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Paro International Airport Thimphu Bhutan - PBH

The only airport in Bhutan is Paro International Airport, situated 6 km. (3 miles) from Paro town, in a 7300 ft. high valley surrounded by 16,000 ft. mountains. The distance from the airport to Bhutan's capital, Thimphu, is 24km. (15 miles). The approach to Paro International Airport is the most spectacular in the world, offering breath-taking views of the Himalayan peaks and Mount Everest, and is solely done by visual flight. Paro Airport is the headquarters of the Royal Bhutan Airlines, also known as Druk Air. Paro airport can very fast be disrupted by bad weather conditions in the Himalayas and departed flights will then be diverted to nearby airports for a transit wait-period. To be prepared for such incidents, it is wise to carry items like toiletries and medicines in your hand baggage, as it is not possible to remove from the airplane, any checked-in-baggage during the wait-period in those transit airport. The renovated airport building offers only basic services such as a counter that sells drinks and snack-food plus good toilets. Airport pickup and taxis should be arranged prior to arrival, together with your Paro hotels booking, due to the remoteness of Bhutan's Paro International Airport. Accommodation available in Paro hotels near the airport.

Paro Travel Guide & Bhutan Tourism Info

Paro town in Bhutan will always be your first taste of the small Kingdom, unless you travel overland from India. Paro has some of the best architecture, cultural attractions and scenery of the whole of Bhutan and is worth spending at least two days in or around Paro town to explore the town and valley, also because all flights depart early in the morning, you will certainly spend your last night in some Paro hotels before leaving Bhutan. The Paro valley, at an elevation of 7500 ft in the Himalayan mountain range is wide and broad and grows a great number of crops, including the local red rice. Paro's abundant fertile agriculture makes its people living there relatively prosperous, and you will see better housing here than in other areas of Bhutan. Downtown Paro is only a single street lined with typical Bhutanese shops and some restaurants. The majority of those shops are general stores selling an assortment of merchandise. Find cheap flights to Paro & discount Paro hotels with our online reservations service. In the surroundings of Paro, there are numerous places of interest that are easily accessible, along Paro's main street you will find some of the most traditional and complex architecture in Bhutan in the rich decorated buildings along the town's streets. Some 10 km out of Paro, the famous Taktsang Hermitage or Tiger’s Nest is situated on the flank of a 1000 meter high cliff. It is said that this is the place where the history of Bhutan started, as the Bhutanese believe that Guru Rinpoche arrived here on the back of a tiger. The Paro Dzong in Bhutan is world famous because scenes from the movie "The Little Buddha" were filmed here, The Dzong in Paro is considered the ideal Dzong by the Bhutanese, and its style has been copied by many other buildings across the Kingdom. The Great Thangka, is a sacred Buddhist scroll that is displayed for only a few hours every year during the Paro Teschu festival in Paro. For the rest of the year, the Thangka is kept at the Ta Dzong, which is the Dzong's watchtower, and which has now become the National Museum of Bhutan.

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