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Loading…White Japanese-built peace stupa (1991) on Changspa hill with sweeping views of Leh.
Conceived by Nichidatsu Fujii and built under Bhikshu Gyomyo Nakamura with Kushok Bakula; inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 1991. About 500 steps lead up from Changspa, or drive to the top.
Within 1 km of Shanti Stupa.
Nine-storey 17th-century royal palace of the Namgyal kings above Leh's old town, with rooftop views over the town.
Castle in Leh, India
Changspa Road cafe for all-day breakfast and pizzas; no meat (eggs served).
Changspa Road restaurant and coffee house with Tibetan, Indian and cafe food.
Ladakhi restaurant serving skyu, chhutagi and khambir in a modern style; branch of the Alchi original.
Small family-run Tibetan-Ladakhi place for budget momos, thukpa and tingmo.
Busy Fort Road restaurant serving Tibetan-Ladakhi, Indian and Israeli dishes.
Long-running Fort Road cafe-restaurant known for sandwiches, momos, yak cheese pizza and Ladakhi thali.
Oldest and largest monastery in Nubra, above the Shyok river, beside a 32 m Maitreya statue.
Largest Gelugpa monastery in Zanskar, near Padum.
Hilltop Gelugpa monastery 18 km from Leh, often compared to the Potala, with a 15 m Maitreya statue.
Ladakh's largest and wealthiest monastery, 40 km from Leh, home of the Hemis Tsechu masked dance festival.
11th-century Drikung Kagyu monastery above the 'moonland', one of the oldest in Ladakh.
Cave monastery in southern Zanskar, a day's trek from the road end at Dorzang.
Temple complex with some of Ladakh's oldest murals (12th-13th century), 65 km west of Leh.
Gelugpa monastery in the Sham valley with a 23 m golden Maitreya statue.