Meiji Shrine (Meiji Jingu)
Tokyo, Japan
Meiji Jingu is free to enter and there is no ticket to buy for the shrine itself: you simply walk in from Harajuku or…
38 tickets & tours
The whole catalogue
All 495 temples, shrines and mosques
Every temple, shrine, pagoda, mosque and synagogue we cover in 59 countries, sorted by what there is to book: 276 have a ticket or tour sold online.
Buddhist Temples 159Hindu Temples 78Shinto Shrines 40Chinese Temples 28Mosques 74Synagogues 23Ancient Temples 81Other Sacred Sites 12
Tulum Archaeological Zone
Tulum, Mexico
The Maya walled city of Tulum is one of the few ancient sites in Mexico that you can easily visit on your own: it…
36 tickets & tours
Pashupatinath Temple
Kathmandu, Nepal
Foreign visitors buy a ticket at the counters on the approach to Pashupatinath, which covers the precinct around the…
35 tickets & tours
Lama Temple (Yonghe Temple)
Beijing, China
The basic purchase at the Lama Temple is a timed entry ticket, and in recent years Beijing's main sights have…
34 tickets & tours
Shaolin Temple
Dengfeng, China
The Shaolin Temple lies at the foot of Mount Song near Dengfeng, about 75 km south-west of Zhengzhou and 50 km…
34 tickets & tours
Sultan Ahmed Mosque (Blue Mosque)
Istanbul, Turkey
Entry to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque is free and there is no ticket to buy, so anything sold online is really a guide, a…
34 tickets & tours
Garni Temple
Garni, Armenia
Garni is about 30 km east of Yerevan and almost every visit is made by road, either by taxi or private driver or on an…
31 tickets & tours
Senso-ji
Tokyo, Japan
There is no ticket for Senso-ji: the temple grounds are free and always open, and the main hall can be entered at no…
31 tickets & tours
Ajanta Caves
Aurangabad, India
The Ajanta Caves lie in a remote gorge about 100 km north of Aurangabad, now officially Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, so…
29 tickets & tours
Pura Lempuyang (Gate of Heaven)
Karangasem, Indonesia
Lempuyang lies in the far east of Bali, on the slopes of Mount Lempuyang above Amlapura, about two hours by road from…
29 tickets & tours
Uxmal
Yucatán, Mexico
Uxmal lies in the Puuc hills about 62 km south of Merida, roughly an hour's drive, and entry is paid at the…
29 tickets & tours
Ellora Caves
Aurangabad, India
Ellora sits about 29 km northwest of Aurangabad, and almost everything sold online is built around getting there and…
28 tickets & tours
Perfume Pagoda (Chua Huong)
Hanoi, Vietnam
The Perfume Pagoda is not a single building but a pilgrimage route through the limestone hills of Huong Son, about 60…
28 tickets & tours
Pura Ulun Danu Bratan
Bedugul, Indonesia
Pura Ulun Danu Bratan lies in the central highlands near Bedugul, about two hours by road from the south coast, and…
28 tickets & tours
Abu Simbel Temples
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Abu Simbel stands in the far south of Egypt, close to the Sudanese border and roughly 280 km by road from Aswan, so the…
27 tickets & tours
Segesta Temple and Theatre
Trapani, Italy
Segesta is an archaeological park rather than a living shrine, and you can simply buy a ticket at the entrance, near…
26 tickets & tours
Valley of the Temples, Agrigento
Agrigento, Italy
The Valley of the Temples is one of the most visited sites in Sicily, and almost every kind of visit is on offer.
26 tickets & tours
Paestum Greek Temples
Paestum, Italy
Paestum is easy to visit independently: the archaeological area and its museum share one ticket, sold at the gate, and…
24 tickets & tours
Parthenon
Athens, Greece
The Parthenon stands on the Acropolis of Athens and is seen on the Acropolis ticket, which now requires a timed entry…
24 tickets & tours
Wat Phnom
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
No ticket for Wat Phnom alone is sold online, and none is needed: foreigners pay a small fee at a booth at the foot of…
23 tickets & tours
Luxor Temple
Luxor, Egypt
Luxor Temple stands in the middle of the modern city on the east bank of the Nile, so it is the easiest of the great…
20 tickets & tours
Pura Besakih (Mother Temple)
Karangasem, Indonesia
Besakih lies high on the slopes of Mount Agung in eastern Bali, about two hours by car from Ubud and more from the…
20 tickets & tours
Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion)
Kyoto, Japan
Kinkaku-ji is simple to visit on your own: you pay at the gate on arrival, and the ticket, a paper talisman printed…
19 tickets & tours
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Entry to the mosque itself costs nothing. Visitors register for a free time slot through the mosque centre's…
18 tickets & tours
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