Clinging to a sheer cliff face, 900 hundred metres above the Paro Valley, Taktsang Lhakhang (Tiger's Nest Monastery) , the cliff-face that launched a thousand postcards. It features in every brochure, book and website about the country. But, thanks to Bhutan’s restrictions on visitor numbers, it doesn't feel overrun.
Of course, that could also be down to the lung-bursting trek up a steep, rocky track to reach it. This vertiginous cliff, only 10km north of Paro, was chosen as a meditation site Guru Rinpoche who, according to legend, arrived here on a flying tiger.
The temple has been rebuilt twice, after devastating fires in 1950 and 1998, and you’ll have to arrive on foot. But the view across the valley to the temple, and the quiet aura of contemplation within, ensure that a visit to the Tiger’s Nest is a highlight of your visit.