Day 1: Arrive in Lhasa

Upon arrival, your tour guide or driver will greet you and transfer you to your hotel of your own arrangement, with scheduled transfers from the airport to the hotel: 9:30 AM; 1:30 PM; 4:30 PM, from the train station : Depends on the customer’s arrival time. If your arrival schedule is different, you will need to take your own airline shuttle, which costs RMB 30-35 per person). Take a day off or wander the area at your leisure.

The next day Norbulingka Sera Monastery

Norbulingka is a national key cultural relic protection unit located in the western suburbs of Lhasa, Tibet. First built in the 1840s (Dalai VII), it is the place where Dalai Lamas of all generations spent their summers and managed affairs. It is a typical Tibetan style garden. After more than 200 years of expansion, the park covers an area of 360,000 square meters. There are more than 100 species of plants in the park, including not only common flowers and trees in Lhasa, but also exotic flowers and plants taken from the northern and southern foothills of the Himalayas, as well as plants from the mainland. The rare flowers transplanted or imported from abroad can be called a plateau botanical garden.

The full name of Sera Temple is "Sela Mahayana Temple", one of the six main temples of the Gelug Sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Together with Drepung Monastery and Ganden Monastery, it is known as the three major monasteries in Lhasa. It is the latest one to be built among the three major monasteries. Sera Monastery is a national key cultural relic protection unit. It is located at the foothills of Sera Uzi Mountain, 3 kilometers away from the northern suburbs of Lhasa. It has been a place where eminent monks and living Buddhas have given lectures since ancient times. There are many small temples for monks and nuns surrounding it. To the east of the temple and to the south of the temple are Pubukje Temple, Miqiongreniku Temple, Gongbasa Temple, Pabengang Temple, Tashi Qulin Temple, Qusang Temple, Gali Nun Temple; behind the temple are Zhukang Richo, Shalachoding Temple and so on.

Day 3 Potala Palace Jokhang Temple Barkhor Street

The Potala Palace is a castle-style building complex located on Maburi Mountain northwest of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It was originally built by Zampo Songtsen Gampo of the Tubo Dynasty to marry Princess Wencheng. After being rebuilt in the 17th century, it became the winter palace residence of the Dalai Lamas of all generations and the political and religious ruling center of Tibet. In 1961, the Potala Palace became one of the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units designated by the State Council of the People's Republic of China. In 1994, the Potala Palace was listed as a World Cultural Heritage.

The Jokhang Temple, also known as "Zulakang" and "Juekang" (meaning Buddhist temple in Tibetan), is located in the center of the old city of Lhasa. It is a Tibetan Buddhist temple built by the Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo. The reason why Lhasa is a "holy place" "The reputation is related to this Buddha statue. The temple was originally called "Jhasa", and later "Jhasa" became the name of the city and evolved into the current "Lhasa". After the Jokhang Temple was built, it underwent repeated modifications and expansions in the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties before it reached its current scale.

Barkhor Street, also known as Bajiao Street, is located in the old city of Lhasa. It is a famous turning road and commercial center in Lhasa. It has relatively completely preserved the traditional appearance and living style of the ancient city. The original street of Barkhor Street was just a single prayer path around the Jokhang Temple, which Tibetans called the "Holy Road".

Day 4: Depart Lhasa

Drop off to the airport: 6:30 am; 8:30 am; 12:30 pm. To the train station: depends on the customer's departure time.