Best places in Bhutan

Discover the best places in Bhutan, curated using our unique algorithm blending 'Top Rated' and 'Most Reviewed' establishments. Uncover the city's gems and must-visit locales for an unforgettable experience. Please note that certain places categories are intentionally excluded to ensure a refined selection.


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Paro Taktsang
Buddhist temple
Sacred mountainside monastery with ornately designed temples & art, plus legendary meditation caves.
4.80 (2.5K reviews)
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Punakha Dzong སྤུ་ན་ཁ་རྫོང་།
Buddhist temple
Imposing palace & fortress dating to the 17th century in a serene setting overlooking the river.
4.80 (822 reviews)
Buddha Dordenma Statue སྟོན་པ་རྡོར་གདན་མ། image
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Buddha Dordenma Statue སྟོན་པ་རྡོར་གདན་མ།
Buddhist temple
Towering Buddha statue overlooking the valley & perched above a temple filled with art & exhibits.
4.70 (3.5K reviews)
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Punakha Suspension Bridge
Bridge
A long metal bridge over a mountain river, decorated with colorful Buddhist prayer flags.
4.70 (924 reviews)
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Dochula Chorten
Buddhist temple
4.70 (783 reviews)
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Tashichho Dzong བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང༌།
Historical landmark
Sizable Buddhist monastery & fortress with many shrines, plus flower gardens & city views.
4.60 (1.5K reviews)
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Phobjikha Valley
Tourist attraction
Beyond its scenic views & abundant wildlife, this vast marshland features a popular annual festival.
4.80 (278 reviews)
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View Point and Shed, Chele La
Tourist attraction
4.60 (662 reviews)
National Memorial Chhorten རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྗེས་དྲན་མཆོད་རྟེན། image
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National Memorial Chhorten རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་རྗེས་དྲན་མཆོད་རྟེན།
Buddhist temple
Iconic Buddhist stupa featuring a gilded spire, a vase-shaped upper story & 4 ornate portals.
4.50 (1.1K reviews)
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Kharbandi Monastery
Buddhist temple
4.50 (943 reviews)
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Dochula
Historical landmark
4.80 (165 reviews)
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Dochula Pass
Mountain pass
4.90 (125 reviews)
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Zangtopelri Lhakhang
Buddhist temple
4.50 (421 reviews)
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Clock Tower, Thimphu
City park
Town square featuring a clock tower covered in Bhutanese carvings, plus fountains & prayer wheels.
4.40 (1K reviews)
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Taj Tashi
Plush quarters in an upscale hotel offering 2 refined restaurants, a spa & a heated indoor pool.
4.50 (390 reviews)
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Simply Bhutan
Heritage museum
Museum resembling a Bhutanese village, featuring traditional cuisine, demonstrations & performances.
4.40 (835 reviews)
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Semtokha Dzong སེམས་རྟོགས་ཁ་རྫོང་།
Fortress
17th-century fortress & monastery featuring many ornate carvings & chapels with colorful murals.
4.50 (362 reviews)
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Mathanguri Picnic Spot
Picnic ground
4.40 (737 reviews)
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