DAY 1
Arrive in Lhasa — a palace built by palace craftsmen
Your driver meets you at Lhasa Gonggar Airport for the hour's transfer to Songtsam Linka Lhasa, where the whole ancient royal city seems to spread out before you. This youthful 'ancient structure' was raised with master craftsmen who twice contributed to major repairs of the Potala Palace, its design drawn from the New Palace at Norbulingka: Yangbajing lime-plastered walls echoing the Potala, the sun-drenched black window frames of the Jokhang, the golden staircase of the Phodrang Pavilion and the fish-scale stone walls of Mindroling Monastery. Arrive early and you can take afternoon tea in the lobby while you acclimatize to 3,700 m — every suite carries an oxygen concentrator for a sound first night. Dinner at the hotel.
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- Terrain
- arrival + acclimatization + hotel
- Transport
- Private airport transfer, about 1 hour
- Meals
- Breakfast: not included; Lunch: not included; Dinner: included
- Stay
- Songtsam Linka Lhasa, Superior Suite (3,700 m)

