Kathmandu Bhakatapur and Nagarkot day tour comes with one of the old city called Bhaktapur Durbar Square and the hill station called Nagarkot is much larger and more spacious than Kathmandu's and much less crowded with temples than Patan. Bhaktapur Durbar square is one of the seven UNESCO world heritage sites located in the Kathmandu valley. Some of the most popular monuments golden gate, peacock window and Nyatapola temple are main attractions. Victorian illustrations show that it was that it was once packed with the monasteries, temples and artistic building, almost one third of which were destroyed by the earthquake of 1934. The Bhaktapur Durbar Square contains many temples and others architectural ones like Lion Gate, the statue of King Bhupatindra Malla, the picture gallery, the Golden gate, Nyatapola temple (Built in 1702 AD), the palace of 55 windows (Built in 1700 AD), Dattatraya temple (Built in 1427 AD), Bhairabnath temple (Built in 1718A AD), the Batsala temple and the Bell of the Barking Dogs and many other ancient monuments.Before the unification of Nepal, Bhaktapur was an independent principality ruled by the Malla Kings, who were very much devoted to religion, culture and art. During the period many magnificent temples and mansions were built. This period is remembered as golden period in the Nepalese art and remains a unique example. The ancient Royal palace is remarkable and an excellent example of 18th century architecture made by king Bhupatindra Malla whose statue stands in front of the Golden Gate. Around the Durbar square the curio shops, woods and stone carvings, thangkas have become a good attraction.
Nagarkot Nepal is famous destination for view of sunset and sunrise along Langtang mountain range as a backdrop far beneath the horizon. Nagarkot sunrise tour is really incredible despite of cold in early morning as view tower offer mesmerizing view of Langtang Range along with eastern and western mountain range. Nagarkot a hill station situated at eastern side of Kathmandu is around 42 km in distance and situated at altitude more than 2,000 m from sea level. On the lap of it there exists a medieval city of Bhaktapur which was separate kingdom before. We can still have glimpse of architecture and housing during Malla kingdom. Bhaktapur is full of cultural stuffs, three different square named Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Pottery Square and Datrataya Square. It is famous for clay pottery, as one can explore pottery square where manufacturing process of clay products are carried on small scale traditional way manually. Other attraction and Siddha Pokhari (Pond), Fifty Windows Palace, Siddhi Laxmi Temple, Nyatapol Temple (5 stories temple), statue of lion which belief to be a guard a city and palace, golden gate etc.
We highly recommend Nagarkot at least for one night as it offers amazing sunset and mesmerising sun rise over Langtang ranges where one can view sun as an orange ball slowly rising upwards. Hotels in Nagarkot range from normal tourist star categories to deluxe resort and five star hotels. Instead of staying around Bhaktapur it is better to move toward Nagarkot. Being a different valley than Kathmandu it is almost same either to hire cab or rent professional car rental services. So in general Nagarkot tour is mix of culture and nature as one can have a backdrop of Langtang Range far beneath the horizon with excellent wood carvings on monuments, temples and pond nearby.
Do I need to pay entrée fee to visit these sites?
As above sites as listed in UNESCO world's heritage site one need to pay certain amount as entrée fee before entering those squares, temples and stupa. There is different rate for foreigner one separate for SAARC country people and another for rest. One can directly pay at the counter located in front of main entrance.
How can I get there?
There are many ways you can reach Bhakatapur and Nagarkot from Kathmandu. Since these places are out of the Kathmandu valley it is quite impractical to walk. One can rent a cab but which is not safe and reliable, as well as bit expensive in compare to rent a car in Nepal. As cab will charge disposal for waiting hour, not reliable and trust worthy in compare to vehicles hired from car Rental Company in Nepal. We offer car, jeep, coaster on base of number of people in a group at fix rate which will pick you from the hotel, take to each and every sites, wait in parking till you finish exploring the entire sites then after took you to another sites and finally drop back to hotel. The thing is our professional drivers are English Speaking; trust worthy you can leave your baggage (except money and important documents) in vehicles even during walking which you cannot in public cab, there might be difficulty in monetary transaction with cab as they increase fair in meter unreasonably and many other factors. So we highly request our entire valuable customer to hire vehicles for sightseeing around Kathmandu valley. We offer compact hatchback to luxurious sedan, sport utility vehicles as well as big coaster, so please feel free to mail us at [email protected] for further inquiry regarding car rental in Nepal.
Nagarkot Nepal is famous destination for view of sunset and sunrise along Langtang mountain range as a backdrop far beneath the horizon. Nagarkot sunrise tour is really incredible despite of cold in early morning as view tower offer mesmerizing view of Langtang Range along with eastern and western mountain range. Nagarkot a hill station situated at eastern side of Kathmandu is around 42 km in distance and situated at altitude more than 2,000 m from sea level. On the lap of it there exists a medieval city of Bhaktapur which was separate kingdom before. We can still have glimpse of architecture and housing during Malla kingdom. Bhaktapur is full of cultural stuffs, three different square named Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Pottery Square and Datrataya Square. It is famous for clay pottery, as one can explore pottery square where manufacturing process of clay products are carried on small scale traditional way manually. Other attraction and Siddha Pokhari (Pond), Fifty Windows Palace, Siddhi Laxmi Temple, Nyatapol Temple (5 stories temple), statue of lion which belief to be a guard a city and palace, golden gate etc.
We highly recommend Nagarkot at least for one night as it offers amazing sunset and mesmerising sun rise over Langtang ranges where one can view sun as an orange ball slowly rising upwards. Hotels in Nagarkot range from normal tourist star categories to deluxe resort and five star hotels. Instead of staying around Bhaktapur it is better to move toward Nagarkot. Being a different valley than Kathmandu it is almost same either to hire cab or rent professional car rental services. So in general Nagarkot tour is mix of culture and nature as one can have a backdrop of Langtang Range far beneath the horizon with excellent wood carvings on monuments, temples and pond nearby.
Do I need to pay entrée fee to visit these sites?
As above sites as listed in UNESCO world's heritage site one need to pay certain amount as entrée fee before entering those squares, temples and stupa. There is different rate for foreigner one separate for SAARC country people and another for rest. One can directly pay at the counter located in front of main entrance.
How can I get there?
There are many ways you can reach Bhakatapur and Nagarkot from Kathmandu. Since these places are out of the Kathmandu valley it is quite impractical to walk. One can rent a cab but which is not safe and reliable, as well as bit expensive in compare to rent a car in Nepal. As cab will charge disposal for waiting hour, not reliable and trust worthy in compare to vehicles hired from car Rental Company in Nepal. We offer car, jeep, coaster on base of number of people in a group at fix rate which will pick you from the hotel, take to each and every sites, wait in parking till you finish exploring the entire sites then after took you to another sites and finally drop back to hotel. The thing is our professional drivers are English Speaking; trust worthy you can leave your baggage (except money and important documents) in vehicles even during walking which you cannot in public cab, there might be difficulty in monetary transaction with cab as they increase fair in meter unreasonably and many other factors. So we highly request our entire valuable customer to hire vehicles for sightseeing around Kathmandu valley. We offer compact hatchback to luxurious sedan, sport utility vehicles as well as big coaster, so please feel free to mail us at [email protected] for further inquiry regarding car rental in Nepal.