Lonely Planet Tibet (Country Guide)

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Lonely Planet Tibet is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Hike around sacred Mt Kailash, join pilgrims at the Jokhang, Tibet's holiest sanctum, or view Mt Everest unobstructed from Rongphu Monastery; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Tibet and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's Tibet Travel Guide:

• Colour maps and images throughout
• Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
• Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
• Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
• Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
• Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - including customs, religion, history, art, architecture, literature, music, dance, landscapes
• Over 52 maps
• Covers Lhasa, Tsang, Kham, Ngari, U, Rawok, Bayi, Tashigang, Gyantse, Shigatse, Lhatse, Tingri, Nyalam, Pomi, Ganzi, Kangding, Lithang, Bathang, Baber, Zhangmu, Gongkar, Kathmandu, Chengdu, and more

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet Tibet, our most comprehensive guide to Tibet, is perfect for both exploring top sights and taking roads less travelled.

• Looking for more extensive coverage? Check out Lonely Planet's China guide.

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Bradley Mayhew, John Vincent Bellezza and Robert Kelly.

About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveller community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travellers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves.

Bradley Mayhew empezó a escribir guías de viajes hace 20 años. Sus primeros viajes los hizo mientras estudiaba chino en la Universidad de Oxford, y desde entonces ha enfocado su experiencia en China, el Tíbet, el Himalaya y Asia central. Es coautor de las guías de Lonely Planet Tibet, Nepal, Trekking in the Nepal Himalaya, Bhutan, Central Asia y muchas otras. Bradley también ha protagonizado dos series de televisión para Arte y SWR, una siguiendo los pasos de Marco Polo por Turquía, Irán, Afganistán, Asia central y China, y la otra recorriendo las 10 grandes rutas senderistas más pintorescas de Europa. Su andadura con Lonely Planet empezó con la guía de Pakistán y la carretera del Karakórum, a la que siguieron las primeras ediciones de Southwest China y Shanghai.

Nacido en Vancouver, Canadá, Robert Kelly visitó China por primera vez a mediados de los años ochenta y desde el 2003 se ha convertido en uno de sus destinos habituales. Durante los últimos 16 años ha vivido en Taiwán, donde actualmente trabaja en un documental sobre la pérdida de las artes de los templos tradicionales taoístas.