China - Tibet (Chapter)
This is the Tibet chapter from Lonely Planet’s China guidebook.
For many people, the highlights of Tibet will be of a spiritual nature: magnificent monasteries, prayer halls of chanting monks, and remote cliffside retreats. Tibet’s other big draw is the elemental beauty of the highest plateau on earth.
- rub shoulders with Tibetan pilgrims in the holy city of Lhasa
- maps
- marvel at the murals of angels and demons in the 108 chapels of Gyantse Kumbum
- transport
- erase the sins of a lifetime on the three-day pilgrim circuit of Mt Kailash
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Lhasa, Drepung Monastery, Ganden Monastery, Sera Monastery, Samye Monastery, Saga, Gyantse, Shigatse, Lhatse, Sakya, Everest Base Camp, Tingri, Darchen & Mt Kailash, Lake Manasarovar.

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