Overview
If you ever do visit Bhutan, make it a point to travel to Trongsa, simply because the region is the vanguard of the warriors.
The town of Trongsa in central Bhutan is also the capital of the district that goes by the same name. The name Trongsa in Dzongkha translates to ‘new village’ and that’s a little odd because the town and the region is significantly old (the first temple there was built in 1543 by Ngagi Wangchuck who was the great-grandfather of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal – the unifier of Bhutan).
But, despite the argument about how new or old the region is, you should visit simply because Trongsa is rich in history, it has the most spectacularly sited dzong in Bhutan, and the first two Kings of the Wangchuck dynasty ruled the Kingdom from there.
Tradition still dictates, even today, that the Crown Prince serve as Trongsa Penlop (governor) before acceding to the throne.
