3-Night Lhasa Tour Including Potala Palace and Yamdrok Yumtso
Lhasa, China
Trip Type: Multi-day Tours
Duration: 4 days
Enjoy this 3-night tour of Lhasa, which is rightly one of the most featured and dreamt-about cities in the world. This is not only because of its limited accessibility caused by its high altitude of 3,650 meters/11,975 feet, but also because of its impressive heritage of over a thousand years of cultural and spiritual history.
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Enjoy this 3-night tour of Lhasa, which is rightly one of the most featured and dreamt-about cities in the world. This is not only because of its limited accessibility caused by its high altitude of 3,650 meters/11,975 feet, but also because of its impressive heritage of over a thousand years of cultural and spiritual history. Day 01 – Arrival to Lhasa
Upon your arrival to Lhasa you will meet your guide at the airport and transfer to your hotel, which will be at Four Points by Sheraton.
Day 02 - Lhasa (B, L)
Day 4 - Departure from Lhasa
You will be transferred to Lhasa airport.
Day 02 - Lhasa (B, L)
After breakfast you will head to the world-famous Potala Palace, located on the "Red Hill", west off Lhasa. It was originally built in the 640's, during the reign of King Songtsan Gampo. You will then visit the the Barkhor Street which is located in the heart of Lhasa, circling the Jokhang Temple. It means “a pilgrim’s inner circuit”, and it is the oldest street of old part of Lhasa. As time went on and shops and businesses set up, it slowly became a prosperous area. Lunch will be provided at a local restaurant. In the afternoon you will visit the Johkang Temple which is one of Tibet's holiest shrines, originally built in 647 A.D.
Then you will head to Norbulingka, meaning "Jewelled Garden", which is a 250-year-old park built near a medicinal spring in the western suburbs of Lhasa. It used to be a summer palace of Dalai Lama, but was soon expanded to include space for the whole governmental administration. Accommodation will be provided at Four Points by Sheraton.
Day 03 - Lhasa (B, L)
After breakfast you will head to Yamdrok Yumtso, one of the three holy lakes in Tibet, located about 100 kilometres/62 miles south-west off Lhasa. Lunch will be provided at a local restaurant. After lunch you will visit the Sera Monastery, which was one of just eight out of 3000 Tibetan monasteries that were spared a cultural revolution. It is here that the monks' famous daily debates take place at 3.30pm. They are highly stylized with much clapping and stamping, and always attract many spectators. Accommodation will be provided at Four Points by Sheraton.
Day 4 - Departure from Lhasa
You will be transferred to Lhasa airport.
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