Top Things to do in Central Region
Top 10 Budget-friendly Things to do in Central Region, Central Region
Discover the best top things to do in Central Region, Nepal including Langtang Valley, Patan Durbar Square, Changu Narayan, Hanuman Dhoka, Kopan Monastery, Pashupatinath Temple, Mahaboudha Temple, Patan Museum, Durbar (Central) Square, Dakshinkali Temple.
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1. Langtang Valley
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 52 reviews
Reviewed By 260luciev
We have made a 9 days trek combining Tamang and Langtang trail. We contacted directly our guide named Temba Tamang (owner of Me Very Happy Guesthouse) and arranged everything via email. It was a great experience with wonderful people. Booking directly with local people avoids that most of your money goes to agencies, everything we spent went directly to local people who definitely need it after the earthquake. Temba is a beautiful person who will share everything with you. Don't hesitate!
2. Patan Durbar Square
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 60 reviews
Reviewed By egekarakas12 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
You have to visit this place asap, you will be enchanted!! I couldn’t close my mouth because i was shocked, i dont know what kind of talent that they have about handicrafts!! Superb
3. Changu Narayan
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 497 reviews
Reviewed By belamek
It's believed to be oldest Sri Narayana temple. As per the guide explanation, Lord Vishnu used to come and pluck the flowers to worship his mother, One day locals caught him and tied him to a pillar. After some time Lord Vishnu mother came in search of Sri Lord Vishnu, after knowing about it locals pegged for pardon and requested Sri Lord Vishnu to be there and they will build temple, worship him. For this Sri Lord Vishnu accepted and locals built the temple. That's the short story about Chagu Naraya temple, one of the oldest poweful temple in Nepal
4. Hanuman Dhoka
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 590 reviews
Real monkeys live in this square, built to honor the mischievous and courageous monkey god Hanuman.
Reviewed By sklb2014 - London, United Kingdom
great place to be in Kathmandu Durbar square history is just a amazing and cannot be the best like this take a guide as we did it will be worth
5. Kopan Monastery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 787 reviews
Hundreds of monks and nuns live at this monastery, which offers meditation courses year round.
Reviewed By 403jennar - Winnipeg, Canada
We went to the monastery for when it first opened at 9:30 and stayed until around 11, and had a very memorable time circling the stupas and observing life at the monastery. Great view of Kathmandu from the cafe where you can sit outside and watch the monks go about their rituals and daily life. We took a taxi to get there and he waited until we were done at no extra charge, which is recommended as there were not taxis there waiting to pick people up.
6. Pashupatinath Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 4,935 reviews
Reviewed By SFO_Drew - San Francisco, United States
This UN World Heritage site is literally a must-see for many Hindus, in order to gain spiritual fulfillment (along with Varanasi). If you cross the bridge behind the temple and climb the stairs, you will find a respectful viewing area to watch cremation ceremonies of the high-ranking deceased (there are other slabs further up the river for the common folks). But if you continue up the stairs, you will find rows of stupas that are quite pretty (you'll also frequently find sadhus here who will pose for pictures for money), and then a monkey road that leads down to a back gate exit. The grounds are quite large so you may wish to get a guide (such as Pink Mountain) before going there.
7. Mahaboudha Temple
8. Patan Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 525 reviews
It takes all three floors of the meticulously restored royal palace to cover thirteen centuries of Nepal’s religious art history; easily Nepal’s leading museum.
Reviewed By ggm96822 - Honolulu, United States
Severely damaged in the April 2015 earthquake, the restoration since has been phenomenal; much of the original doors, windows, wood carvings and brick work have been put back into place, only replaced by very high quality new work when necessary. This was the palace of the Malla kings of Patan, originally built in 1734 AD by displacing Ha Bāhā, though it has been rebuilt several times since (it was leveled in the massive 1934 AD earthquake, for example). The collection continues to expand, too, as (sadly) other historic structures of Patan are rebuilt without preserving their centuries-old carvings but at least letting the museum display them. There are occasional dances and musical events in the courtyard, and the impressively re-established annual Tantric-inspired Kartik Naach is performed in the fall outside the museum. Guide not necessary but many people apparently miss the second, separate entrance and even fewer visit the pond behind the palace.
9. Durbar (Central) Square
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 987 reviews
Most towns and cities have a durbar, or central, square. Patan's is comparatively quiet, surrounded by peaceful palace courtyards, shops and pagoda temples.
Reviewed By AZCasualTraveler - Mesa, United States
UNESCO had designated three (3) town squares in Nepal as World Heritage Sites (Cultural): (1) Kathmandu Durbar Square, (2) Bhaktapur Durbar Square and (3) Patan Durbar Square - all three of these Squares are must see places while traveling through Nepal and they are all different in their own way. The Patan Durbar Square has many distinctive and interesting temples and structures: Krishna Temple, Royal Palace Patan, Jagannarayan Temple, Keshav Narayan Temple, Char Naarayan Temple, Golden Temple and others. When we had visited Patan Durbar Square on November 2019, we found most all of the structures here had been either not affected by the 2015 earthquake or were repaired quickly - we saw only a couple of structures that were being "repaired". This is in contrast to the Kathmandu Durbar Square which had multiple structures that are still in need of earthquake damage repair when we had visited that location. In summary, the Patan Durbar Square is in excellent shape - almost all the structures show no earthquake damage and the whole area is visually quite stunning as you enter the Square. The Ancient Nepal architecture here at the Square looks very impressive and makes for good photography. Highly recommend seeing the Patan Durbar Square, and if you have time walk down through some of the side streets to see the residential areas that surrounds the Square - interesting!
10. Dakshinkali Temple
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 236 reviews
This temple is dedicated to the ferocious goddess Kali, to whom animals are sacrificed twice a week.
Reviewed By RahulG2323 - Jodhpur, India
amazing temple. brings peace and a kind of vibration once you enter the premises. great art and architecture. blissful and serene place for blessings of the ma kali. . even in the times of covid, it is open for blessing seekers.
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