How To Use This E-Book
Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Nepal, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Nepal. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Nepal are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Nepal. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
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Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
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Table of Contents
Nepals Top 10 Attractions
Top Attraction 1
Durbar Square, Kathmandu. Slowly recovering from damage wrought by the 2015 earthquake, this crowded Malla-era cityscape is still a living, breathing place of worship and commerce. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 2
Swayambhunath. Standing atop a monkey-infested hill, this great white stupa has been watching out over Kathmandu for millennia; its courtyard, bedecked with prayer flags and crowded with statuary, still offers the ultimate view of the city. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 3
Boudhanath. Set amidst the crowded spaces on the eastern edge of Kathmandu, this magnificent Buddhist monument is the hub of a thriving Tibetan community, with monks, monasteries and momos aplenty. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 4
Bhaktapur. Of all the medieval temple towns of the Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur feels furthest removed from the modern world. The beetling alleys are free from traffic, and around every other corner lies another temple-filled square. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 5
The Kathmandu Valley. Ringed with high hills and studded with spectacular temples, the Kathmandu Valley offers endless opportunities for exploration, from the alleys of Sankhu to the forests of Shivapuri and the epic mountain views from Nagarkot and Dhulikhel. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 6
Pokhara. Pokharas lakeside is the perfect place to relax after the rigours of a trek, or simply to take in the vision of the Annapurnas, reflected in the smooth waters of Phewa Tal. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 7
Bandipur. On a high ridge in the Middle Hills, the streets of this tranquil little town are lined with beautiful 18th-century buildings and a growing number of boutique guesthouses. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 8
The Annapurna region. A sacred massif at the heart of Nepal, the long white ridge of the Annapurnas is a powerful presence, and its flanks are traversed by some of the best trekking routes in the country. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 9
Mount Everest. Nepals ultimate icon and the planets paramount peak, Everest is an epic vision whether seen during an arduous trek to Base Camp, or viewed through the cabin window on a thrilling mountain flight. For more information, .
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Top Attraction 10
Lumbini. Out in the hot flatlands of the Terai, the birthplace of the Buddha is suffused with an air of slow-paced tranquillity amongst the pilgrims, mendicants and epic sunsets over dusty plains. For more information, .