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
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UNESCO World Heritage temples in the world
Every temple on this page belongs to a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the order is by the number of tours sold for each, which says more about how easily a place is visited than about its importance. Note that the inscription often covers a wider area: Angkor, the Historic Areas of Istanbul or the Kathmandu Valley, rather than the single building named here.
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
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
Since Hagia Sophia became a mosque again in 2020, the way you visit it has changed.
78 tickets & tours
Teotihuacan
Mexico City, Mexico
Teotihuacan lies about 50 km northeast of central Mexico City, and the choice is mainly between going on your own and…
74 tickets & tours
Tikal
Flores, Guatemala
Almost everyone reaches Tikal from Flores, the island town on Lake Peten Itza about 64 km to the south-west, and the…
71 tickets & tours
Palenque
Palenque, Mexico
Palenque is straightforward to visit on your own. The ruins lie inside a national park about 8 km from the modern town…
63 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
Angkor Wat leads by a wide margin, followed by Borobudur and Prambanan, the two great Javanese monuments both reached from Yogyakarta. My Son near Hoi An, the Dambulla cave temples and Ayutthaya come next. Lower down are places where a single tour is often enough, such as the Parthenon or Paestum.