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A Unique Boutique Hotel In Lhasa Tibet China

Lhasa China isn't everybody's idea of aexquisite Buddhist paintings. The whole
vacation destination although Lhasathing has a real sort of Medieval feel
remains one of the most apparentlyto it, with the stone walls and wooden
remote mysterious, and even romanticfloors. The pillows and lampshades have
places on earth. Once completelythe eyes of Buddha and all the nooks and
inaccessible it still isn't easy to getcrannies have yak butter lamps throwing
to, and then when you do, there is theshadows and emphasising the medieval
question of where do you find a decentfeel to the place.
Lhasa Hotel.The beds are raised onto a Chinese style
The House of Shambhala could well be theplatform which just goes to emphasise
perfect answer, and whilst it may not bethe whole traditional feel of the place.
the perfect example of a luxury boutiqueThe ensuite bathrooms have stone walled
hotel it nevertheless by anyone'sshowers, heat lamps which are needed and
standards it is a unique small boutiquefragrant Tibetan soaps.
hotel only recently opened in LhasaIf you can, book an upper floor room
Tibet, now of course in China. It isbecause they get more of the sun, or
certainly vastly preferable to thealternatively if you want privacy there
faceless Chinese hotels to be found inare two rooms which form their own
Lhasa.courtyard, with their own separate
The House of Shambala is quite unlikestaircase.
anything that most people have ever seenThe view from the roof of the House of
in terms of it being an hotel.Shambhala, whilst sipping a local
It is situated in the Barkhor area incocktail and watching some local dancers
the historic heart of old Lhasa, and itis absolutely breathtaking, and is just
looks like nothing at all as you enterone of the things to make this a unique
off the street. In fact you will wonderluxury boutique hotel. The second of
if your guide has brought you to thecourse is the position astride a lane
right place as you pass a row of prayerdeep in old Lhasa Tibet.
wheels, then suddenly you find yourselfUnexpectedly the rooms are warm even
in a traditional Tibetan Lhasa Housewith snow on the ground, and there is
which has quite obviously been lovinglyunlimited hot water.
restored, and turned into a real funkyThe restaurant has great food, a mixture
boutique hotelof Indian, Tibetan, Chinese and Oriental
The House of Shambalha is the kind ofwith absolutely stunning tikka.
house where a nobleman would have lived,Surprisingly the yak meat is delicious
and is three storeyed, built around aand well worth trying.
courtyard, with prayer wheels and aThe Spa next door has a wonderful
shrine in the lobby.soaking tub, and you can have a superb
There are 10 bedrooms and each ismassage to round of a day spent
different from the other in size andwandering around Lhasa.
design, painted in gold, saffron,The staff are all friendly and very
crimson, or cinnamon, and filled withwilling, although their understanding of
hand painted antiques, meditationEnglish is less than perfect, but this
chairs, yoga mats, furry white rugs, andis Lhasa after all!



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