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Bhutan, Asia

3-Day Thimphu itinerary guide

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Thimphu — National Library-Thimphu-Bhutan-2008 01 23

Top stops to prioritize

  • Buddha Dordenma
  • Hotel Ghasel
  • Royal Takin Preserve
  • The Zone
  • Centenary Farmers Market
  • The Season's Restaurant Pizzaria
  • Simtokha Dzong སེམས་རྟོགས་ཁ་རྫོང་།
  • Babesa Village Restaurant

Day 1: Most popular attractions

For day 1, we strategically grouped the most popular attraction, National Memorial Chorten, with surrounding point of interests to start your trip off with a bang.

  • Buddha Dordenma
  • Simtokha Dzong སེམས་རྟོགས་ཁ་རྫོང་།
  • Babesa Village Restaurant
  • Royal Botanical Garden Serbithang
  • National Memorial Chorten
  • Ambient Cafe

Day 2: Northwest side of town

For day 2, we recommend exploring the northwest side side of town.

  • Royal Takin Preserve
  • Sangaygang View Point
  • Folk Heritage Museum Kawajangsa
  • Changangkha Lhakhang ལྕང་སྒང་ཁ་ལྷ་ཁང་།
  • Simply Bhutan
  • Changlimithang Football Stadium

Day 3: Proximity is everything

For day 3, we bundled attractions like Centenary Farmers Market and Wangchen Momo Corner, Thimphu and other places within a close range, so that the time it takes to travel between all of them is less than one hour.

  • Centenary Farmers Market
  • Wangchen Momo Corner, Thimphu
  • Bhutan Postal Museum
  • Bhutan Post Main Office

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