Paro Travel Guide
The tiny town of Paro, the seat of Paro Dzongkhag, is the home of the Paro Tsechu, an annual festival that attracts a growing number of tourists from around the world. During this celebration, Bhutanese dress in their best local costume to celebrate their Buddhist faith. From the locals' point of view, the festival is a three-day event of dances and dramas whose highlight happens on the last day when the sacred picture (thongdrel) is unveiled at the crack of light.
The Tiger Nest Monastery, suspended on the edge of a cliff, is an architectural breath-taker in Paro. This also serves as a good venue for hiking of about 800 feet. Around the town is a mishmash scene of old and new. Dingy shops, traditional Bhutanese houses, century-old temples of Ugyen Perli Palace jostle side-by-side with the ornately styled hotels and restaurants which somehow add a hint of cosmopolitan vibe to the old world Paro.
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