Visit That Luang in Vientiane

One of the world’s largest stupas, ringed by prayer wheels and monasteries.

Gilded boulder balanced on a cliff edge, crowned by a small stupa.

Cliffside Paro Taktsang monastery hike.

The Temple of Dawn: a porcelain-encrusted riverside tower you can climb for views across the Chao Phraya at sunset.

Visit the iconic Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, known for its top two floors completely covered in gold leaf and surrounded by beautiful gardens

Visit the White Temple, a unique contemporary Buddhist temple in Thailand known for its intricate white architecture and symbolic art

Buddhist temple where three million people come at New Year to ward off bad luck — and where the incense-smoke ritual is part of the visit.

Eighth-century Buddhist temple of stone pagodas and painted halls, paired with the Seokguram grotto Buddha above it.