Lhasa
This tour-group blockhouse was recently renovated to include a blindingly golden lobby. Rooms are comfortable and clean, though the glass bathroom…
Must-see hotels in Tibet
Ngari
Opened in 2016, this has the potential to be the most comfortable place in town, with carpeted rooms and en-suite bathrooms surrounding a central tearoom…
Ngari
The clean five-bed rooms at this monastery guesthouse are comfortable and have fantastic views of Kailash through the barred windows. The greenhouse…
Ngari
A typical dusty-courtyard guesthouse in the southeast of Paryang town, with friendly owners, a cosy teahouse and rooms with three to five beds with decent…
Shigatse
A comfortable four-star place with some Tibetan decor, huge rooms with decently soft beds and a great central location. Bathrooms are modern and spacious…
Lhasa
This newish Tibetan-run three-star place, just south of the old town, is a modern hotel with a few Tibetan design touches and a good Nepali restaurant…
Ngari
Just what you didn't expect in Darchen: a four-star giant, with 102 rooms spread over half a dozen blocks. The grand lobby is impressive and surprisingly…
Lhasa
The simple Monastery Guesthouse at Ganden was once used by trekkers headed to Samye, but policy keeps changing on whether it accepts foreigners. The nine…
Ngari
This family home in remote Dungkhar village offers a rare chance in Tibet to experience a Tibetan-style homestay. There is only one guest room, with five…
Ngari
A good-value choice if you don't mind being a five-minute drive out of town. Rooms are clean and comfortable and there's pleasant seating in the solarium…
Ngari
This plush-looking branch of Lhasa's Himalaya Hotel chain offers stylish decor, an ATM and that rarest of things in Tibet – a fruit basket, making it…
Ngari
Rooms with en suite are spacious and clean, have decent hot-water showers and are flanked by a sunny sitting area overlooking the street, but they are…
Eastern Tibet
Once you get past the initial price shock, standard discounts of up to 60% make the only option in Pasho a little more palatable, and the rooms are fairly…
Ngari
Rooms are bright and clean, but the near-transparent glass-walled corner bathroom cubicles don't offer much privacy. It's not a bad choice if you can't…
Ngari
Hard beds and squat toilets make this a simple option, even with a room humidifier. Water pressure is better in the public showers in the lobby so you can…
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If you need to overnight in Damxung on the way to or from Nam-tso or are visiting for the Dajyur Horse Festival, this standard midrange hotel is the only…
Ngari
Comfortable, spacious rooms are set around a pleasant courtyard of real plants (!) and wicker armchairs; perfect for drying clothes or a bit of R&R after…
Lhasa
A modern, friendly and comfortable four-star giant, with Tibetan design touches and spacious carpeted rooms to compensate for the otherwise bland feel…
Tsang
The town's best budget choice has fresh and bright rooms with small but modern bathrooms. It's hidden in the north of town, around the corner from the…
Ngari
One of the best hotels in town, in the southeast suburbs. Comfortable and reliable, despite the 1980s-style decor, but there's not much in the way of…
Tsang
This unexpectedly welcoming place run by the local Grain Bureau has decent enough standard rooms with good hot water, but it's the epically proportioned…
Ngari
Probably your best choice, in the southern end of town, with gleaming white tiled corridors, regal wallpaper and comfortable rooms, though compact…
Tsang
Don't be put off by the unassuming entrance, this small guesthouse is the best place in town. The interior decor is surprisingly stylish and the bathrooms…
Tsang
This high-profile hotel is well run, with clean and fresh but small rooms, with tiny bathrooms. The suite-like triples are huge, with two bedrooms and a…
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This three-star place offers clean plush rooms, though some streetside rooms are noisy. You can even listen to your favourite Chinese pop tunes in the…
Ngari
A good three-star choice with heated, comfortable, spacious and carpeted rooms, clean, fresh linens and a rainforest shower. The back block rooms are…
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If you're looking for luxury in Tsetang, this is your best bet. We're still not sure what the 'theme' is, but at least rooms are spacious and public…
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Your best option is this hotel on the main highway by the junction to Dratang. Rooms are clean and modern, with hot showers, and you can watch the traffic…
Ngari
Hard beds and cramped showers are an inconvenience at this government-run place but rooms are bright and clean, if somewhat overpriced. Upper-floor rooms…
Eastern Tibet
Clean and pleasant rooms make this full-service hotel the obvious choice for travellers who aren't on a backpacker budget. Find it on the southeast side…
Ngari
The best hotel in town, with plush carpets, lots of space and oxygen machines in the rooms. Rates are discounted as low as ¥280 if things are quiet…
Ngari
The central heating in this hostel is a godsend early in the season and there's plenty of hot water in the bathroom. The cheaper four-bed rooms come with…
Ngari
An offbeat choice, this place has surprisingly spacious and clean rooms with attached bathrooms. It sees few foreign travellers but it's good value if you…
Ngari
This is probably the most popular of the half-dozen guesthouses lining the Manasarovar shoreline at Chiu. Rooms are simple, with pit toilets outside, but…
Ngari
An offbeat choice, with bright rooms and small bathrooms but Western toilets and 24-hour hot water, making it a decent option, though the location is far…
Eastern Tibet
The cleanest rooms in town and reliable hot water make this Pomda's best bet. Right on the intersection of Hwys 317 and 318, we might generously call it…
Zutul-puk Monastery Guesthouse
Ngari
The best place to stay at Zutul-puk is at the monastery guesthouse, with five-bed rooms set around a warm greenhouse-style solarium, and tea available at…
Tsang
A Tibetan-run place, popular with guides, with pleasant, modern rooms set around an interior atrium. Some rooms are without windows, so aim for one of the…
Eastern Tibet
Clean modern rooms and a riverside location combine to make this the nicest hotel in central Bayi, and discounts of up to 20% make the price a little more…
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Run by a local family, this basic guesthouse's Tibetan-style rooms are the cleanest in town. It's in the centre of Mamba village, above a restaurant of…