Historic sites

Bhaktapur

Nepal Bagmati Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur
Photo: Saroj Pandey, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A medieval Newari city in the Kathmandu Valley with brick-paved squares, carved wooden windows, pottery workshops, and the five-tiered Nyatapola temple, the tallest pagoda in Nepal. It's quieter and better preserved than Kathmandu.


Try the local 'king curd' yoghurt (juju dhau). A ticket is needed to enter the old city. It's about 30 minutes from Kathmandu.

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