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Best Attractions in Asia (2026)

Landmarks, museums, historic sites, parks and viewpoints that draw visitors to a city, with practical notes on planning a visit.

290 places · Updated November 12, 2026

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222. Museum Siam

Discovery museumRattanakosin

An interactive discovery museum in a colonial-era building near Wat Pho, exploring what it means to be Thai through playful, hands-on exhibitions.

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223. Neka Art Museum

Art museumSanggingan

Bali's first privately owned museum, opened in 1982 by art dealer Suteja Neka, tracing Balinese painting from the 17th century alongside works by Indonesian and foreign artists.

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224. Purana Qila

16th-century fortPragati Maidan

Delhi's 16th-century 'Old Fort', linked to Humayun and Sher Shah Suri, with a fine early mosque, the Sher Mandal tower and excavations reaching back to around 1000 BC.

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229. Tenryu-ji

Zen temple and UNESCO World Heritage SiteArashiyama

The head temple of the Tenryu-ji branch of Rinzai Zen, founded in 1339, whose pond garden by Muso Soseki borrows the Arashiyama hills as its backdrop.

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230. Tokyo Tower

Observation towerShiba Park

The red-and-white 333-metre lattice tower that opened in 1958, with a Main Deck at 150 metres and a Top Deck at around 250 metres.

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240. Galtaji Temple

Hindu pilgrimage siteGalta (east Jaipur)

Pink sandstone temple complex in a narrow Aravalli gorge east of Jaipur, with spring-fed sacred tanks, painted pavilions and hundreds of resident macaques.

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