Most people arriving in Nepal spend a day or two in Kathmandu and head for the mountains but few visit Patan. This is an ancient city with hidden temples and exquisite carved buildings and just a short journey from Kathmandu. There is a sense of a different world on arriving in Patan where teenage buys stand on corners with bicycles laden with fruit and there is an incessant tapping from the craft workshops. This is an ancient city steeped in Buddhist heritage, Newari culture and where there are four stupas on the corners of the city to mark its boundaries.
Durbar Square and the Royal Palace
Temples at Durbar Sqaure in Patan Shutterstock*
