Old city market
Ason Bazaar
The trading square of old Kathmandu — spice pyramids, brass, baskets and the noisiest, best hour of the day....
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Naturally Nepal — once is not enough
Old city market
UNESCO-listed · Kathmandu Valley
Boudhanath Stupa
The great white dome of Boudha, where the circle of prayer wheels never stops turning....
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UNESCO-listed · Wildlife
Chitwan National Park
Sal forest, oxbow lakes and grassland on the Terai — one-horned rhino, crocodiles and, if you are lucky, a l...
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UNESCO-listed · Old city
Kathmandu Durbar Square & Basantapur
Basantapur’s temple square — the old royal plaza of the Malla kings, still a working city square....
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Sunrise viewpoint
Nagarkot
The valley’s roof — the range from Everest to Langtang in one line, above a sea of morning cloud....
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UNESCO-listed · Twin heritage cities
Patan & Bhaktapur
Two valley cities of brick courtyards, woodcarving windows and cranes over the rooftops....
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Gateway valley
Pokhara & Phewa Lake
The lake town under the Annapurnas — boating at dawn, paragliders in the afternoon, mountains when the cloud...
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Hilltop stupa
Swayambhunath
The self-born stupa on the hill, with the whole Kathmandu Valley laid out below it....
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Land of the Thunder Dragon
108 stupas
Dochula Pass
A ring of 108 white chortens at 3,100 m, with the black mountains of the Himalaya behind them....
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Nyingma monastery above the valley
Gangtey Gompa
A single great nest monastery on a spur above the crane valley, with a village grown against its walls....
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Oldest temple · valley town
Paro Town & Kyichu Lhakhang
The valley that receives you: Bhutan’s only airport, an ancient temple in a field, and a town of shakha and ...
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Icon of Bhutan
Paro Taktsang — Tiger’s Nest
Eight hundred metres above the valley floor, on a granite wall — the most photographed temple in the Himalay...
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Black-necked crane sanctuary
Phobjikha Valley
A glacial bowl of pasture and bog, where the black-necked cranes spend the winter under the ridge....
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Winter capital
Punakha Dzong
Bhutan’s most beautiful dzong, built between two rivers, and warm when Thimphu is frosted....
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Capital of Bhutan
Thimphu & Buddha Dordenma
The world’s least capital-like capital: no traffic lights, one main street, and a 51 m Buddha over the roof-...
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Roof of the World
5,200 m base
Mount Everest from Rongbuk
The north side of Everest — monastery, flag-squares and the Rongbuk glacier with the peak behind them....
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Sacred circuit
Jokhang Temple & Barkhor Circuit
Lhasa’s spiritual centre, and the pilgrim round that has walked around it for 1,300 years....
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Pilgrimage
Mount Kailash & Lake Manasarovar
Sacred to four religions and to no tourism at all: the mountain, the lake, and the three-day walk between them...
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Sacred lake
Lake Namtso
The sky lake — turquoise water under the Nyenchen Tanglha range, and nothing else in sight....
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UNESCO-listed · Lhasa
Potala Palace
The winter palace of the Dalai Lamas, stacked against the Marpori hill and visible from most of Lhasa....
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Monastery city
Shigatse & Tashilhunpo
The Tsang capital, and the giant seated Buddha of Tashilhunpo behind the town walls....
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