Tibet - Gateway Cities (PDF Chapter)
This is the Gateway Cities chapter from Lonely Planet’s Tibet guidebook.
Given the complicated logistics of getting into Tibet, it’s advisable to at least stay overnight in a gateway city en route to Lhasa, either to pick up your permit, meet up with your fellow travellers or to buffer potential delays in your international flights.
- follow the 60s Hippy Trail from colourful and chaotic Kathmandu
- maps
- explore western Sìchu?n from Chéngd? before heading to Tibet
- transport
- take the Q?ngh?i–Tibet Railway from X?níng
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Kathmandu, Chéngd?, X?níng.
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