Visit Anuradhapura

The "museum without walls": grassy royal burial mounds, the Cheomseongdae observatory and Silla-dynasty treasures across the town.

The Longmen Grottoes with 100,000 carved Buddhas, the first Buddhist temple in China and the April peony festival.

Sri Lanka’s first capital: giant brick dagobas, monastic ruins and the 2,300-year-old sacred Bodhi tree.

Medieval capital explored by bicycle — the Gal Vihara rock Buddhas and the royal palace ruins.

Japan's first capital: the Great Buddha of Todai-ji and 1,200 bowing deer in the park around it.

The Potala Palace at 3,650 metres, pilgrims prostrating around the Jokhang and the Barkhor market.

Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple.

Ancient rock fortress with frescoes.