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As with so many travellers, Bhutan, often referred to as the last Shangri-La, has loomed large in my imagination. So when the country reopened for tourism post-pandemic in autumn 2022, I was aboard one of the first flights landing on its mountain-flanked airstrip.
How many other countries have five Aman resorts but no McDonald’s? We travel around Bhutan to find the best luxury accommodation in all the main tourist centres in the Himalayan kingdom.
Bhutan, a landlocked country bordered by India to the south, east, and west, and by China to the north, is a realm where tradition meets modernity in a harmonious blend.
The Year Of The Dragon is upon us! Check out some of the places you can travel to that are named after this mythical creature.
“One of our biggest challenges is being seen as this locked-up mountain kingdom,” a Bhutanese politician complained to me during my visit to the tiny Himalayan land of the thunder dragon in late 2022. I’d come to join the prime minister, members of government and enthusiastic locals on an inaugural hike along the new Trans Bhutan Trail – a revived network of ancient trading paths.