4-Day Lhasa Holy Tour

- Potala Palace / Jokhang Temple / Drepung Monastery

Trip Highlights - Attractions Involved: Lhasa Potala Palace, Norbulingka Park, Sera Monastery, Jokhang Temple, Barkhor Street, Carpet Factory, Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital, Drepung Monastery, Tibetan Museum. This Lhasa Tour offers a chance to reveal its holy veil. Lhasa is one of the most "want to visit" cities in the world. People want to visit Lhasa either because of its remoteness or its impressive heritage of over a thousand years of Tibetan culture and religion. This potent combination gives as much culture and beauty shock as awe even to the most experienced tourists!
Tour Availability: All Year Round.          Tour Destinations: Lhasa.          Tour Duration: 4 Days.

Tour Itinerary: (B-Breakfast, L-Lunch, D-Dinner)
Day 01: Arrive in Lhasa (L/D)
You will arrive at the Gonggar Airport and be greeted by your tour guide. Then you will drive to Lhasa and have a rest in the afternoon at a 4 star hotel.
Hotel: Lhasa Hotel 4 star (or similar class)

Day 02: Lhasa (B/L/D)
Today, you will visit the Jokhang Temple and the Bazaar at Barkhor Street. Afterwards you will be taken to the Carpet Factory and The Tibetan Traditional Medicine Hospital. Finally, you will see Drepung Monastery, constructed in 1416. The second through fourth Dalai Lamas once lived here. Afterwards you will be driven back to your hotel for the remainder of the evening.
Hotel: Lhasa Hotel 4 star (or similar class)

Day 03: Lhasa (B/L/D)
Today you will visit Norbulingka Park and the Sera Monastery. Afterwards, you will then visit the Potala Palace, constructed in 637 by Songtsen Gampo, the first King of United Tibet. Later you will visit a Tibetan family and then be taken back to your hotel for the remainder of the evening.
Hotel: Lhasa Hotel 4 star (or similar class)

Day 04: Depart from Lhasa (B)
If there is enough time you will visit The Tibetan Museum before being taken to the airport for your flight.
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Attraction Description
Norbulingka Park is the largest garden in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau with the highest gardening level artistic level. It borrowed the architectural style from the inland areas of China while maintaining and reflecting the local ethnic religious and natural features...
Sera Monastery at the foot of Tatipu Hill is dedicated to the Gelugpa or Yellow Hat Sect, a branch of Tibetan Buddhism, founded by Tsong Khapa. Jamchen Chojey, one of Tsong Khapa's disciples built the monastery in 1419 during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644)...
Barkhor Street, located in the center of old Lhasa, is the oldest street, as well as the most representative. Being a circular street, Barkhor is the road that pilgrims either walk or crawl around the Jokhang Temple since it was first constructed in the seventh century...