Narayanhiti Palace · photo: Suraj Belbase, CC BY-SA 4.0

Self-guided walking tour of Kathmandu

22 sights · Nepal · capital

Tell us what you like and how much time you have, and you get a walking route past the best sights of Kathmandu, with a map and thumbs-up from other visitors. Free, no account needed.

The route planner itself is in Dutch for now; the map and the route work the same.

What is there to see?

• Museums (7)
• History (6)
• Squares & streets (4)
• Architecture (3)
• Parks & green (2)
• Art & sculpture (1)

3-hour walk past the highlights of Kathmandu

6 stops · 7.5 km · a loop from the centre with time to look around at each stop. Want to go inside somewhere? Set a longer stay in the route planner.

1. Photo: Sigismund von Dobschütz, Public domain
   🚶 24 min walkSingha Durbar
2. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 33 min walkBasantapur Durbar Square
3. Photo: Mahalaxmi silwal, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 1 min walkHanuman Dhoka
4. Photo: Kamal Ratna Tuladhar, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 5 min walkIndra Chowk
5. Photo: Sundar1, CC BY-SA 3.0
   🚶 5 min walkAsan
6. Photo: Suraj Belbase, CC BY-SA 4.0
   🚶 20 min walkNarayanhiti Palace

More well-known sights in Kathmandu

1. National Museum of Nepal
2. Kathmandu Zoo
3. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Cathedral, Kathmandu
4. Shahid Gate
5. Pancha Kashmiri Takiya Masjid
6. Ratna Park
7. Patan Museum
8. Natural History Museum of Nepal
9. The Taragaon Museum
10. Maitighar Mandala
11. Maru, Kathmandu
12. Tribhuvan Sadan
13. Mahendra Museum
14. Children's Art Museum of Nepal