How To Travel From Spain To Tibet
We warm welcome Spanish travelers to travel to Tibet! Based in Lhasa, Tibet Travel Expert Service help lots of Spanish travelers travelled in Tibet with ease and lower price.
Here we are happy to shares the important Tibet tour information with distinguished travelers from Spain.
1) How to get to Tibet from Spain?
As all people know that, to enter Tibet, you have two destinations options to travel to before entering Tibet. One is China and another one is Nepal. Lots of our Spanish travelers enter Tibet via China because the Nepal Tibet Nepal airfare is very expensive (especially after the border closure after the strong earthquake in Nepal in April 2015). And there are daily flights between MAD and Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, etc. Considering the cheaper airfare and more flights between Chengdu and Lhasa, Spanish travelers feel it is easier to fly from Spain to Chengdu. From Chengdu, it is fairly easy to go to Tibet. To follow up we will share the information about Tibet travel permits which with you can fly to Lhasa from any cities in China.
Well to fly from Spain to Kathmandu,Nepal and travel to Tibet from Nepal is also good option. If travelers enter Tibet from Nepal, Chinese individual visa will be no use, but local Tibet tour agency must help apply a “Tibet Group visa” in Chinese consulate in Kathmandu, Nepal. To apply this, normally 2 working days in Kathmandu will be necessary to avoid any urgent cases.
2) Both Private tour or Group tour for Spanish travelers are optional.
For travelers from Spain to Tibet, you do not have to join a group tour, as you can have your own private tour if you prefer. Even one person can book a tour of Tibet. And since 2015, there is no more restriction on travelers nationality and group size. However group tours of Tibet are more economical way considering the expensive transport in Tibet.
3) For Solo Spanish travelers to Tibet
For Solo Spanish travelers travelling to Tibet, you can also get Tibet permit, but be sure you will be part of an organized tour. It does not mean you have to book everything with travel agency. E.g you can book your own hotel in Lhasa, you can have your own free days in Lhasa, but when you travel outside of Lhasa, you will need to book a tour guide, and or a car when necessary.
4) To travel from Spain to Tibet, like other foreign nationalities, all Spanish travelers also need Tibet Travel Permits.
For Spanish travelers, the same for any other foreign nationality travelers, you will need Tibet travel permits to board the plane to Lhasa (when flying from cities in China to Lhasa), and you will need original permit as well for boarding the train from Chongqing, Xi’an and Lanzhou for Lhasa. However permits photo copies work when you board the train from other cities to Lhasa.
To go to Tibet, you’d better contact an experienced, reputable and Lhasa based Tibet travel agency to avoid any middle handler’s high commission fee in between. You never worry, as going from Malaysia to Tibet is very easy.
5) Flight Chengdu/China to Lhasa
Chengdu is the main gateway entry point city to Tibet, there are many more flights a day between Lhasa and Chengdu. And the airfare is far cheaper than you flying from Beijing, Shanghai or Guangzhou, or from Nepal as well. There are daily and discounted airfare for flights between Bangkok and Chengdu/Guangzhou/Kunming all year-round.
6) Spanish travelers need Chinese Visa to enter China before going to Tibet
Before you fly to any cities in China from Spain, you will need to have China visa in advance. And the tourist visa-L type China visa is good if you can get it. Remember not to mention any words of Tibet or Tibet tour when you apply your China visa, this is a common practice which we always recommend our foreign travelers. If you do mention, you may need our local Tibet travel agency’s further support to apply and send you the Tibet group visa invitation letter.
Here below is some information about Chinese Consulate in Spain:
Chinese embassy in Madrid Spain
Website: http://es.chineseembassy.org
Email: chinaemb_es@mfa.gov.cn
Ambassador: Mr. Zhu Bangzao
Address: Calle Arturo Soria, 113, 28043 Madrid
Tel: +34-91-5194242
Fax: +34-91-5192035
Chinese Visa Application Service Center in Madrid
Address: C/Agustin de Foxa 29, 4a, 28046, Madrid
Office Hours: Monday-Friday
Application: 9:00-15:00; Payment and Collection: 9:00-16:00
Tel: +34-91-3145918
Fax: +34-91-7321959
Email: madridcentre@visaforchina.org
Website: http://www.visaforchina.org/MAD_EN/
Consular Office
Address: C/Josefa Valcarcel 40, 1a planta 1, 28027 Madrid, Spain.
Office Hours: 9:30 -12:30, Monday-Friday
Tel: +34-91-7414728
Fax: +34-91-7414793
Email: consuladochino@hotmail.com
7) Flights between Chengdu and Lhasa.
There are 8-15 daily flights between Lhasa and Chengdu. And it is just around 2 hours flight and normally there is free drink and/or food on the board. If you want to take the train to Lhasa from Chengdu, you’d better let your Tibet Trip Advisor know that you are going by train as there is no daily train leaving Chengdu for Lhasa. It is only available every other date. By the way Tibet Travel Expert Service can help you reserve the train tickets easily if we book it 30 days to 65 days in advance before train leaves. The train ticketing schedule is subject to change per China railway system policy.
8) Tibet travel permits schedule-Spanish travelers need to know
To get permits ready for going to Tibet from Thailand, normally 5-10 working days are necessary for regular tours without Mt. Kailash. And travel agency sends permits to hotel or living address in China and so travelers can get it in hand before flying to Lhasa or Nyingchi.
9) Finally for Spanish travelers to Tibet, we have the suggestions below:
A) Do Not book a tour of Tibet with agencies or individuals outside of Tibet;
B) Do Not 100% trust “Tibetan” or “Tibetan Owned” tour agencies prices, because lots of travel websites claim they are based in Lhasa, and not middle handlers-even if they are, but the price is extremely high.
C) Do Not pay sky high prices for “namely high quality private Tibet tours”, Sky high prices always means big commissions if the handler is not Lhasa based.
D) Do Not pay “cheapest” price for a tour, since these tours may not be quality services.
E) Do Not trust”Biggest” travel agencies, small agency with personalized service and fairly lower prices would be your options to choose.
Traveling from Spain to Lhasa, Tibet is as easy as ABC
All in all, the travel from Spain to Tibet is not so difficult. Just do some necessary research on your own and bare the information above in mind and choose the right Tibet travel agency to start your dream tour. Hope above Tibet travel tips are helpful for you. Should you have any questions on Tibet travel, please feel free to write us an email. Our email address is: inquiry@tibettravelexpert.com.
