5.0Potala Palace(2.502 reviews) - Full of history and culture Friday: 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites
The residence of the Dalai Lama is an immense religious structure and a masterpiece of Tibetan architecture.See more..
4.5Jokhang Temple(1.227 reviews) - Beautiful Temple Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Religious Sites
Included on UNESCO's World Heritage list in 2000 as part of the Potala Palace, the Jokhang Temple is in the heart of Lhasa downtown. With an area of 25,100 square meters (about six acres), it is the ultimate pilgrimage destination for Tibetan Pilgrims. As the most sacred temple in Tibet, Jokhang Temple is situated in Lhasa city and attracts many pilgrims to worship and circumambulating around. The temple was founded during King Songtsen Gampo’ reign (617-650 AD). At that time, the King built the temple to welcome his two brides, Princess Bhrikuti from Nepal and Princess Wencheng from China in Tang Dynasty. Both princesses brought statues of Jowo Sakyamuni as their dowries, therefore, Songtsen decided to build a temple to house these important statues. Together with Jokhang Temple, Ramoche Temple was built as well to place the statue brought by Princess Wencheng. Later, the statue was moved to Jokhang Temple as well for better protection.See more..
4.5Sera Monastery(716 reviews) - Monks in action Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Historic Sites • Religious Sites
The Sera Monastery (founded in 1419 by Jamchen Chojey of Sakya Yeshe, disciple of Tsongkhapa) is just located at the foot of Tatipu Hill,located 1.25 miles (2.01 km) north of Lhasa and about 5 km (3.1 mi) north of the Jokhang and it is about 6 km to the northeast direction of Potala Palace. It is famous for the Buddhism activities of” Monks Debate” which happens in afternoon from Monday to Saturday. This is one highlight attraction for travel in Lhasa Tibet.See more..
4.5Drepung Monastery (Zhebang Si)(322 reviews) - Monastery in the Mountains Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Historic Sites • Religious Sites
Built in 1416, this is considered one of the largest monasteries in the world with more than 10,000 monks living inside its walls during the height of its activities.See more..
4.5Tashilunpo Monastery(252 reviews) - calm and quiet Friday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Historic Sites • Points of Interest & Landmarks • Religious Sites
Tashilhunpo Monastery is situated in Shigatse, the second largest city in Tibet. In 1447, the first Dalai Lama built it and it has been one of the six great Gelugpa monasteries. If you go to Shigatse, you cannot miss the marvelous monastery where you will see a lot of precious religious statues and stupas.See more..
5.0Mount Kailash(196 reviews) - Journey to the center of the self Friday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Spent More than 3 hours Mountains • Hiking Trails • Religious Sites
Gangs Rin-po-che is the Tibetan name of Mt. Kailash which is considered as a sacred place in four regions: Bon Religion, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to Kailash for the faith they believed that circumambulating Kailash by foot will bring good luck and clear the sins. The trek begins and ends at Darchen which is at 4,575m elevation.Mount Kailash trekking is one of the most challenging and sacred treks in the world. The trek is widely known as Mt. Kailash kora which is scared in four religions, Bon Religion, Buddhism, Hinduism and Jainism. What’s more, this holy mountain is also the headstream of four famous rivers in Asia: Indus River (also called Shiquan River in China), Sutlej River (a major tributary of the Indus River), Yarlungzangpo River (also called Brahmaputra River) and Ganges River. Every year, thousands make a pilgrimage to Kailash for the faith they believed that circumambulating this holy mountain by foot will bring good luck.See more..
4.0Rongbuk Monastery(132 reviews) - Don't Miss this Trip Lookouts • Religious Sites
One of the highest monasteries in the world was built in 1899.See more..
4.5Ganden Monastery(127 reviews) - A sight to Behold - Massive and Elegant Monastery Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Religious Sites
Ganden Monastery, also known as Ganden Namgyeling, is one of the three great Gelug university monasteries (the other two are Sera Monastery and Drepung Monastery) of Tibet, China. It was constructed in 1409 near Lhasa by the founder of the Gelug order, Je Tsongkhapa Lozang-dragpa. Back in 1958, the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, took his last degree examination here. However, Ganden was destroyed after 1959, right now it has been partially rebuilt. Right now, there are several major constructions in the monastery, namely, the Lagyi Hall, Chitokang, Yangbagyain Hall, Xaze, Jamze Zhacang Buddhist Colleges and kamcuns and Myicuns. The Lagyi Hall is a 3-storey building. And it takes up 2,000 square meters and can contain 3,000 people at the same time.See more..
Built in 1414, this monastery consists of 17 Dratsang (colleges) that belong to the three sects of Sagya, Kadam and Gelug. Palkhor also has the spectacular Bodhi stupa, or Kumbum in Tibetan, which was built in 1412.See more..
In the middle of the 7th century, Songtsan Gampo and his team built Drak-Yerpa for his wife. Songstan Gampo (604-650) was the 33rd king of the Yarlung Dynasty. And he was the first emperor of a united Tibet. It was said that there were 108 caves at Drak Yerpa in the past but now only a dozen of them remain well. And the earliest among these caves is the cave of Songtsan Gampo. Many individual temples were built around the cave, then after several expansions, they were consolidated forming the well-known temple. This site is very peaceful and has stunning views. To walk and hike where Songtsan Gampo and the later Guru Renpoche and the later Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche (late 8th to early 9th century) have walked is really aspiring.See more..
Ancient, beautiful and peaceful place of prayer. We took a guided tour of this 1,300 year old Buddhist monastery to better understand the meaning of the places and artifacts.See more..
Samye Monastery, Tibetan’s first monastery and first college, locates in Shannan Region. It was constructed by the King Trisong Detsen of the Tubo Kingdom, and the monastery was also presided over by the Buddhist master Padmasambhava or Gulug Rinpoche. Detsen took part in the foundation ceremony and later he ordained seven descendants of blue blood to cultivate the monastery. They were called ‘Seven Enlighten Disciples of Samye’. Since then, Buddhism has widespread within Tibetan plateau. Samye was destroyed several times by civil war, fire and earthquakes respectively. Today, only partially of its original 108 buildings survive or have been rebuilt.See more..
4.5Sakya Monastery(55 reviews) - A special and magic place Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:30 PM Spent 2-3 hours Religious Sites
Sakya Kloster is famed as the 'Second Dunhuang' due to its colossal collection of numerous Tibetan Buddhist scriptures, murals and Thangkas. According to statistics, about 40,000 volumes of scriptures are housed there. A wooden bookshelf which is about 57 meters (187 feet) long, 11 meters high (36 feet) and one meter wide (three feet) has 464 grids. More than ten thousand scriptures are housed on the shelf. Among them, the most precious is Burde Gyaimalung, which records Tibetan religion, history, philosophy, literature, agriculture and animal husbandry. It is 1.8 meters (six feet) long, 1.3 meters (four feet) wide and 0.67 meter (two feet) thick and boasts the biggest scriptures in the world. Additionally, it also houses 21 volumes of Buddhist scriptures written on Pattra leaves in Sanskrit. Each consists of one hundred to two hundred pages and four-color illustrations. They are the most precious sutras in the world.See more..
4.5Ani Tsankhung Nunnery(30 reviews) - We felt very comfortable here unlike the Jokhang Temple. Spent 1-2 hours Historic Sites • Architectural Buildings • Religious Sites
Ani Tsankhung Nunnery was built in the 7th century by Songsten Gampo who used its meditation chamber.The monastery is a yellow building which lies on the street parallel and north of Chingdol Dong Lu in Lhasa. Since the 12th century the monastery has been used chiefly by Buddhist nuns. The nunnery's main hall contains a beautiful image of Chenrezi, the multi-armed bodhisattva of Compassion. The sacred meditation chamber lies behind it.See more..
4.0Tradruk Temple(26 reviews) - The Tibetan budhist first temple Friday: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Religious Sites
The trandruk monastery is located at the southeast of Tsedang twon ,which is one of Tibet first temple ,and built in 7centure by Tibetan religiou king Songtsangarpo ,See more..
4.0Xialu Temple(16 reviews) - worth the visit Friday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Ancient Ruins • Religious Sites
This monastery is worth a visit if you have time. The monastery is about 5floors high and if you get to the top, there are wonderful views over the surrounding area and city of Shigatse.See more..
4.5Pabongka Hermitage(15 reviews) - Beautiful hermitage and short hike Religious Sites
Pabongka Monastery (Pabongka means ‘giant stone palace’ in Tibetan language) is situated about 9 km away from west of Sera Monastery, in north of Lhasa city. The shape of the huge stone in Pabongka is like a turtle and forms a unique style of this ancient monastery. Pabongka Monastery is one of the oldest monasteries around Lhasa, built in the 7th century by King Songtsen Gampo.See more..
One of the most amazing monasteries and temples that I have seen! It is beautiful all through and through!See more..
4.0Zhaji Temple(14 reviews) - Wednesday visit! Religious Sites
Our tour guide took us here on a Wednesday, and it seems to be a holy day, it was fantastic!! We even love it more than Jokhang Temple!See more..
4.5Canggu Temple(13 reviews) - Stops you in your tracks Religious Sites
We got there as the 30 or so nuns were chanting. It was mesmerizing. I felt a bit embarrassed encroaching on their life, taking photos and just listening. It was a chance to see up close the auctioning of Tibetan Buddhism. They also have a very nice shop with reasonable prices. Leave a donation or buy something just because you have the money to do so.See more..
The caves are located near Samye (not near Lhasa as classified by TripAdvisor). You can visit only Chimpu nunnery which will be relatively fast, but I recommend going all the way up to the temples almost at the top of the mountain. There is no road there and you will have to walk there. Nowadays there are stairs almost all the way up and it is not very difficult (but takes time). It is best to go there early in the morning before it becomes too hot. The view from the temple on the top is amazing. Also, on the way you will see some small caves where monks and nuns meditate, and you can visit some of them.See more..
4.5Xiamiyuan Temple(8 reviews) - the sacred monastery -lower tantrak (Tibet called gyelme Religious Sites
The Lower tantra monastery -gyel me ,Chinese call Xiamiyuan, it is a sacred monastery in Tibet ,which is located ancient lhasa city .See more..
4.0Tholing Monastery(7 reviews) - Must visit. Friday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Religious Sites
One of the best place you can visit in western Tibet. More than a thousand years old murals even partly destroyed.See more..
4.0Muru Temple(6 reviews) - 为那莲花上的安详！ Religious Sites
Just we crossed border of India....wow ...how exciting....na!!!! We were in Dooars Trip...our stay was Bardabari Malangi Lodge...which is in Hasimara....Phuntsoling is just 28 km from here so we decided to go... how come we miss to see another country...Cab driver took 1500 . Last city in India was Jaigaon ..... Phuntsoling is first town in Bhutan where you can enter without any visa or passport.This city got all places which accept Indian Rupees.Though its in Bhutan but it's pretty much India .. except few things you can't smoke...N this city is significantly cleaner than Jaigaon.Which shows if you want you can keep city clean. Liquer are very cheap but don't how's that. Here you can go to Visit Montesary which is 7 km up hill.View from Montesary is awesome & Heanvly. Other than this there's a crocodile breading center which is something you can ignore ,it costs around 200 per head. See more..
4.0Minzhulin Temple(5 reviews) - amazing temple and stupa Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Religious Sites
Founded by Rigzin Terdak Lingpa in 1676, Mindrolling Monastery is one of the six major monasteries of Nyingma School in Tibet. In Tibetan language, Mindrolling means ‘Palace of Perfect Emancipation’. It is located in Zhanang County, Shannan Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. In 1718,the Monastery faced a heavily damage by Dzungar Mongols, then it was rebuilt during the period of the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kelzang Gyatso (1708 – 1757). Terdak Lingpa’s daughter and son supervised its reconstruction together. For nearly 300 years, the Mindrolling is used as the Monostic University that trained Nyingma scholars and yogis over Tibet. At Mindrolling, learners need to focus on learning Buddhist scriptures, astronomy, Tibetan lunar calendar, rhetoric and Traditional Tibetan medicine and so on.See more..
I keep thinking I’ve seen the most beautiful Tibetan monastery and then I see another, perhaps more beautiful. Under construction, which they all seem to be, but great to walk around. Only other visitors were Tibetan pilgrims. You can’t go to the nearby sky burial site (no longer ever permitted for tourists), but the birds are in evidence. Lunch in the all vegetarian refectory was pretty good. See more..
4.5Qingpu Ashram(4 reviews) - 说不清的青朴 Religious Sites
5.0Lamalin Temple of Bujiu(4 reviews) - the sacred temple at Kongpo region -Lamaling temple of Bujie Friday: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM Religious Sites
the magic and mysterious monastery Lamaling at Bujiu town of nyingtri,it is a sacred with historical monastery in Tibet,this is a important Tibet Buddhist Nyimapa school's temple in kongpo region.See more..
4.0Dorje Drak Monastery(2 reviews) - Beautiful small monastery high above the Yarlung Tsampo Friday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Religious Sites
Dorje Druk is a beautiful monastery on a hill overlooking the Yarlung Tsampo river. Next to it are the ruins of Gonggar Dzong. From the old Shigatse-Lhasa road which is located on the south side of the Yarlung Tsampo river and approx. 8 kms from the junction to Lhasa and Gonggar airport is this jewel of a monastery. The location offers a breathtaking view of the river flowing peacefully in the valley and on the opposite site of the hill one can enjoy the views of fields and villages in the distance. Inside the monastery is a small chapel with the mummified body of a little girl from the 11th century. Since several years I always intended to visit the place but due to time restrictions it never materialized. This year was different. I had the luck to meet the abbot of the place who permitted me also to make some photos inside the small chapel. My thanks go to him as well as my tour guide who arranged a visit on a very short notice (just by phone shortly before we passed the monastery on the way back to Lhasa). For those who have some time I recommend to visit the monastery. It's worth the effort.See more..
4.5Nietang Temple(2 reviews) - The Tibetan pilgrimage important destination Religious Sites
The Nietang temple is located at 25km of the Lhasa city,the Tibetan called Dolma Lhakang.Englis meaning is Tara temple ,it is a 900 more years history tample whhich is built in 13century .See more..
5.0Chubu Temple(2 reviews) - Seat of the Karmapa Religious Sites
Tsurphu Monastery is a gompa which served as the traditional seat of the Karmapa, the head of the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism before he fled to India. The Monastery consists of a number of buildings many of which have been rebuilt following the destruction of the cultural revolution. It is possible to visit the Karmapas living quarters and be blessed by his slippers by a monk.See more..
5.0Nadang Temple(2 reviews) - Good place to vist! Religious Sites
When we are diving from Shigatse to New Tingri. You can see the Nadang temple. it's very close to the friendship highway from your right hand side. It's very nice place to explore the local villagers and the monastery. The Nadang temple is once the biggest printing house in Tibet.See more..
4.5Paxia Monastery(2 reviews) - the Paxia temple in Shigatse region Religious Sites
this is a small monastery but most sacred monastery about 50 km of the east Shigatse city,it is built at 17century by Banchen lama See more..
3.5Kejia Temple(2 reviews) - So peaceful !!! Religious Sites
This temple is on the way from Nepal border Hilsa and Tibet's ( China) border town Takalakot , when we travel to Mt Kailash we will pass this blissful temple , but our travel agents won't include this temple in their itinerary and they will charge 200 yuvans (Rs.2100/-) per person for a 18km travel and an entrance fees of 30yuvans to enter this temple. We can light candles inside the temple after praying to God , the candles are prized from 5yuvans to 50yuvans depending up on the size of the candle . Must visit when we are to MT Kailash yathra. Loving you so much ... Peacefully yours ... S M Bega Raaj.See more..
4.0Natang Temple(2 reviews) - the magic and mysterious temple with historical Natang Religious Sites
the natang is located 20km far of the southeast of Shigatse city and betweent of Shigatse and Lhatse,beside of the firendship highway. for traveler is might be easy visit this magic temple.See more..
Reting (also spelled Rating and Radreng) was built in the early 11th century, but destroyed during the Cultural Revolution and only partly rebuilt. It is worth a visit if you’re in the area, maybe post Namtso. Small, so it won’t take long. See more..
5.0Juenang Temple(1 review) - The hairs stood upon the back of my neck Friday: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Religious Sites
This is a must and a focus of pilgrimage for anyone going to Tibet. Whilst I enjoyed visiting other temples they did in some cases seem dark and foreign to me (as is to be expected) but not the Juenang. The moment I entered here it felt like home. The monks playing instruments, were wonderful and when heard and seen in reality and not in a recording all blended together and didn't have that sense of discord which can by herd in a recording. Literally the hairs stood up on the back of my neck, it was an intense experience. I sat there for other an hour, this is the most spiritual place I visited. The hundreds of butter candles and the friendly smiles are not to be missed.See more..
5.0Lhaze Nunnery(1 review) - very peaceful Religious Sites
this place is very peaceful, there is a kithen here where you can eat the local food and drink the local tea...you can sit with the nuns while they chant....is is my favourtie place in lhasaSee more..
5.0Sangding Temple(1 review) - Nice view of the Nagarze county Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Religious Sites
It's very nice to visit the Sangding monastery. It's located on the hill and you have a very nice view of Nagarze county.See more..
4.0Shegar Chode Monastery(1 review) - Interessanti anche le rovine dello Dzong appena sopra Spent < 1 hour Religious Sites Appartiene all'ordine Gelugpa, fu fondato nel 1266; purtroppo nel 1959 è stato raso al suolo dai cinesi. Quando siamo andati noi ferveva ancora la ricostruzione, cmq la sua visita non merita, all’interno c’è solo una piccola sala che non ha nulla a che vedere con la ricchezza degli altri monasteri; in compenso sono molto suggestive le rovine dello Dzong (o Forte di Cristallo) arroccato su un’alta rupe al di sopra del monastero.See more..
3.0Zhatang Temple(1 review) Friday: 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM Religious Sites
