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Patan Durbar Square
Patan Durbar Square contains an extraordinary concentration of Newar temple architecture, but visiting well means understanding the one-way route, the separate museum ticket, the earthquake supports, the working metal streets and the practical limits of a hot, crowded square.
31 min read
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kathmandu Durbar Square is Nepal’s working royal and religious precinct, not a static museum. Here is what survived the 1934 and 2015 earthquakes, what remains difficult to enter, what the Kumari tradition means, what the tickets cost, and how guides should move a group through without blocking residents.
27 min read
Boudhanath Stupa
How thickly temples crowd the Kathmandu Valley — and what a traveller really sees once they stop counting pagodas and start looking at them.
17 min read
