• Understand
• Get in
• Get around
• See
• Do
• Buy
• Eat
• Drink
• Get out

Gyantse Chinese: (江孜), Tibetan: (རྒྱལ་རྩེ་), is a city in Xigatse Prefecture.

[edit] Understand

Located by the Nyang-chu River, Gyantse is regarded as the forth largest city in Tibet. It once was a major center for trade with India, and in 1904 the city became a battlefield when the British Army under Colonel Frances Younghusband attacked the city.

[edit] Get in

There are buses running from Xigatse and Lhasa (via Xigatse) to Gyantse on a regular basis. However, most people arrive by organised tours from the capital.

[edit] Get around

The town itself is quite small & most sights can be seen on foot. Taxis are available.

[edit] See

• Pelkor Choede - regarded as the center of Gyantse, monastery
• Gyantse Dzong - The fort has a few exhibitions detailing the history & use of the Dzong. A new exhibition center has been built by the main gate and houses an Anti-British Imperialists museum. It is a steep climb to the top of the fort but the views are well worth it.
• Gyantse Kumbum (Pelkor Chorten) - located within Pelkor Choede, eight story structure with buddhist images

[edit] Do

[edit] Buy

[edit] Eat

Decent restaurants around the two listed Binguans.

[edit] Drink

[edit] Sleep

[edit] Budget

• Fuzhuang Guesthouse (Fuzhuang Zhaodaisuo) - popular among backpackers
• Liangshi Guesthouse (Liangshi Zhaodaisuo)

[edit] Mid range

• County Government Hotel (Xianzhengfu Binguan)
• Gyantse Hotel (Jiangsi Binguan) - best hotel in town, has Tibetan-style hotel rooms

[edit] Get out

Minibuses and jeeps leave from the southside of the main traffic circle early in the morning for Xigatse.