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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Every great temple, and how to see it well
495 temples in 59 countries. For each one: what to see, which ticket to book, and when to go.
Angkor Wat · Photo: Bjørn Christian Tørrissen, CC BY-SA 4.0
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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
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
Since Hagia Sophia became a mosque again in 2020, the way you visit it has changed.
78 tickets & tours
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What this site is
A great temple rewards the visitor who knows what to look for. The same city has a temple with a queue at the gate, a shrine where the ceremony is worth the early start and a monastery almost nobody visits, and the official sites describe each one in the same words. We write the part they leave out: which one shows what you came for, which ticket or tour is the sensible one, what to wear, and which hour avoids the crowds and the heat.
Every page is written by hand from the temple's own facts and the tickets actually on sale. Where a ticket or a tour can be booked online, the live calendar is on the page; where nothing is sold, we say so and point to the nearest temple that does. Bookings go through GetYourGuide, and the links earn us a commission at no cost to you.