The House of Shambhala Hotel is one of the finest Tibetan boutique guesthouses in Lhasa and throughout Tibet. You can find this beautiful Tibetan-style hotel in the maze of alleyways from eastern Barkhor Street. This hotel features nine uniquely decorated rooms, each featuring traditional Tibetan décor and furniture. The rooms are adorned with vibrant reds, blues, and yellows, featuring tiger skin rugs, locally sewn pillows, and hand-painted dressers that depict scenes from Tibetan mythology. Our favorite touch was the comforter, with semi-precious stones, sea coral, and magic amulets woven in to ward off evil spirits. The hotel sells oxygen canisters in the lobby to help you cope with the altitude. If you get a room on the top floor or want to go to the rooftop terrace, you’ll need one. Carrying my luggage up three flights of stairs felt like scaling Everest. The rooms can get cold at night, so if you’re a during any season other than summer, ask for a space heater.
Sister Hotel
The House of Shambhala has a sister location, also in the old city, known as Shambhala Palace, located just a block away from the east side of the Barkhor. Shambhala Palace has seventeen rooms and was allegedly once the home of an important Tibetan lama. A little larger than the House of Shambhala, Shambhala Palace has been painstakingly decorated in the same style, featuring hand-painted red and yellow details, Tibetan antiques, and colorful wall carvings in the courtyard that depict the story of the legendary Shambhala kingdom.
For all our Private tours in Tibet, we book your accommodation in one of the above accommodations. If you are joining one of our group tours, you will need to pay an additional fee for this hotel, as all group accommodations are based on three-star to four-star hotels or regular guesthouses.
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