Your day tour will show you Shanti Stupa, the white-domed (chorten in Tibetan) situated on a hill, also the ideal place to visit for the sunsets in the evening. Originally built in 1991 by the Japanese Buddhist bikshu, Gyomyo Nakamura, as part of the peace Pagoda. Leh Palace, originally belonging to the royal family of Ladakh circa 1600, was overtaken by the Dogra in the 19th century forcing the royal family to move to Stok palace. Finally, the local market is bustling during the summer season with a variety of street vendors, restaurants, and hotels catering to different pockets of customers, different palates, and different groups of clients respectively