Places to Visit in Leh
Looking for best places to visit in Leh Ladakh. Here is complete guide to see the best experience of this enthralling experience. Ladakh is one of the amazing tourist places. The best time to visit in Leh during the summer season. Ladakh is a place where traditional Culture, visiting monasteries and mystical place.
Leh Sightseeing
Leh Palace is earlier royal palace overlooking the Ladakhi Himalayan town of Leh. The Leh Palace built by King Sengge Namgyal in the 16th Century. It is Nine storeys high Structure. The Leh Palace upper floors housed to the royal family. It was a forerunner to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, whose construction started only in 1645. The roof provides panoramic views of Leh and the surrounding areas, as the mountain of Stok Kangri in the Zangskar mountain range is visible across the Indus valley to the south, with the Ladakh mountain range rising behind the palace is visible in the north.
The local pronunciation is "Khardong La" or "Khardzong La" but, as with most names in Ladakh, the romanised spelling varies. Nestled amidst the most reverberating surrounding, the Pass of Lower castle is situated at an altitude of 17582 feet. : The highest motorable pass in Ladakh is lying about 39 kms away from Leh. By road, one can reach the pass. The first 24 kms of the road are cemented and from there to the North Pullu check post, the 15 kms of the road are filled with loose rock, dirt and occasional streams formed after the melting of snow.
