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 Before entering the Jokhang Monastery,it is well worth strolling around the old streets and alleyways nearby, to get a taste of the old Tibetan atmosphere about town. This is a most prosperous area in Lhasa... |
| Drepung Temple |
 Drepung Monastery is actually a collection of Buddhist chapels and colleges located about 8km west of Lhasa. The word Drepung can be literally translated as "rice pile", a name whose meaning becomes clear when you see the white-walled buildings scattered along the hill. |
| Ganden Temple |
 Ganden Monastery is attainable on a day trip from Lhasa. It lies 45km east of Lhasa, on the Sichuan highway. It is the most dramatically situated of the main temples near Lhasa, high up on the ridge... |
| Jokhang Monastery |
 The Jokhang Temple, Lhasa's holiest temple, is situated bang in the middle of the city in the Barkhor Market district, and is easily visited alone. Usually buses from s from the several hotels of Lhasa are provided.... |
| Nechong Monastery |
| Nechung Monastery [free entry] lies a couple of minutes' walk down the hill from Drepung Monastery and is worth visiting. It's much the smallest and most personal of these monasteries easily accessible from Lhasa, and is the least visited, and therefore the most peaceful.... |
| Norbulingka |
 The Norbulingka is the Summer Palace of the Dalai Lamas and while truly run down, this garden still deserves a visit both for its historical and cultural significance. This area is especially interesting on festival days with lots to see...
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| Potala Palace |
 The Potala Palace, of course is a must. Its gold roofs are visible all over Lhasa, but most notably from the roof of the Jokhang. It's easy to see why the first Western visitors to Tibet were utterly enchanted with Lhasa. |
| Ramoche Temple |
 Ramoche Temple is the sister temple to Jokhang Temple in the northern part of the Lhasa city. This three storey construction was built at the same time as Jokhang, in the 7th Century and later rebuilt in the 15th Century in a more Chinese style than the original building... |
| Samye Monastery |
 The Tibetan people believe that the souls of the dead will not be incarnated unless the deceased has reached Samya before.Samye Monastery is probably the most favoured destination outside Lhasa. |
| Sera Monastery |
 Sera Monastery lies 4 km north of Lhasa, and was one of only eight [of some 3000] monasteries in all of Tibet to be spared the vicissitudes of the Cultural Revolution. It is here that the monks' famous daily debates take place, at 3.30pm... |
| Tomb of the Kings |
 overing an area of 3 square km, the Chongye Burial Mounds are located on Mulou Mountain in Chongye County in the south east of Lhasa. This is one of the few Tibetan sights that illustrates the existence of of a pre- Buddhist culture here. |
| Tsurphu Monastery |
cTsurphu Monastery and Nam Tso (Nam Lake) lie 70km and 230km respectively northwest of Lhasa. Tsurphu, sits at an altitude of very nearly 4500m, and can be reached from Lhasa within 2 or 3 hours, or otherwise combined with Nam Tso as a 2 or 3 day trip.
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| Yambulagang |
| The history of Yumbulagang, the oldest chateau in Tibet, can be traced back to the time of legends.Tthe building Yumbulagang still remains an impresssive and imposing sight overlooking the valley from the top of a steep hill...Yumblagang is situated by the mainroad from Tsetang to the Yarlung river valley, if you are in Lhasa... |
