Mount Kailash
- Faith
- Syncretic
- In
- Gangdise range, north of Darchen, far-western Ngari
A 6,638 m peak in far-western Tibet held sacred by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and Bonpo alike, never climbed, and circled on foot by pilgrims on a three-day kora.
Palcho Monastery & Kumbum
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Gyantse, below the dzong
Gyantse's walled monastic compound, and the tiered Kumbum stupa — a nine-storey stack of chapels with no real parallel anywhere in the Himalaya.
Potala Palace
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Marpo Ri, central Lhasa
The winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, rising thirteen storeys off Marpo Ri hill above Lhasa — the most recognisable building in the Himalaya.
Sera Monastery
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Foot of Mount Pubuchok, north Lhasa
One of Lhasa's three great Gelug monasteries, at the foot of Mount Pubuchok — best known for its afternoon debating courtyard.
Tarboche
- Faith
- Syncretic
- In
- Lha Chu valley, about two hours' walk north-west of Darchen
The great flagpole in the Lha Chu valley where the Kailash kora begins, re-raised each year at Saga Dawa before a crowd that reads the year's fortune in how it stands.
Tashilhunpo Monastery
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Shigatse, below Drolmari hill
The seat of the Panchen Lamas in Shigatse, and the largest functioning monastery in Tibet — built around a twenty-six-metre gilded Maitreya.
Ganden Monastery
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Mount Wangbur, Dagze — about 45 km east of Lhasa
The first Gelug monastery and Tsongkhapa's own seat, in a high amphitheatre on Mount Wangbur east of Lhasa — and the trailhead for the Ganden–Samye trek.
Norbulingka
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- West Lhasa
The summer palace and garden of the Dalai Lamas, west of central Lhasa — and the venue of the Shoton festival.