UNESCO World Heritage Site tour in Kathmandu

UNESCO world heritage sites day tour in Kathmandu to visit some of the most culturally noteworthy and historical monuments of Nepal. Most popular day tour in Kathmandu Valley to see it's cultural and historical gems. These living heritage sites are still in full use on a daily basis. In this day tour your visit to Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Swyambhunath Stupa and Bauddhanath Stupa including many other Hindu and Buddhist temples/monastries of great importance. It is truly an incredible experience.

Trip Heighlights
• Explore the living UNESCO heritage sites of the Kathmandu Valley
• Visit the largest Hindu temple Pashupatinath, dedicated to Lord Shiva
• Witness the historic Royal Palaces of Kathmandu and Patan (Durbar Squares)
• Discover the foundation of the Valley at Swoyambhu, also known as the ‘Monkey Temple’
• Admire the tall white mound of Bouddhanath, center point for Tibetan Buddhism in Kathmandu

Itinerary
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Stop At: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal

Travelers will visit Kathmandu’s Durbar Square where the city’s kings were once crowned and legitimised, and from where they ruled (durbar means palace). As such, the square remains the traditional heart of the old town and Kathmandu’s most spectacular legacy of traditional architecture.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Patan Durbar Square, Patan (Lalitpur) 44700 Nepal

You will visit the ancient royal palace of Patan faces on to magnificent Durbar Sq. This concentrated mass of temples is perhaps the most visually stunning display of Newari architecture to be seen in Nepal.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Pashupatinath Temple, Pashupati Nath Road, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal

Most important Hindu temple stands on the banks of the holy Bagmati River, whose date of origination is unknown. Oldest known Hindu Temple of Nepal dedicated to Lord Shiva.

Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Boudhanath Stupa, Boudh Boudha, Kathmandu 44600 Nepal

Grace and purity of line, no other stupa in Nepal comes close to Boudhanath.

From its whitewashed dome to its gilded tower painted with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha,

the monument is perfectly proportioned. Explore Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal where Gautam Buddha was born.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Swayambhu Maha Chaitya, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

Swayambhunath Stupa is one of the crowning glories of Kathmandu Valley architecture.

This perfectly proportioned monument rises through a whitewashed dome to a gilded spire,

from where four iconic faces of the Buddha stare out across the valley in the cardinal directions.

Duration: 2 hours