Long-running, quiet mid-range hotel with a garden, a short walk from Thamel.
Chhetrapati, Kathmandu
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The traveller district: trekking gear, bookshops, thangka studios, momo houses and the agencies that arrange every trip in Nepal.
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The old royal square in the middle of the city, with the Kumari's house, Hanuman Dhoka palace and temples still being rebuilt after the…
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A hilltop stupa above the city, reached by 365 steps, with painted eyes on all four sides and a valley panorama.
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Nepal's holiest Hindu site, on the Bagmati, where open-air cremations take place on the ghats throughout the day.
A hotel built as a museum of rescued Newari woodcarving, and the best stay in the valley.