Tibet Travel Guide, Advice and Tips
Latest highly practical Tibet Travel advice about weather, best time to visit Tibet, cost, permits, transportation, attractions, high altitude sickness, maps, etc. Check the tips and information for your traveling in Tibet.
Chengdu to Tibet is a popular tourist route as there are multiple international flights to Chengdu and it's very convenient to travel to Lhasa from Chengdu.
How to Get to Tibet from Chengdu?
Eric
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For tourists from the Philippines to Tibet, you can fly to mainland China or Nepal first and then get to Tibet. The best option is via mainland China.
How to Get to Tibet from Philippines?
Eric
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Trip Advisor
Tibet is an ideal destination for a vacation. Having a Tibetan vacation, you can renew, refresh and purify your body and mind.
Tibetan Vacation
Meo
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Trip Advisor
Tibet religion starts from Yungdrung Bon, the indigenous region of the Tibetan Plateau. After Buddhism spread to Tibet, Bon religion also greatly influenced it.
Tibet Religion
Catherine
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Chiu Monastery is on the northwestern shore of Lake Manasarovar. It enjoys a fabulous location atop a craggy hill overlooking Lake Manasarovar.
Chiu Monastery
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Known as "Ghost Lake” in Tibet, Lhanag-tso is located in Purang County, Ngari. It is a neighboring lake of the holy Manasarovar Lake.
Lhanag-tso
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Zelzhol Monastery is one of the highest monasteries in Qamdo, Tibet. It is one of the oldest and most important monasteries of the Bonismo religion.
Zelzhol Monastery
Beatrice
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Tibetan thangka is a scroll painting used for worship in Tibetan Buddhism with distinct national characteristics, religious color and unique style.
Tibetan Thangka Painting
Lynn
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Trip Advisor
Americans can travel to Tibet via Chinese cities such as Beijing by flight or train. You also can travel to Tibet via Kathmandu by land or plane.
How to Travel to Tibet from US
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Tibet is located in the southwest of the Tibet Plateau and neighbors India, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, Kashmir, and other regions, with a 4000km+ borderline.
Tibet Neighbors, Borders and Ports
Freya
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The best restaurants in Lhasa include Lhasa Kitchen, Tibetan Family Kitchen, Makye Ame, Namaste Restaurant, Dunya Restaurant, Summit Cafe, etc.
Lhasa Restaurants
Catherine
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Tibet is also called the roof of the world, with an average altitude of above 4000 meters. See the effects of Tibetan Buddhism on Tibet's culture and history.
Tibet Facts
Freya
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A trip to Tibet is a spiritual vacation. Here you can visit the sacred Potala Palace, admire the tranquil Namtso, appreciate the starry Everest Base Camp, etc.
Tibet Spiritual Vacations
Meo
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Gossul Monastery is a Tibetan Buddhist stupa and has been a part of the Manasarovar kora for a long time. It is small but has charming scenery.
Gossul Monastery
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If you're a vegetarian who plans to travel to Tibet, you don't have to worry that there are no vegetarian options. Here are vegetarian foods in Tibet.
Vegetarian Tourists in Tibet
Nance
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As a U.S.citizen, you can definitely travel to Tibet. There are two ways for Americans to get to Tibet, from mainland China or from Kathmandu.
Can Americans Travel to Tibet?
Ghita
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Traveling to Tibet from Xiamen, you may transit from Guangzhou, Chengdu, Kunming, etc. Check the related train/flight, find your desired tour route.
Travel to Tibet from Xiamen
Eric
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Trip Advisor
Chongye Burial Mounds represent one of the few historical sites that give any evidence of a pre-Buddhist culture in Tibet.
Chongye Burial Mounds
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