Anatomy of Kathmandu

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Kathmandu sprawls across the bottom of a bowl-shaped mountain valley, shaded by the towering peaks of the ganesh Himalaya. The official centre of town is the Royal Palace, but most of the famous temples and monuments are clustered around Durbar Marg at the south end of town. Between the two are the winding, brick-lined bazaars of Asan Tole and Chhetrapati and Thamel, the main traveller hang-out. No part of Kathmandu is completely ‘new’, but the shopping centres and airline offices are concentrated around New Road and Durbar Marg. Most people get around by taxi or rickshaw or just walk - the backstreets are full of hidden temples and atmospheric courtsyards.

Kathmandu shares the valley with the equally historic cities of Patan and Bhaktapur but it’s hard to tell where one stops and the other begins. Patan is just south of Kathmandu on the south bank of the Bagmati River, while Bhaktapur is east on the far side of the airport

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