Delhi: TripAdvisor , the world’s largest travel site , today announced a list of top landmarks in Asia and Europe based on reviews by Indian travellers on TripAdvisor.

The list showcases the landmarks which are most highly rated by Indian travellers on TripAdvisor.

While the Taktsang Monsatery in Bhutan tops the Asia list, Thailand emerges as the country with the most number of landmark attractions loved by Indian reviewers in Asia, followed by Malaysia and China.

Taktsang Monastery (Tiger’s Nest), Bhutan is the top landmark in Asia: This fantastic and very special monastery literally hangs at the edge of a cliff at a steep 900 meters above Paro valley. It is usually advised to visit it at the end of your stay in Bhutan, when you are acclimatised to the altitude. The view is great and the atmosphere holy, a place where every Bhutanese will want to come at least once in his life. It has many legends associated with its origin as a sacred Buddhist site and is

Italy houses the maximum number of highly rated landmarks by Indians across Europe with 8 places making it to the list, followed by France and Russia with 4 landmarks each.

Cathedral (Duomo), Milan is the top landmark in Europe: The Duomo cathedral is the symbol of Milan.  It’s also the real centre of Milan – all the roads radiate out from the Duomo at its heart.  It is renowned for its size (it is the third largest Catholic Church in the world after St Peter’s in Rome and the Seville Cathedral) and for its many statues (more than 3400). Its construction probably started in 1386 and took almost 600 years to build. At the time it was built it could hold the entire population of Milan, 40,000 people. Its predominant style is late Gothic, but with elements belonging to the Romanesque tradition, such as for example the “hut” shaped facade”. The exterior is striking with its many spires and statuary – the interior is just massive.

 

 

LIST OF TOP ASIAN LANDMARKS:

 

Landmark name	City	Country
Taktsang Monastery (Tiger’s Nest)	Paro	Bhutan
Angkor Wat	Siem Reap	Cambodia
Borobudur Temple	Magelang	Indonesia
Prambanan Temples	Yogyakarta	Indonesia
Swayambhunath Temple	Kathmandu	Nepal
Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre	Macau	China
Temple of  Dawn (Wat Arun)	Bangkok	Thailand
Sanctuary of Truth (Prasat Sut Ja-Tum)	Pattaya	Thailand
Temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho)	Bangkok	Thailand
Bodnath Stupa	Kathmandu	Nepal
Petronas Twin Towers	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
The Great Wall at Badaling	Yanqing County	China
Temple of the Golden Buddha (Wat Traimit)	Bangkok	Thailand
Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaeo)	Bangkok	Thailand
Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu)	Shanghai	China
Pashupatinath Temple	Kathmandu	Nepal
Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum	Singapore	Singapore
Menara Kuala Lumpur Tower	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
Batu Caves	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia
Temple of the Tooth (Sri Dalada Maligawa)	Kandy	Sri Lanka
Kek Lok Si Temple	Georgetown	Malaysia
Gangaramaya (Vihara) Buddhist Temple	Colombo	Sri Lanka
Summer Palace (Yiheyuan)	Beijing	China
Sita Temple	Nuwara Eliya	Sri Lanka

 

 

LIST OF TOP EUROPEAN LANDMARKS MOST LOVED BY INDIAN REVIEWERS

 

Landmark name	City	Country
Cathedral (Duomo)	Milan	Italy
Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel	Vatican City	Italy
St. Peter’s Basilica	Vatican City	Italy
St. Vitus Cathedral (Chram svateho Vita)	Prague	Czech Republic
Saint Mark’s Basilica (Basilica di San Marco)	Venice	Italy
St. Basil’s Cathedral (Pokrovsky Sobor)	Moscow	Russia
Cologne Cathedral (Dom)	Cologne	Germany
Eiffel Tower	Paris	France
Charles Bridge (Karluv Most)	Prague	Czech Republic
Church of the Sacred Family	Barcelona	Spain
Moscow Kremlin (Moskovsky Kreml)	Moscow	Russia
Schonbrunn Palace (Schloss Schonbrunn)	Vienna	Austria
Pantheon	Rome	Italy
Hagia Sophia Museum / Church (Ayasofya)	Istanbul	Turkey
Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood	St. Petersburg	Russia
Leaning Tower of Pisa (La Torre di Pisa)	Pisa	Italy
Duomo – Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore	Florence	Italy
St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom)	Vienna	Austria
Notre Dame Cathedral	Paris	France
Parliament (Orszaghaz)	Budapest	Hungary
Arc de Triomphe	Paris	France
Moscow Metro	Moscow	Russia
Trevi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi)	Rome	Italy
Blue Mosque (Sultan Ahmet Camii)	Istanbul	Turkey
Sainte-Chapelle	Paris	France

 

Source : TripAdvisor