Naksel Boutique Hotel & Spa

We suffered through a Two-night stay in three different rooms and not one was fit for habitation! The Hotel is well outside of town and a bit of a challenging drive through the local village, construction, and narrow roads ending at an appealing wooden structure built into the side of the mountain. This is all part of the charm – The charm ends once you are checked into the room! A few hours after checking into the first room we lost heating a necessary requirement in early March. Twice that night the engineer would arrive and reset the heating, indicating another occupant had adjusted their thermostat which would shut down the heat in all four units. We awoke at 4:00 AM again with no heat and a cold room. Again, the heating was reset – Only to last less than a couple of hours. All the hotel would do is indicate there is nothing we can do except provide you with electric space heaters which did not heat the large room and apologize, “Sorry for the inconvenience” Our guide and tour company next battled on our behalf to get us another room which only happened when they threatened to move us to a different Hotel. Room number two, had central heating and heated floors. This time the opposite occurred. The bathroom floors were so hot we could not stand on them in slippers or bear feet, the heating unit just pumped out continuous heat. After leaving the exterior doors open for two hours the temperature in the room was still 29.0! The hotels solution was to spread towels out on the washroom floor so we did not burn our feet! With the help of our guide and tour operator we would move late at night to yet a third room. The third room had no issues with heating. However, my husband while sitting on the toilet turned to get paper and the toilet tipped over and he fell off unto the floor. Embarrassing, undignified and horrified do not describe what could have been an injurious incident. All the hotel would say was, “sorry for the inconvenience”. See photos of a toilet that was not attached to the pipe or the floor! Not one of the three rooms were fit for habitation & we believe the hotel was fully cognizant of this, yet greedily crossed their fingers and rented the rooms out hoping tourists would just accept the conditions for one or two nights while the hotel profited! This hotel caters to tour groups who take over the hotel – Not being part of one of the large tour groups we were left to fend for ourselves and watch the large tour groups be served cooked breakfast eggs while our order went unfilled even though ours was submitted first! Greedy ownership and a hotel not fit for habitation all the while masquerading as a four-star property! “Sorry for the inconvenience is not an acceptable response!” Shame on you Naskel – Not only have you tarnished our perception of your resort & Country, you have tarnished your good name and that of the Country of Bhutan whom you also represent!

A gem of a hotel albeit a little outside Paro on a hill overlooking Paro Valley Location and views were great Rooms were a good size and very clean Food was excellent for a buffet especially the local and indian cuisine Staff very good Didnt use the wide ranging facilities as always on the road visiting the xecllent sights around the town ( Tigers Nest/Paro Fort). Make sure you do a hot bath after climbing the Tigers nest - it helps with recovery!

Much of the experience of staying at the Naskel Resort was very good, with attentive staff in the main building and a good restaurant. Our stay got off to a bad start thanks to staff inattention. Our luggage had been taken to our room and we were invited to ride up the hill to the ‘cottage building’ where it was in a golf buggy. The driver stopped near and just told us to find it upstairs. Everywhere else in Bhutan we had been shown to our room and had everything explained. The room was cold despite the heating system apparently being set at 28C. After an hour of calls and visits when the system was explained and was indeed faulty, we moved to another room where the heating was working (in the room if not underfloor heating in the bathroom). How silly to be so inattentive! The heating system is obviously not as robust as it should be and in the bathrooms it doesn’t seem to work at all, there’s even a small notice about it. Also, they have umbrellas for guests to use getting to the main building in wet weather, but that’s where they keep them, they don’t put them in the rooms, so you get wet going to get one!

Hands down one of the most beautiful and luxurious stays in Bhutan, that we had the pleasure of experiencing. In the local language, Nak-sel means forest. And true to its name, Naksel is a beautiful forest lodge / resort complete with wooden villas and chalets. Warm, cozy rooms and large bathrooms with extremely effective underfloor heating. Each room was beautifully furnished with local, handwoven rugs. Extremely large and comfortable beds and a wi-fi router in the beautiful balconies. The food was amazing on both days - dinners and breakfasts. The resort is located about 15 mins away from the Paro town centre in the serenity of woods. The zen moments were furthered by a beautiful spa, heated swimming pool, steam and sauna facilities. Perfect for a relaxing evening especially after the Tiger’s Nest monastery hike. Would highly recommend staying here.

We spent a relaxing three days here in conjunction with a visit to Tiger's Nest. An elegant, environmentally connected resort on a hilltop within the woods. In Bhutan, tourists are required by law to have a driver and tour guide. If you haven't arranged this on your own, the lodge may assist. A four-wheel drive vehicle helps climb the rustic road. The provided breakfast choices included Bhutan dishes as well as many for travelers wishing to have familiar continental-style choices. Lunch on request is made to order. An evening buffet has abundant choices, or requests may be tailor-made. The spa was expansive, offering many styles of massage treatments. I elected a 90-minute deep-tissue massage that was professionally executed with skill in a sunlit room. A painted floral rock with a tiny mountain painting inside a keyhole was below my head under the massage table, just one more example of joy and attention to detail. Prices at the resort are in US $ with prices reflecting similar US properties. My massage was $90 US $ or about $1 per minute in February 2025. Rooms range from about $200-400. Rooms have in-floor radiant heat reflecting energy efficiency. Many rooms have a private patio. A fireplace room features mountain views. The lobby and bar have many seating areas conducive to conversations.

This is a little dated property but still very beautiful - very iconic, with incredible views of the himalayas. The rooms are very spacious and service was impeccable - in every way, whether it be room service, or spending time in their lounge or meals. Above and beyond service. Some things, though, left a little to be desired. The rooms were very hot - despite getting it reduced multiple times. We really enjoyed the heated floors but night got too hot. The road up to the property is in a really bad shape - 15 minutes of a bumpy ride. Also, the spa prices are exorbitant!