Luckily, Potala Palace is a common stop on Tibet tour group itineraries, so chances are you won't have to do much legwork. You must show up an hour before the time slot arranged by your tour guide ...

including the Potala Palace, Jokhang Temple, Sera Monastery and the shopping haven, Barkhor Street. Southwest of Lhasa lies Tibet's second largest city and tourist hub, Shigatse. Shigatse bears a ...

Overlooking a vast plateau in Tibet, a woman cries as she describes the scene in front of her. Her camera focuses on the ruins of a nunnery, painted a deep maroon and set into a hillside.

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake rocked the northern foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, Chinese authorities said, killing at least 95 people and shaking buildings in ...