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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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81. Ta Prohm

Jungle templeAngkor Archaeological Park

Jayavarman VII's monastery temple of 1186, left partly in the grip of giant silk-cotton and strangler fig trees and famous from the film Tomb Raider.

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82. Tan Ky Old House

Historic merchant houseAncient Town

A late 18th-century merchant house kept by the same family for seven generations, combining Vietnamese, Chinese and Japanese building traditions on Nguyen Thai Hoc Street.

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84. Tirta Empul Temple

Hindu water templeTampaksiring

A Hindu water temple at Tampaksiring founded in the 10th century around a sacred spring, where Balinese worshippers bathe beneath carved spouts in a purification ritual.

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87. Wat Phra Singh

Royal Buddhist templeOld City

First-grade royal temple in the western Old City, founded in 1345 and home to the Phra Buddha Sihing image and the painted Viharn Lai Kham.

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88. Al Alam Palace

Royal palace (exterior only)Old Muscat

The Sultan's ceremonial palace in Old Muscat, rebuilt in 1972 with gold and blue columns, viewed from its gates at the end of a long arcaded plaza.

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89. Banteay Srei

10th-century Hindu templeBanteay Srei District

A small 10th-century temple to Shiva, about 25 km north-east of the main Angkor group, carved in pink-red sandstone with exceptionally fine decoration.

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91. Elephanta Caves

UNESCO rock-cut cave templesElephanta Island

UNESCO-listed rock-cut cave temples on an island in Mumbai Harbour, famous for the colossal three-faced Sadashiva sculpture of Shiva.

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94. Goa Gajah

Archaeological site and cave templeBedulu

The Elephant Cave at Bedulu, an 11th-century rock-cut hermitage with a demon-faced entrance, bathing pool and both Hindu and Buddhist carvings, about 6 km south-east of Ubud.

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95. Hong Kong Palace Museum

Museum of Chinese art and imperial treasuresWest Kowloon Cultural District

A museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District showing treasures on long-term loan from the Palace Museum in Beijing alongside exhibitions of Chinese art and culture.

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98. India Gate

War memorialKartavya Path

Lutyens' 42-metre memorial arch on Kartavya Path, inaugurated in 1931 to honour Indian soldiers who died between 1914 and 1921, surrounded by wide public lawns.

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