Five-star One MICHELIN Key Paro and four other valleys, Paro
Six Senses Bhutan
Five lodges in five valleys, and at Paro twenty rooms set into stone ruins above the National Museum, looking across the valley to the mountains.
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- MICHELIN
- One Key, 2025 and 2026
- Lodges
- Five: Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Gangtey, Bumthang
- Opened
- 2019
- From the airport
- About 30 minutes from Paro
The hotel
Stone ruins above the Paro valley.
Six Senses opened its first three lodges in Bhutan, at Thimphu, Punakha and Paro, in 2019, with Gangtey and Bumthang to follow. Each sits in a different valley, so a stay can run from the capital's orchards to the lower, warmer valley of Punakha and Phobjikha, where the black-necked cranes spend the winter. The group's own team did the interiors: natural timber, vegetable-dyed Himalayan rugs and bukhari stoves.
The Paro lodge, known as the Stone Ruins, is built within old stone walls said to be older than the kingdom itself, and its architecture draws on the farmhouse ruins around it. It stands above the National Museum, with Samtenling Monastery next door, and is an early start away from the climb to Tiger's Nest. Sixteen suites and four villas look out over the valley and the mountains, and the spa is set half underground with an indoor pool.
- A spa half underground At Paro, a heated indoor pool behind floor-to-ceiling glass, a sauna, a cold plunge with mountain views and a pine-lined meditation trail.
- Dinner in a ruined fort Dinner can be laid among the ruins of the fifteenth-century Chubjakha Dzong, or a lamp-lighting visit made to Samtenling Monastery next door.
- Five valleys Thimphu above the capital, Punakha near its dzong, Gangtey where the black-necked cranes winter, and Bumthang furthest east.
Rooms & suites
Valley windows and wood stoves.
Across the five lodges, rooms range from suites to free-standing villas of one to three bedrooms. At Paro, every room has a large window onto the valley, and most have a bath with a view.
- At Paro Lodge suites Sixteen suites in natural timber and stone, some with a traditional bukhari wood-burning stove.
- More space One- to three-bedroom villas Four villas at Paro, for families or friends travelling together.
Dining
From the garden at Paro.
Venues as listed by the hotel and Forbes Travel Guide. Shown for information.
- Jangkho Organic, all day At Paro, with herbs and vegetables from the lodge gardens
- Chubjakha Dzong ruins Private dinner In a fifteenth-century fort near the lodge
Recognition
Ratings.
- One MICHELIN Key 2025 and 2026
- Forbes Travel Guide Four stars, Six Senses Paro, 2026
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 3 pm, check-out by noon.
- Children Welcome. Children up to five stay free.
- Visas and fees Most foreign visitors pay Bhutan's daily Sustainable Development Fee and need a visa arranged in advance; allow two to three weeks.
Getting there
Flying to Paro.
Paro International Airport is about thirty minutes from the Paro lodge by car. Scheduled flights come in on Drukair and Bhutan Airlines, mostly through Bangkok or Delhi. Private jets can land at Paro too, in daylight and with approvals arranged ahead.
- Kathmandu 50 min
- Delhi 1 h 55
- Bangkok 2 h 50
- Singapore 4 h 40
- Dubai 4 h 50
Questions
What guests ask first.
- How many MICHELIN Keys does Six Senses Bhutan have?
- One. Six Senses Bhutan holds one MICHELIN Key in the 2026 selection, as it did in 2025.
- Where are the Six Senses lodges in Bhutan?
- In five valleys: Paro, Thimphu, Punakha, Gangtey in the Phobjikha Valley, and Bumthang, the most easterly.
- How far is Six Senses Paro from the airport?
- About thirty minutes by car from Paro International Airport.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Paro?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Paro, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Paro
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Amankora Five lodges strung across the country, the Paro one close to Kuenga Chhoeling Palace, with wood-burning stoves and no televisions.
- Gangtey Lodge Twelve rooms below Gangtey Monastery, each with a fireplace and a bathtub facing the mountains.
- Zhiwaling Heritage Forty-five rooms in hand-painted cottages, with its own temple and archery ground.
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Zhiwaling Ascent Twenty rooms on the upper edge of the capital, with a rooftop terrace over the valley.
Staying at Six Senses Bhutan?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Paro, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
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