Visit the iconic Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site known for its floating torii gate on Miyajima Island in Japan
Visit the iconic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, known for its top two floors completely covered in gold leaf and surrounded by beautiful gardens
Experience world's largest Buddhist temple in Java
Visit Wat Mahathat, a historic temple in Thailand known for its iconic Buddha head entwined in tree roots
Explore Egypt's largest ancient religious site
Visit the White Temple, a unique contemporary Buddhist temple in Thailand known for its intricate white architecture and symbolic art
See Myanmar's ancient temple plain
Visit the site of the Temple of Artemis
Experience Myanmar's golden Buddhist pagoda
Experience Delhi's Bahรก'รญ House of Worship
Explore Tibet's former home of the Dalai Lama
Endless vermilion torii gates in Kyoto.
Visit Tibet's most sacred Buddhist temple
The White Temple, the Blue Temple and the Golden Triangle where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet.
Japan's first capital: the Great Buddha of Todai-ji and 1,200 bowing deer in the park around it.
The Great Buddha sitting in the open air, Zen temples and a surf beach, an hour from Tokyo.
The Seomun night market, a medicine-herb street and the Haeinsa temple with its 80,000 printing blocks nearby.
The gilded Toshogu shrine of the Tokugawa shoguns in a cedar forest, with the Kegon waterfall above.
Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.
Ruined former Siamese capital, UNESCO-listed.
One of Shintoโs holiest shrines, said to house the sacred sword of the imperial regalia, set in a 1,000-year-old camphor forest.
Buddhist temple where three million people come at New Year to ward off bad luck โ and where the incense-smoke ritual is part of the visit.
The best-preserved temple in Egypt, buried in sand for centuries and dedicated to the falcon god Horus.
Fourteen gopuram towers over Madurai, every inch of them crowded with painted gods.
The Meenakshi temple with 14 gopuram towers covered in painted gods, the heart of Tamil culture.
Taiwan's old capital: Dutch forts, hundreds of temples and the best street food on the island.
Ancient temple that gave Macau its name.
Giant seated Buddha on Lantau.
Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.
The gold-covered national stupa of Laos, said to hold a relic of the Buddha, with a November lantern festival.
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