Temple Paths

On Central Java’s Kedu Plain, Amanjiwo is a circular stone amphitheatre of suites oriented toward Borobudur, where temple dawns and volcanic horizons set the rhythm of each day.

In Luang Prabang, Amantaka keeps French-colonial courtyards, high wooden ceilings and pool suites steps from the Mekong temples and the town’s morning alms rhythm, inside its UNESCO streets.

In the temple hills near Hangzhou, Amanfayun is a tea village of stone dwellings in camphor shade, where days move along village paths toward temple visits, tea rituals and the spa.

Above the Ayung River gorge near Ubud, Amandari follows the scale of a Balinese village, its thatched pavilions a quiet hinge for temple circuits, craft hours and ceremony days that begin from Kedewatan rather than a beach road.

In Bhutan, Amankora is a journey rather than a single house: a circuit of lodges across the kingdom’s valleys, from Paro and Thimphu to Punakha, with dzongs, temples and trail days matched to the season, the festival calendar and your walking appetite.

In Nepal, The Dwarika’s Hotel is Kathmandu’s living museum of Newari craft, its courtyards set with carved woodwork rescued from the Valley’s old houses, and its mornings begin with a dawn walk to Pashupatinath. An hour east, Dwarika’s Sanctuary looks from the hills of Dhulikhel to the Himalaya, with a morning journey to the monks of Namobuddha for those who want the temple path to continue.

In Yunnan, Amandayan looks over the Naxi old town of Lijiang beneath Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The old town lanes are best walked early; the rest of the day can hold Dongba cultural hours, the light at Black Dragon Pool, and courtyard quiet with the spa after altitude days. For shrines, pilgrim paths and meditation retreats beyond Asia’s temple towns, continue to our Sacred Journeys collection.

For Japan’s shrines and onsen, see Japan Rituals, and for the hours of stillness between temple days, Wellness Retreats.