4-Day Mysterious Lhasa Package
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Office Hour: 09:00am - 06:00pm, (GMT+8)
Call our professional Tibet tour advisors
+86-23-86915020
Our local guide will greet you at the airport or the railway station and present you a Hada (presenting Hada is a special ceremony of Tibetan for greeting their guests). Then we will set out for the Holy City – Lhasa which is 3658 meters above the sea level. You could take a rest and adapt yourself to the plateau environment after we arrived at our hotel.
We will visit the highest ancient castle style architectural complex above the sea level – Potala Palace (1 hour). It was the residence of the Tibetan Dalai Lamas, as well as the political, educational and religious center of Tibet. It was built in the 7th century during the reign of Songtsen Gampo. Potala Palace is composed of the White Palace and the Red Palace.
In the afternoon, we will pay a visit to the Jokhang Temple which was widely accepted as the spiritual center of Tibet. The precious Statue of 12-year Sakyamuni (the founder of Buddhism) brought to Tibet by Princess of Chinese Tang Dynasty and the statues of some eminent Buddhists are enshrined in the monastery. There are also exquisite murals which present the history and culture of Tibet collected in the monastery. Then we will take a ramble at Barkhor Street which around the Jokhang Temple. There we could experience the traditional culture and daily life of Tibetan.
We will make a visit to Drepung Monastery in the morning. Drepung Monastery is one of the three great monasteries of Gelug Sect (a branch of Tibetan Buddhism). It is the largest monastery in the world. There were more than 10000 Buddhists in the monastery at its heyday. It covers an area of 0.2 million square kilometers with an altitude of 3800 meters.
We will tour to Sera Monastery – one of the three great monasteries in Lhasa. It is noted for its Buddhism scripture debating. Sera Monastery was constructed by one of the most famous disciples of Master Tsongkhapa in 1419. Then we will visit Tibet Museum.
We will see you off at the airport or railway station.
