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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.

Phnom Chisor

Takeo, Cambodia

Phnom Chisor has no ticket to book online. Foreign visitors pay a small fee at the foot of the hill or at the top, and…

2 tickets & tours

Portuguese Synagogue

Amsterdam, Netherlands

The synagogue is visited with a timed ticket from the Jewish Cultural Quarter, which also covers the Jewish Museum…

2 tickets & tours

Preah Vihear Temple

Preah Vihear, Cambodia

Preah Vihear is one of the most spectacular Khmer temples and one of the hardest to reach.

2 tickets & tours

Pura Lingsar

Lombok, Indonesia

No ticket for Pura Lingsar alone is sold in advance. You pay a donation at the entrance, where a caretaker lends a…

2 tickets & tours

Shuanglin Temple

Jinzhong, China

Shuanglin Temple is a museum-like site that charges admission at the gate.

2 tickets & tours

Siddhivinayak Temple

Mumbai, India

Entry to Siddhivinayak is free, and the ordinary darshan queue, in which devotees file past the image of Ganesha, needs…

2 tickets & tours

Temple of Aphaia

Aegina, Greece

The temple stands on a pine-covered summit in the north-east of Aegina, about 13 km by road from the harbour of Aegina…

2 tickets & tours

Temple of Confucius, Qufu

Qufu, China

The temple is one of three Confucian sites in Qufu that make up a single World Heritage listing, together with the Kong…

2 tickets & tours

Thai Vi Temple

Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Thai Vi is a village temple honouring the kings of the Tran dynasty, set at the foot of limestone peaks in the Tam Coc…

2 tickets & tours

Tofuku-ji

Kyoto, Japan

Tofuku-ji is a large Zen monastery in south-east Kyoto, one stop from Fushimi Inari, and visiting it needs no booking.

2 tickets & tours

Vinh Trang Pagoda

My Tho, Vietnam

Vinh Trang is a working Buddhist pagoda on the edge of My Tho, the gateway town of the Mekong Delta, and there is no…

2 tickets & tours

Wat Bang Phra

Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

Wat Bang Phra is a rural monastery in Nakhon Pathom province, about 50 km west of Bangkok, and it is famous for one…

2 tickets & tours

Wat Muang

Ang Thong, Thailand

Wat Muang is a large modern temple in the countryside of Ang Thong province, north of Ayutthaya, best known for its…

2 tickets & tours

Yasaka Shrine

Kyoto, Japan

Yasaka Shrine is open to everyone, at all hours and without charge, so there is nothing to buy in order to visit.

2 tickets & tours

Yasukuni Shrine

Tokyo, Japan

Yasukuni Shrine, in the Kudan district of central Tokyo just north of the Imperial Palace, is free to enter, and the…

2 tickets & tours

Al-Hakim Mosque

Cairo, Egypt

There is nothing to buy in order to enter the Al-Hakim Mosque: it is a working mosque, run by the Dawoodi Bohra…

1 ticket or tour

Al-Sahaba Mosque

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt

Entry to the Al-Sahaba Mosque is free, and no ticket for the mosque itself is sold.

1 ticket or tour

Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine

Fujiyoshida, Japan

Arakura Fuji Sengen Shrine is free to enter at any hour, and the climb to its famous five-storey pagoda costs nothing…

1 ticket or tour

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