Bhutan - Thimphu (PDF Chapter)

This is the Thimphu chapter from Lonely Planet’s Bhutan guidebook.

Strung out along the Wang Chhu, Thimphu is Bhutan’s own mini-metropolis, an expanding bubble of shopping complexes, monasteries and chalet-like apartment buildings that reverts quickly to blue-pine forest at the city limits.

• marvel at the scale of the grand and serene fortress of Trashi Chho Dzong
• maps
• plunge into Thimphu’s pungent Weekend Market for incense, local foodstuffs and arte-facts
• transport
• join the morning pilgrims circumambulating around Changangkha Lhakhang, Thimphu’s liveliest temple
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Activities, Festivals & Events, Sleeping, Eat-ing, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Around Thimphu.