
Bhaktapur
1,401 m, best Oct-May
192 destinations across Nepal, from lakeside Pokhara to the walled city of Lo Manthang, each with the places to see inside it. Every page has the best months, how to get there and what to do.
Nepal's capital valley holds the seven monument zones of one UNESCO World Heritage property, spread across Kathmandu, Patan and Bhaktapur. It is also the road head for the Langtang Valley, the closest major Himalayan trek to the capital.

1,401 m, best Oct-May
1 places inside
1,540 m, best Oct-Apr
best Oct-Mar
best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec

1,550 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec
2 places inside

best Oct-Apr
4 places inside

1,400 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec
15 places inside

3,870 m, best Mar-May, Oct-Nov
9 places inside

best Oct-Apr
4 places inside
best Oct-Apr

963 m, best Oct-Mar

1,442 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec

1,350 m, best Oct-May
5 places inside

best Mar-May, Oct-Nov
Lakeside Pokhara is the base for the Annapurna treks, from short walks to Poon Hill to the high Annapurna Circuit through Manang. Old hill towns such as Bandipur and Gorkha sit along the road from Kathmandu.
best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec

4,130 m, best Mar-Apr, Oct-Nov
22 places inside
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1,030 m, best Oct-Apr
1 places inside
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760 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec

2,850 m, best Apr-May, Oct-Nov
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2,070 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec

1,135 m, best Oct-Apr
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best Mar-May, Oct-Nov
12 places inside

822 m, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov
12 places inside
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1,700 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Dec
The Sherpa homeland in Sagarmatha National Park, reached by a flight to Lukla and teahouse trails to Namche Bazaar, Tengboche and Everest Base Camp.

3,440 m, best Mar-May, Oct-Nov
24 places inside
The southern lowlands and their nearby hills: rhinos in Chitwan National Park, the Buddha's birthplace at Lumbini, the temple city of Janakpur, the hill town of Palpa and the tea gardens of Ilam in the east.
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150 m, best Oct-Mar
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150 m, best Oct-Mar
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72 m, best Oct-Mar
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150 m, best Oct-Mar
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70 m, best Oct-Mar

150 m, best Oct-Mar
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90 m, best Oct-Mar
310 m, best Oct-Mar
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1,200 m, best Mar-May, Oct-Dec
1 places inside
75 m, best Oct-Mar
75 m, best Oct-Mar

74 m, best Oct-Mar
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100 m, best Oct-Mar
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150 m, best Oct-Mar
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100 m, best Oct-Mar
150 m, best Oct-Mar

150 m, best Oct-Mar
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75 m, best Oct-Mar
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150 m, best Oct-Mar
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1,350 m, best Sep-Apr
2 places inside
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75 m, best Oct-Mar
100 m, best Oct-Mar
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100 m, best Oct-Apr
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90 m, best Oct-Mar
80 m, best Oct-Mar
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The dry country north of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges, from the apple village of Marpha and the temple of Muktinath to the restricted area of Upper Mustang and its walled capital, Lo Manthang.

3,840 m, best Mar-Nov
5 places inside
Nepal's least visited corner, across Karnali and the western Terai: Rara Lake, the remote valleys of Dolpo, and the tigers and wild elephants of Bardiya National Park.
best Mar-Apr, Oct-Dec
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152 m, best Feb-May, Oct-Nov
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3,611 m, best May-Oct
6 places inside
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205 m, best Oct-Mar
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3,000 m, best Mar-May, Sep-Nov
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3,700 m, best May-Jun, Sep-Oct
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2,990 m, best Apr-Jun, Sep-Nov
1 places inside
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2,950 m, best Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
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Eastern hills and mountains, and places outside the six main travel regions.
2,328 m, best Oct-Mar
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2,890 m, best Mar-Apr, Oct-Nov
1,346 m, best Feb-Apr, Oct-Nov
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7 places inside
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3,794 m, best Mar-May, Oct-Nov
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3,414 m, best Apr-May, Oct-Nov
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