Yak Hotel

Top choice in Lhasa

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The ever-popular Yak has matured in recent years from backpacker hang-out to tour-group favourite, upgrading to a range of comfortable en-suite rooms. The best rates are through an online booking website such as Trip.com. The location is perfect and the 5th-floor breakfast bar offers great views of the Potala.

The cheapest online rates are for smallish doubles with squat toilets. Slightly pricier are the more spacious but noisier deluxe rooms overlooking busy Beijing Donglu. The best options are the colourful Tibetan-style decor of the quiet back block or the plush VIP rooms (guìbīnlóu).

Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

  • The Potala Palace in Morning Sunlight

    Potala Palace

    0.86 MILES

    The magnificent Potala Palace, once the seat of the Tibetan government and the winter residence of the Dalai Lamas, is Lhasa's cardinal landmark. Your…

  • Tibet, Lhasa, monks chanting at Jokhang temple

    Jokhang Temple

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    The 1300-year-old Jokhang Temple is the spiritual heart of Tibet: the continuous waves of awestruck pilgrims prostrating themselves outside are a…

  • Drepung monastery, Lhasa, Tibet, China

    Main Assembly Hall

    5.25 MILES

    The main assembly hall, or Tsogchen, is the principal structure in the Drepung complex and is the one chapel you must not miss. The hall is reached…

  • Sera Je College

    Sera Je College

    2.97 MILES

    This is the largest of Sera’s colleges, generally accessed from a western side entrance. It has a breathtaking main hall, hung with thangkas and lit by…

  • Tomb of Tsongkhapa

    Tomb of Tsongkhapa

    21.9 MILES

    The red, fortress-like structure of Tsongkhapa’s mausoleum is probably the most impressive of the reconstructed buildings at Ganden. It’s above a…

  • Main Assembly Hall

    Main Assembly Hall

    2.93 MILES

    The main assembly hall (Tsogchen) is the largest of Sera’s buildings and dates to 1710. The central hall is particularly impressive and is noted for its…

  • Assembly Hall

    Assembly Hall

    21.94 MILES

    The recently renovated tsogchen (assembly hall) has statues of the 16 arhats (literally ‘worthy ones’) and two huge statues of Tsongkhapa (only visible…

  • Main Debating Courtyard

    Main Debating Courtyard

    5.17 MILES

    If you’re here in the afternoon, save some time to watch the monk debating (lots of shouting, hand slapping and gesticulation) between 2.30pm and 4pm in…

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5. Gyüme Tratsang

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6. Barkhor Mani Lhakhang

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On the northern section of the Barkhor Circuit is a small building on the right, set off from the main path. This is the Mani Lhakhang, a chapel that…

7. Barkhor Square

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For your first visit to the Barkhor, enter from Barkhor Sq, a large plaza that was cleared in 1985. The square has been a focus for violent political…

8. Ramoche Temple

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The main image at this temple is the fabulously ornate Jowo Mikyöba (Akshobhya) statue, which represents Sakyamuni at the age of eight. The statue is in…