Stok Palace
The palace where the last royal family of Ladakh still lives. Part of it is open as a royal museum displaying a crown, thangkas and the queen's turquoise headdress.
After the royal family was forced to leave Leh Palace in the 1820s, they moved to this palace. The four-storey white palace stands on a hillside on the south bank of the Indus River. Its royal museum displays 400-year-old thangkas, ceremonial weapons and the queen's headdress, the Perak, which is inlaid with large amounts of turquoise. Some guest rooms operate as a heritage hotel. The palace is about 15 km from Leh, and entry costs about INR 100. It can be visited together with the nearby Stok Monastery and the apricot orchards of Stok village.
Opening hours
Approx. 08:00–19:00 (summer hours)
Nearby sights
- Spituk Monastery
- Hall of Fame, Leh
- Shey Palace
- Druk White Lotus School
- Leh Main Bazaar
- Central Asian Museum
- Leh Palace
- Namgyal Tsemo Gompa