Religious Site

A 45-metre marble statue on Nakkerd Hill in Phuket, the Big Buddha took over six years to build and overlooks Chalong Bay and Kata Beach.

A small stone house in the hills above Selçuk, said to be where the Virgin Mary spent her final years. Often visited alongside nearby Ephesus.

A large white cathedral at the centre of Fira, with a bell tower, interior frescoes and exterior mosaics. Damaged in the 1956 earthquake and later restored, it sits close to the caldera path.

Panagia Paraportiani in Mykonos Town is a complex of five chapels merged into one whitewashed mass, completed in the 17th century. The exterior is freely accessible with no ticket required.

Built in 1930 and designed by Polish architect Ricardo de Jaxa Malachowski, this Neoclassical church sits beside Kennedy Park in Miraflores and holds daily mass.

The Knights of St John's great church in Valletta, with a gilded Baroque interior, a floor of marble tombstones and Caravaggio's Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in the oratory.

Malta's national shrine to the Virgin Mary, a large Romanesque basilica standing alone in the countryside outside Għarb on Gozo.

Wat Chayamangkalaram is a Thai Buddhist temple on Burma Road, Penang, known for its reclining Buddha statue. It sits opposite the Dharmikarama Buddhist Temple.