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Tidrum Nunnery
Tidrum Nunnery with its medicinal hot springs has a great location in a narrow gorge at the confluence of two streams.

Tidrum Nunnery

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Shuba Ancient Fort
Shuba Ancient Fort is situated in Gongbogyamda County. It was constructed with stones and wood in the Tang Dynasty.

Shuba Ancient Fort

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Have close contact with the locals and then you will find they are very kind and hospitable.
This walk takes in craft workshops, backstreet chapels and pilgrim paths, passing en route some of Lhasa’s traditional architecture.

Lhasa Old Town

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Nalendra Monastery
Nalendra Monastery is the representative monastery for Cha Sec(a sect that belongs to Saga Sect). It's located in the northeast of Lhasa.

Nalendra Monastery

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Dorje Drak Monastery
Dorje Drak Monastery is located in Shannan. The name of the monastery is derived from the naturally formed vajra pattern on the back mountain,

Dorje Drak Monastery

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Tagyel-tso
King Tiger Hot Springs is 21km north of the Raka junction. It's a collection of geysers, bubbling hot springs, puffing steam outlets and smoking holes.

King Tiger Hot Springs

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Dratang Monastery
This small Sakyapa monastery of only eight monks is of interest mainly to art specialists for its rare murals, which combine Indian and inner Asian styles.

Dratang Monastery

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The appearance of Tibet museum.
Tibet Museum, opposite Norbulingka, is worth a visit if you are interested in Tibetan culture and history as well as art.

Tibet Museum

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flight to Tibet
Entrust your travel agent to take care of everything therefore you don't need to be required to present your Tibet Travel Permit for booking.

How to Book Flights to Tibet? (The Easiest Way)

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With the background of Himalays, you will have a visual feast at Zanda Clay Forest.
Zanda Clay Forest is the largest tertiary strata earth forest in the world. Entering Zanda, you will be shocked by its vividness and diversity.

Zanda Clay Forest

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Reting Monastery has a history of more than 900 years.
Reting Monastery is the seat of Reting Rinpoche, also the first monastery of the Kadam Sect in Tibetan Buddhism.

Reting Monastery

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Thangka painting
Handmade art has been an indispensable part of people's lives such as Thangka, Tibetan incense, Tibetan medicine, Tibetan ornaments, etc.

Tibetan Handicrafts

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Eric
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Trithapuri Monastery
Trithapuri Monastery is 8km southwest of Moincer. The Hot Springs is the place where pilgrims traditionally bathe after doing kora around Mt Kailash.

Trithapuri Monastery

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Tibet is an ideal destination for a vacation.
Tibet is an ideal destination for a vacation. Having a Tibetan vacation, you can renew, refresh and purify your body and mind.

Tibetan Vacation

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Tibet region
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

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Catherine
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Chiu Monastery is located on the west bank of the holy lake, Manasarovar, Ngari region, Tibet.
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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Rakshas situated in Purang County, Ngari, Tibet.
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 of Dingqing
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

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Thangka is a traditional Tibetan painting art form.
Tibetan thangka is a scroll painting used for worship in Tibetan Buddhism with distinct national characteristics, religious color and unique style.

Tibetan Thangka Painting

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Lynn
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Tibet facts
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

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