Sukhothai Historical Park
Sukhothai, Thailand
The park is divided into zones, each with its own gate and ticket bought on the spot, so there is no need to book entry…
18 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
Tiger Cave Temple (Wat Tham Suea)
Krabi, Thailand
Entry to the temple and the summit stairway is free, and many visitors come independently, by taxi, rented scooter or a…
18 tickets & tours
Galtaji (Monkey Temple)
Jaipur, India
Entry to Galtaji is free, though a small fee is usually asked for cameras and phones used for photography, and priests…
17 tickets & tours
Katsuo-ji (Daruma Temple)
Minoh, Japan
Katsuo-ji sits in wooded hills above Minoh, north of Osaka, and is not hard to reach on your own: an admission fee is…
17 tickets & tours
Wat Rong Khun (White Temple)
Chiang Rai, Thailand
Thai visitors enter free, while foreign visitors pay a modest fee at the ticket office;
17 tickets & tours
Cao Dai Temple, Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
This city temple of the Cao Dai faith is a working place of worship rather than a ticketed attraction, so entry is free…
16 tickets & tours
Wat Pha Lat
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Pha Lat is free to enter, and most independent visitors arrive on foot.
16 tickets & tours
Zenko-ji
Nagano, Japan
The temple grounds and the outer part of the main hall are open to everyone free of charge.
16 tickets & tours
Golden Temple (Harmandir Sahib)
Amritsar, India
The Golden Temple is open to anyone of any faith, and there is no ticket, no queue to book and no fee: entry, the shoe…
15 tickets & tours
Wat Umong
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Wat Umong is free to enter and there is nothing to book.
15 tickets & tours
Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple)
Kathmandu, Nepal
Swayambhunath needs no advance ticket. Foreign visitors pay a modest fee at a booth on the way up, local worshippers go…
13 tickets & tours
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda
Xi'an, China
The pagoda stands inside the working Da Ci'en Temple, and the basic product is simply admission to the temple…
12 tickets & tours
Hanging Temple (Xuankong Si)
Datong, China
The Hanging Temple sits in a gorge about 65 km south-east of Datong, so the real question is transport rather than…
12 tickets & tours
Hassan II Mosque
Casablanca, Morocco
The Hassan II Mosque is one of the very few mosques in Morocco that non-Muslims may enter, and the only way in is on…
12 tickets & tours
Jama Masjid, Delhi
Delhi, India
Entry to the Jama Masjid is free, and no ticket is needed for the mosque itself.
12 tickets & tours
Koh Ker
Preah Vihear, Cambodia
Koh Ker has its own ticket, sold at a checkpoint on the access road and online as a one-day pass;
12 tickets & tours
Philae Temple (Temple of Isis)
Aswan, Egypt
Philae stands on an island, so every visit involves a short boat ride from the landing at Shellal, south of Aswan…
12 tickets & tours
Chureito Pagoda (Arakurayama Sengen Park)
Fujiyoshida, Japan
The pagoda stands in a public park on the hillside above Fujiyoshida, and there is no ticket, gate or opening fee.
11 tickets & tours
Lingyin Temple
Hangzhou, China
A visit to Lingyin involves two tickets bought one after the other.
11 tickets & tours
Selinunte Archaeological Park
Selinunte, Italy
Selinunte is a large open-air archaeological park on the south-west coast of Sicily, and the essential purchase is a…
11 tickets & tours
Temple of Literature (Van Mieu)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Most visitors simply buy a ticket at the main gate on Quoc Tu Giam Street and walk in;
11 tickets & tours
Bich Dong Pagoda
Ninh Binh, Vietnam
Bich Dong costs nothing to enter, so what is sold online is really a way of reaching it and of fitting it into a day…
10 tickets & tours
Ella Temple
Ella, Sri Lanka
There is no ticket for this temple alone, and none is needed: like most village temples in the hill country around…
10 tickets & tours
Ranakpur Jain Temple
Ranakpur, India
Entry to Ranakpur is bought at the temple itself: Indian visitors and pilgrims enter free, foreign visitors pay a…
10 tickets & tours
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