Jakar Hotels & Hostels (14)

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It doesn't get more bucolic than this wooden farmhouse surrounded by apple orchards on a hillside above the valley floor. The pine-panelled rooms are rustic but cosy and some have verandas. In 19…

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This excellent hotel has spacious and comfortable rooms with bukharis and abundant hot water in super clean bathrooms. There's a good view of the dzong, garden seating, excellent service and the …

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Said to have some of the best food in Bumthang, this hotel situated below the dzong is run by an ex-dzongdag (district administrator) who will regale you with stories as you sample his assortment…

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This is the closest hotel to Jakar and is frequented mostly by NGO workers, who get a 40% discount. The rooms open onto the parking lot, motel style, so get an upper-floor room. The owner was the…

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The Leki is one of the oldest hotels in the valley and is showing its age. There are 20 rooms, in a three-storey house or separate cottages, and a dining room decorated with homemade weavings (fo…

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This recommended place, run by Dasho Jampel Ngedup, has spacious rooms, with comfortable mattresses and large bathrooms, either in the main farmhouse or the modern 'L' block out back.

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The lodge has wood-panelled rooms in a large two-storey building overlooking Wangdichholing Palace. Good staff, tasty food and good rooms make this a good choice.

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This popular place above the road has rooms in a converted farmhouse, in motel-style cottages or in deluxe rooms below the restaurant. A few rooms share bathrooms. The lodge has helpful managemen…

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A place whose pine walls make it look like a giant sauna; mostly used during tsechu time.

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The secluded Tamshing Tourist Lodge, is on a bluff overlooking the valley and with great views but so-so rooms. Mostly used during tsechu time.

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A small family-run farmhouse with 10 simple rooms; mostly used during tsechu time.

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A BTCL luxury option next to Wangdichholing Dzong.

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This is another good place, on a bluff overlooking the valley to the south of town. The main building has a relaxing balcony festooned in climbing flowers. Rooms are a bit old-fashioned but fine.

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Near the Jampa Lhakhang, Yangphel is a lovely guesthouse in traditional style with a large hot-stone bath, cosy open-plan dining hall and balcony seating. The carpeted rooms vary in size and the …

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