# The best places to visit in Leh-Ladakh

Blue lakes, high passes and ancient monasteries: Ladakh's most beautiful places according to travellers and travel guides.

- 5 votes · 13 items
- Oct 29, 2025 · Vishal Gupta
- https://even.best/en/l/1019/the-best-places-to-visit-in-leh-ladakh

## Top 10

1. **Pangong Tso** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Colour-changing high-altitude lake stretching into Tibet.
2. **Nubra Valley** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Valley of sand dunes and double-humped camels near Hunder.
3. **Khardung La** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — One of the world's highest motorable passes.
4. **Lamayuru** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Ancient monastery set in the 'moonland' landscape.
5. **Thiksey Monastery** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Monastery resembling Lhasa's Potala Palace.
6. **Leh Palace** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Nine-storey 17th-century royal palace.
7. **Shanti Stupa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — White-domed stupa above Leh, famous at sunset.
8. **Magnetic Hill** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The slope where vehicles seem to roll uphill.
9. **Tso Moriri** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Tranquil high lake in the Changthang region.
10. **Gurudwara Pathar Sahib** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gurudwara linked to Guru Nanak on the Leh–Srinagar road.
11. **Indus–Zanskar confluence** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Two differently coloured rivers meeting near Nimmu.
12. **Spituk Monastery** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 11th century Buddhist monastery built on a hill near Leh airport, with a spectacular view of the Indus Valley.
13. **Hemis Monastery** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Ladakh's largest and richest monastery, known for the Hemis festival.

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