Asia Travel Guide
Discover 56 curated travel destinations across Asia. Each guide includes best season, daily budget, recommended days, and ready-to-use trip templates.
About travel in Asia
Asia offers 56destinations covered by tripla's travel guides, spanning 20 countries: Japan, Thailand, UAE, Singapore, South Korea, Azerbaijan, Hong Kong SAR, Indonesia, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Maldives, India, Myanmar. Use these guides to plan your trip by city, season, and budget.
Destinations in Asia
Tokyo
Japan
Neon-lit streets meet ancient temples.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 120 USD
Bangkok
Thailand
Temple spires, floating markets and fiery street food.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Dubai
UAE
Futuristic skyline rising out of the desert sand.
- Best time
- Nov-Mar
- Budget/day
- 250 USD
Singapore
Singapore
A futuristic garden city with world-class hawker food.
- Best time
- Feb-Apr
- Budget/day
- 180 SGD
Seoul
South Korea
K-pop, palaces and an electric street food scene.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 100 USD
Kyoto
Japan
Seventeen UNESCO sites, geisha districts and temple gardens.
- Best time
- Mar-Apr
- Budget/day
- 140 USD
Baku
Azerbaijan
Flame Towers above a UNESCO old town on the Caspian Sea.
- Best time
- Apr-Jun
- Budget/day
- 80 USD
Abu Dhabi
UAE
Grand mosques, island museums and F1 weekends on the Gulf.
- Best time
- Nov-Mar
- Budget/day
- 180 USD
Osaka
Japan
Japan's kitchen — street food, neon and unfiltered energy.
- Best time
- Mar-May, Oct-Nov
- Budget/day
- 110 USD
Hong Kong
Hong Kong SAR
A vertical city of dim sum, hiking trails and harbor neon.
- Best time
- Oct-Dec
- Budget/day
- 130 USD
Bali
Indonesia
Rice terraces, reef breaks and temple ceremonies on one island.
- Best time
- Apr-Oct
- Budget/day
- 70 USD
Beijing
China
Imperial palaces, the Great Wall and hutong alley life.
- Best time
- Apr-May, Sep-Oct
- Budget/day
- 930 CNY
Shanghai
China
Bund skylines, Yu Garden calm and France-Concession streets.
- Best time
- Mar-May, Sep-Nov
- Budget/day
- 1000 CNY
Guangzhou
China
Canton's dim sum capital on the Pearl River.
- Best time
- Oct-Dec
- Budget/day
- 900 CNY
Chengdu
China
Panda mornings, hotpot nights and China's slowest pace.
- Best time
- Mar-Jun, Sep-Nov
- Budget/day
- 660 CNY
Xi'an
China
Terracotta armies, city walls and Muslim Quarter feasts.
- Best time
- Mar-May, Sep-Nov
- Budget/day
- 600 CNY
Hangzhou
China
West Lake mornings, temple calm and Longjing tea fields.
- Best time
- Mar-May, Sep-Nov
- Budget/day
- 800 CNY
Chongqing
China
The neon mountain city stacked above two rivers.
- Best time
- Mar-May, Oct-Nov
- Budget/day
- 660 CNY
Macau
China
Portuguese squares, casino skylines and egg-tart runs.
- Best time
- Oct-Mar
- Budget/day
- 1250 MOP
Taipei
Taiwan
Night markets, hot springs and mountain trails on one metro card.
- Best time
- Oct-Nov
- Budget/day
- 90 USD
Busan
South Korea
Beaches, fish markets and hillside murals on Korea's southeast coast.
- Best time
- Sep-Oct
- Budget/day
- 80 USD
Hanoi
Vietnam
Pho at dawn, French boulevards, and the Old Quarter's motorbike tide.
- Best time
- Oct-Nov
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam
Motorbike rivers of traffic, rooftop bars, and war-history weight.
- Best time
- Dec-Jan
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Petronas Towers, hawker courts, and three cuisines in one city.
- Best time
- May-Jul
- Budget/day
- 60 USD
Cebu
Philippines
Island-hopping, whale sharks and Spanish-era squares in the central Philippines.
- Best time
- Jan-Apr
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Manila
Philippines
Intramuros' Spanish core, bayfront sunsets and small-scale chaos done warmly.
- Best time
- Jan-Apr
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Jakarta
Indonesia
A ten-million-strong metropolis with unexpected colonial corners.
- Best time
- Jun-Sep
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Yogyakarta
Indonesia
Java's cultural capital — Borobudur at dawn, Prambanan at dusk.
- Best time
- May-Sep
- Budget/day
- 45 USD
Chiang Mai
Thailand
Moated old city, mountain temples and Thailand's kitchen garden.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 45 USD
Phuket
Thailand
Thailand's beach playground — coves, karst cruises and Old Town shophouses.
- Best time
- Nov-Apr
- Budget/day
- 65 USD
Koh Samui
Thailand
Coconut-palm bays, easy island rhythm and Ang Thong's marine park.
- Best time
- Jan-Mar
- Budget/day
- 80 USD
Da Nang
Vietnam
Beach boulevards, marble mountains and the Golden Bridge above the clouds.
- Best time
- Feb-May
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Nha Trang
Vietnam
Six-kilometer bay beach, island hopping and Vietnam's best seafood street.
- Best time
- Jan-Aug
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Phu Quoc
Vietnam
Vietnam's island resort — pepper farms, pearl beaches and sunsets.
- Best time
- Nov-Mar
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Siem Reap
Cambodia
The gateway to Angkor Wat — a thousand-year-old city in the jungle.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Riverside capital between golden palaces and heavy recent history.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Jeju
South Korea
Korea's volcanic island — lava tubes, tangerine groves and haenyeo divers.
- Best time
- Apr-Jun
- Budget/day
- 85 USD
Fukuoka
Japan
Japan's friendliest food city — yatai stalls, ramen origins, Kyushu hub.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 105 USD
Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido's snow-and-soup capital — miso ramen, beer heritage, ski fields.
- Best time
- Feb-Dec
- Budget/day
- 120 USD
Nagoya
Japan
Japan's underrated industrial heart — castle, miso katsu and Toyota heritage.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 110 USD
Nagasaki
Japan
Where Japan met the world — and where it must never forget.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 95 USD
Hiroshima
Japan
A city of peace — and Miyajima's floating torii at its door.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 95 USD
Kanazawa
Japan
Japan's best-preserved castle town — gold leaf, gardens and geisha lanes.
- Best time
- Apr-Jun
- Budget/day
- 100 USD
Kobe
Japan
Beef, harbor views and a mountain at the end of the street.
- Best time
- Mar-May
- Budget/day
- 110 USD
Ubud
Indonesia
Bali's green soul — rice terraces, water temples and jungle yoga.
- Best time
- May-Sep
- Budget/day
- 60 USD
Lombok
Indonesia
Bali's wilder neighbor — Rinjani's volcano and the Gilis offshore.
- Best time
- May-Sep
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Luang Prabang
Laos
Saffron robes at dawn between the Mekong and the mountains.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Kathmandu
Nepal
Prayer flags, medieval squares and the gateway to the Himalayas.
- Best time
- Oct-Nov
- Budget/day
- 45 USD
Colombo
Sri Lanka
Colonial arcades, ocean drives and the gateway to the tea country.
- Best time
- Dec-Mar
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Maldives
Maldives
Overwater villas on a turquoise atoll — the bucket list's final page.
- Best time
- Dec-Apr
- Budget/day
- 350 USD
Mumbai
India
Bollywood's maximum city — colonial grandeur, street food and the sea link.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 60 USD
Jaipur
India
The Pink City — Amber's ramparts, Hawa Mahal's honeycomb and bazaars.
- Best time
- Oct-Mar
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Goa
India
India's beach state — Portuguese churches, shack dinners and palm sand.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Penang
Malaysia
George Town's street art and Malaysia's best hawker food.
- Best time
- Dec-Feb
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Pattaya
Thailand
The Gulf's resort strip — islands offshore, cabaret onshore.
- Best time
- Nov-Mar
- Budget/day
- 55 USD
Yangon
Myanmar
Shwedagon's gold at dusk and a colonial downtown frozen in time.
- Best time
- Nov-Feb
- Budget/day
- 50 USD
Popular trips in Asia
Tokyo 3-Day Foodie Adventure
Tokyo, Japan
- Duration
- 3 days
- Budget
- 360 USD
Bangkok Night Market Journey
Bangkok, Thailand
- Duration
- 3 days
- Budget
- 150 USD
Beijing Cultural Escape
Beijing, China
- Duration
- 3 days
- Budget
- 2,800 CNY
Shanghai Urban Experience
Shanghai, China
- Duration
- 3 days
- Budget
- 3,000 CNY
Guangzhou Foodie Journey
Guangzhou, China
- Duration
- 2 days
- Budget
- 1,800 CNY
Chengdu Slow Life
Chengdu, China
- Duration
- 3 days
- Budget
- 2,000 CNY
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