Skip to Content

Beautiful Places To Visit in Bhutan

This post may contain affiliate links.

Bhutan is an incredibly beautiful country. Beautiful places, temples, monasteries, buildings and architecture in Bhutan, in pictures.

Bhutan beautiful places in Bhutan photos photography buildings architecture

Bhutan is mountainous, being in the Himalayas, but also very green with unspoiled countryside and lush fertile valleys.

To book your flight to Bhutan, visit Druk Air here. Flights to Bhutan are very limited and flying with Druk Air was a great experience for us. Book your Bhutan flight here!

This post covers must-see places in Bhutan to help you plan your Bhutan itinerary, tour, or vacation.

The Most Beautiful Places To Visit in Bhutan

places to visit in Bhutan
The number 1 must-vist place in Bhutan for most people is the Tigers Nest Monastery.

The most famous place in Bhutan, a monastery clinging to a mountainside, is The Tiger’s Nest or Paro Taktsang, also known as the Taktsang Palphug Monastery. It is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist building in traditional Bhutanese style located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. It’s not far from Paro Airport (Bhutan’s International Airport), and Paro Gompa, another beautiful place to visit.

Places to see in Bhutan
Paro Gompa, a fortified religious place, gompas are common in Bhutan. The interior of Paro Gompa is stunning.

If you only have a day or two to spend in Bhutan and you’re arriving by air at Paro, these two places would be enough to fill your itinerary. It’s quite a hike up to The Tiger’s Nest and there are other beautiful religious structures to see on the way.

Views in Bhutan
The view of the Paro Valley from Paro Gompa, one of the most beautiful views in Bhutan

The Tiger’s Nest is not unique, there are other monasteries and nunneries built into cliffs in Bhutan and there are dozens of beautiful Gompas.

A Gompa is a fortified Buddhist temple, monastery, or place of meditation.

Inside Paro Gompa Bhutan
Inside the Paro Gompa in Bhutan
paro gompa bhutan
Another photo from inside the Paro Gompa
Little Tiger's Nest Bhutan
The Little Tiger’s Nest Bhutan, another cliff-side religious building. This is Kila Nunnery and it dates from the 9th Century.

Kila Nunnery (The Little Tiger’s Nest) was established as a Bhuddist meditation site in the 9th century and is possibly the oldest nunnery in Bhutan. Kila Nunnery can be reached on foot and by a dirt road and lies between Paro and the Haa Valley.

Nuns are stil in residence today and they pursue higher Buddhist college studies from the buildings along the cliff edge. We were able to go inside Kila Nunnery to meet the nuns, monks and kittens.

You can walk to Kila Nunnery from the Cheli La (high pass from the Haa Valey), passing chortens, prayer flags and a pleasant forest.

We have another post with more photos from Kila Nunnery.

beautiful bhutan
Pin this beautiful place to Pinterest
Bhutan beautiful building dzong Bhutan
Bhutan beautiful building Bhutan
Most beautiful places to visit in Bhutan

All pictures and photography in this blog post are copyright-protected and belong to this website. This page is under maintenance today.

If you'd like to hire a car during your stay, use this car rental comparison tool to find the best deal!

We also suggest you take a look at this company to get a quote for all kinds of the more tricky adventure or extended travel insurance.

Try Stayz / VRBO for an alternative way to find rentals on homes/apartments/condos in any country!

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Please check and double-check all the information we give you locally as times, places, dates, and services do, as we found, change often. Restrictions and closures may apply.