Angkor Wat
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Angkor Wat is not ticketed on its own. Every visitor needs an Angkor pass, which covers the whole archaeological park…
532 tickets & tours
Continent
Best temples to visit in Asia
Asia holds most of this catalogue, 380 sites: from Shinto shrines and Zen temples in Japan to Hindu temple towns in India, Theravada monasteries in Thailand and the stone monuments of Angkor and Java. Japan (77), India (66), Thailand (53) and China (37) lead, and the sites cluster around a few bases: Kyoto with 21, Bangkok with 17, Chiang Mai with 12, Siem Reap and Tokyo with 11. The most booked are the great archaeological complexes: Angkor Wat, Borobudur and Prambanan, My Son near Hoi An and the cave temples of Dambulla.
By country
Japan 77
India 66
Thailand 53
China 37
Vietnam 28
Indonesia 25
Cambodia 21
Nepal 15
Malaysia 10
Sri Lanka 8
South Korea 7
United Arab Emirates 7
Singapore 4
Taiwan 3
Uzbekistan 3
Armenia 2
Jordan 2
Azerbaijan 1
Bahrain 1
Bhutan 1
Georgia 1
Israel 1
Laos 1
Lebanon 1
Mongolia 1
Oman 1
Philippines 1
Qatar 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Most booked temples
Borobudur
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Visiting Borobudur now involves two decisions rather than one.
370 tickets & tours
Prambanan Temple
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Prambanan is easy to visit independently: you buy an entry ticket at the gate or online, and the ticket covers the main…
297 tickets & tours
My Son Sanctuary
Hoi An, Vietnam
My Son lies in a wooded valley about 40 km southwest of Hoi An, and almost everyone visits it as a half-day trip from…
213 tickets & tours
Dambulla Cave Temple
Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Dambulla is easy to visit on your own. Foreign visitors buy a ticket at the office near the Golden Temple at the foot…
192 tickets & tours
Ayutthaya Historical Park
Ayutthaya, Thailand
Ayutthaya is not a fenced park with a single gate. The ruins are scattered across an island formed by three rivers and…
141 tickets & tours
Temple of Heaven
Beijing, China
The Temple of Heaven sits in a large walled park in southern Beijing, and the ticketing reflects that.
108 tickets & tours
Uluwatu Temple
Uluwatu, Indonesia
Uluwatu has two separate tickets, and it is worth knowing both.
82 tickets & tours
Wat Phra That Doi Suthep
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Doi Suthep sits on a mountain 15 km west of Chiang Mai, so the real choice is how to get up there.
46 tickets & tours
Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)
Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Arun stands on the Thonburi bank of the Chao Phraya, opposite Wat Pho, and most people simply take the cross-river…
46 tickets & tours
Wat Phra Kaew (Temple of the Emerald Buddha)
Bangkok, Thailand
Wat Phra Kaew stands inside the walls of the Grand Palace, so there is no separate ticket: one Grand Palace ticket,…
45 tickets & tours
Kandariya Mahadeva Temple, Khajuraho
Khajuraho, India
Kandariya Mahadeva stands in the fenced Western Group of temples, and a single ticket from the Archaeological Survey of…
45 tickets & tours
Rankings for Asia
Plan city by city. Kyoto, Nara and Osaka are within an hour of each other by train; Ayutthaya is a day trip from Bangkok; Angkor needs two or three days from Siem Reap, and Borobudur and Prambanan a day each from Yogyakarta. In India and China distances are long, so link sites by train or domestic flight. Almost everywhere, cover shoulders and knees and remove shoes before halls.