in Lisbon in 1958.

It was early on, while traveling with his parents, that he discovered his true passion, traveling. At the age of 16, Luís did his first Interrail with a friend and realized that, more than a passion, traveling was a way of life and, since then, he never stopped living. He did 4 more Interrails and when he felt he already knew Europe well, he ventured to other continents, with the "haste" of someone who felt they were already too late to know the whole world.

In between traveling, Luís Filipe became an architect, and his education ended up dictating the compass which guides his marathon travels: discovering UNESCO - World Heritage Sites. The Portuguese traveler has been traversing the globe, crossing borders and associating with some groups of travelers - TCC (Travelers Century Club), MTP (Most Traveled People), and Nomadmania. 

In 2019, with a trip to Nigeria, Luís Filipe Gaspar completed the 193 countries recognized by the UN and, at that moment, the feeling was that of having completed a first step in the mission of knowing the world from one end to the other. After getting to know all the countries, the travel objectives continued to be many: to travel to all UN+ territories and, ideally, to all regions of the world. Continuing to pursue the UNESCO World Heritage Sites is also imperative for this "incorrigible traveler."

A citizen of the world, currently residing in Lisbon, the Portuguese native has lived in 5 other countries: Egypt, Tunisia, Italy, Mozambique and Brazil. Invited by various institutions, he has participated in conferences, colloquiums and workshops, where he shares his experiences of touring the world. He has also collaborated with several communication agencies and media, telling his stories through travel chronicles and interviews (SpieUP11, Metamorfose and Observador).

Besides traveling, photography is another of Luís’ passions, who shares what he sees and feels in each place he goes to, through his online platforms (Flickr and Instagram) and his website luisfilipegaspar.com

"Almost retired", Luís Filipe Gaspar currently manages to travel about 6 months out of the year and continues to say that he doesn't travel to escape life, but rather so that life doesn't escape him!

e-mail - luisfilipegaspar@gmail.com

WhatsApp - +351 964770505

WebPage – luisfilipegaspar.com

Instagram - @luis_filipegaspar

• Luís Filipe Gaspar nasceu em Lisboa, em 1958. A sua formação em Arquitetura e a permanência em trabalho em diversos locais do globo, tem permitido conciliar a disciplina e o rigor, duas das características que o definem, com a de homem apaixonado e aberto ao mundo.

• Viajante "incorrigível", iniciou as primeiras viagens com os seus Pais. Porém, foi aos 16 anos, depois de realizar um "interrail" com um amigo, que se apercebeu desta sua grande paixão. Fez "contas à vida" e sentiu que já estava com um grande atraso. Depois de realizar extensas viagens pela Europa, partiu para o resto do mundo, numa jornada sem fim.

• Atualmente, integra o grupo restrito de cidadãos do mundo que já completou a lista dos 193 países reconhecidos pela ONU. Embora já com um considerável número de países visitados, a sua próxima meta será concluir a lista de todos os territórios e países ainda não reconhecidos pela ONU. Este vasto e rico curriculum permitem-lhe estar associado a alguns grupos de viajantes - TCC (Travelers Century Club), MTP (Most Traveled People) e Nomadmania.

• Um compromisso assumido consigo próprio e uma das prioridades ao visitar um país, é o de conhecer o Património Mundial da UNESCO, tendo já um elevado registo de visitas do património cultural e natural dos países detentores desse título, estando inscrito também no clube - WHS (World Heritage Site).

• A convite de várias instituições tem participado em inúmeras conferências, colóquios e workshops, onde partilha as experiências vivenciadas durante o seu périplo pelo mundo. Também tem colaborado com diversos órgãos de comunicação, relatando as suas histórias, através de crónicas de viagem e entrevistas (SpieUP11, Metamorfose e Observador).

• Como hobby dedica-se à Fotografia - Flickr, Instagram, algo indissociável das suas viagens. Outras atividades também fazem parte da sua rotina: a Corrida, o Mergulho, o Paraquedismo, o Ski, entre outras. Passados tantos anos e tantas viagens, continua a pensar que - vale a pena viver para viajar