List of most-visited palaces and monuments

This is a list of the most visited national monuments, including palaces, historical monuments and historic sites. It does not include churches, religious shrines and pilgrimage sites ^{[inconsistent]}. Sources used to compile the list include an annual survey of the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) in the United Kingdom; the U.S. National Park Service list of National Monuments, Patrimonio Nacional of Spain, and the Italian, French, and Russian Ministries of Culture.

Forbidden City, Beijing, China. The most visited monument in the world.

St. Peter's Basilica, Rome, Vatican City.

Palace of Versailles, Versailles, France.

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C., U.S.

Colosseum, Rome, Italy.

Parthenon, Athens, Greece

Eiffel Tower, Paris, France

Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey

List

National monuments by visitors per year
Name	Country flag, city	Visitors per year	Year reported
The Forbidden City	Beijing	17,000,000+	2018[1]
St. Peter's Basilica-Apostolic Palace	Vatican City	11,000,000	2018[2][3]
Palace of Versailles	Versailles	8,100,000	2018[4]
Lincoln Memorial	Washington, D.C.	7,804,683	2018[5]
Forum Romanum-Colosseum-Palatine Hill Circuit	Rome	7,650,519	2018[6]
Acropolis of Athens-Parthenon	Athens	7,200,000	2016[7]
Eiffel Tower	Paris	7,000,000	2017[8]
Taj Mahal	Agra	6,532,366	2019 [9]
Hagia Sophia	Istanbul	6,250,000	2024[10]
Cologne Cathedral	Cologne	6,000,000	2018[11]
Peterhof Palace	Saint Petersburg	5,245,900	2016[12]
Statue of Unity	Kevadiya	5,000,000+	2023[13]
Łazienki Palace	Warsaw	4,966,858	2019[14]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Washington, D.C.	4,719,148	2018[5]
World War II Memorial	Washington, D.C.	4,652,865	2018[15]
Independence National Historical Park	Philadelphia	4,576,436	2018[5]
Sagrada Família	Barcelona	4,500,000	2018 [16]
Statue of Liberty National Monument	New York City	4,335,431	2018[5]
Teotihuacán	Teotihuacán	4,070,000	2018[17]
Mysore Palace	Mysore	3,861,162	2019[18]
Tsarskoe Selo State Museum-Reserve	Saint Petersburg	3,694,000	2016[12]
Pompeii	Pompei, Naples	3,646,585	2018 [19]
Topkapı Palace	Istanbul	3,474,760	2023[20]
Wilanów Palace	Warsaw	3,115,797	2019[21]
Royal Castle	Warsaw	2,036,642	2024[22]
Schönbrunn Palace	Vienna	3,050,000	2017[23]
Kazan Kremlin	Kazan	2,893,300	2016[12]
Tower of London	London	2,858,336	2018[24]
Alhambra	Granada	2,760,000	2018[25]
Chichén Itzá	Yucatán	2,740,000	2018[26]
Chapultepec Castle	Mexico City	2,661,615	2018[27]
Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias	Valencia	2,637,567	2018[28]
Moscow Kremlin	Moscow	2,478,622	2016[29]
Battle of Stalingrad State Museum-Reserve	Volgograd	2,359,300	2016[12]
Tulum	Quintana Roo	2,190,000	2018[30]
Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum	Oświęcim	2,053,000	2016[31]
Edinburgh Castle	Edinburgh	2,111,578	2018[32]
Mosque–Cathedral of Córdoba	Córdoba	1,953,133	2018[33]
Royal Alcázar of Seville	Seville	1,875,744	2018[34]
Wawel Castle	Kraków	1,587,999	2019[21]
Arc de Triomphe	Paris	1,583,260	2017
Royal Palace of Madrid	Madrid	1,552,481	2018[35]
Dolmabahçe Palace	Istanbul	1,500,000	2022[36]
Neuschwanstein Castle	Schwangau	1,500,000	2017[37]
Machu Picchu	Cusco	1,411,276	2017[38]
Castillo San Felipe del Morro (San Juan National Historic Site)	San Juan	1,400,000	2016[39]

See also

• List of most visited museums
• List of most visited art museums
• List of most visited museums by region

Notes

^ii Statistics refer to the fiscal year ending 30 June 2017.^[40]