Historic sites
Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur, Bagmati
A medieval Newari city in the Kathmandu Valley with brick-paved squares, carved wooden windows, pottery workshops, and the five-tiered Nyatapola temp…
Historic sites in Nepal
Historic sites
Boudhanath Stupa
Kathmandu, Bagmati
One of the largest stupas in the world, a great white dome with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha painted on its tower, the centre of Tibetan Buddhis…
Historic sites
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kathmandu, Bagmati
The old royal palace square of Kathmandu, with pagoda temples, the Hanuman Dhoka palace and the Kumari Ghar, home of the living goddess Kumari, who s…
Historic sites
Lumbini, Birthplace of the Buddha
Rupandehi, Lumbini
The place where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, was born in 623 BC, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.