Trashigang

From World travel guide

Trashigang (population 4,500) is in an administrative town in the east of Bhutan. The traditional architecture and narrow streets give the town a quaint and snug feel, not unlike an Italian or Cornish fishing village.

Contents 1 Get in 2 Get around 3 See 4 Do 5 Buy 6 Eat 7 Drink 8 Sleep 9 Budget 10 Get out 11 External links

Get in

Either from south through Samdrup Jongkhar or from the north west from Mongar. There are direct buses from Thimphu that make a night stop at Jakar and pass through Mongar and also from Samdrup Jongkhar.

Get around

• As the town is nothing more than a few streets, everything can be visited on foot.

See

• Trashigang Dzong (castle)
• The town's old bazaar area around the prayer wheel.

Do

Buy

Eat

• Druk Denjung Hotel (see entry under sleep) offers simple but tasty dishes.

Drink

Sleep

Budget

• Druk Denjung Hotel. In the absence of tourist class hotels, this small hotel tucked in the corner next to the prayer wheel is the town's best choice to spend the night. Single: attached bathroom (cold water) 350Nu, attached bathroom (hot water) 400Nu, shared bathroom (cold water) 300Nu. The hotel has a restaurant with small garden and also offers internet service.

Get out

• Rangjung Woesel Choling monastery, 16 kms north of Trashigang
• Radi,8 Kms north of Rangjung. It is known as the "rice basket in the east"
• Gomphukora, 17 kms from Tashigang town at the bank of drangmechu which is on the way to Trashi Yangtse
• Sakten, the northern most part of Tashigang district. It is a great area for trekking. Yak and dzo (female yak) are common in this area
• Merak
• Radi Lhakhang (temple)

External links

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