The best-preserved of the three royal squares, with the 55-Window Palace, Nyatapola temple and a car-free old town of brick and carved wood.
The ticket is expensive but can usually be extended for multiple days at the ticket office if you ask and show your passport. Stay a night — the town at dawn without day trippers is a different place.
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