Markets & Shopping
Leh Main Bazaar
The pedestrianised old market below the palace — pashmina, apricots, prayer flags, and cafés where…
1 hr 30 min
Free entry
Devotional & Spiritual
Thiksey Monastery
1 hr 30 min typical visit
₹50 entry
6:00 AM – 7:00 PM
A twelve-storey gompa stacked up a hill in the Indus valley, often compared to the Potala, with a 15-metre Maitreya Buddha inside.
Don't miss
- Dawn prayer ceremony
- Maitreya Buddha statue
- Indus valley views
- Monastery museum
- Time needed
- 1 hr 30 min
- Entry
- ₹50
- Best time
- Morning
- Photography
- Fee
- Parking
- Available
Works well for
Family
Couple
Corporate
Solo
Seniors
Tips from our editors
The 6:30am prayer with horns and drums is the reason to come early. Climb slowly — the steps are steep and you are at 3,600 m.
Where it is
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