| SIGHTSEEING
IN NEPAL A
sightseeing program that includes the major
historic, cultural and religious sights
of the three Newari cities of the Kathmandu
Valley– Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur.
Each city is centered around its Durbar
Square where museums,temples, courtyards
and squares reveal the bestof traditional
art, craftsand architecture.
Patan’s museum is particularly impressive
whilst in Bhaktapur the essence of the medieval
town can still be felt as the city preserves
its own unique idenity.The ancient and enigmatic
Swayambhunath Stupa is the most sacred of
the Valley’s Buddhist shrines whilst
Pashupatinath is the largest temple complex
in Nepal and one of the most sacred places
dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva in the
whole subcontinent.
The stupa of Boudhanath attracts pilgrims,
particularly Tibetans, from throughout the
Buddhist Himalaya.
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