Day 04: Kathmandu

After breakfast, proceed for the sightseeing tour of Patan Durbar Square, the Patan city popularly known as 'the city of artisans', accommodates a magnificent square housing the palace buildings of the then royals, artistic courtyards and graceful pagoda temples – a display of Newari architecture that had reached its pinnacle during the reign of the Malla kings. It is filled with wood and stone carvings, metal statues, and ornate architecture, including dozens of Buddhist and Hindu temples, and over 1200 monuments. Kathmandu Durbar Square - Chief attractions here include Hanuman Dhoka Royal Palace, the magnificent Taleju Temple towering more than 40 meters; Kumari Ghar, the residence of the Living Goddessi; the temple of Ashok Vinayak dedicated to lord Ganesh and Kal Bhairav. There is a giant pagoda of ‘Kasthamandap’, a structure which is said to have been built out of a single tree. The name of the capital ‘Kathmandu’ is said to be actually derived from ‘Kasthamandap’. Swayambhunath, Said to be around 2000 years old, this Buddhist Stupa sits atop a hillock overlooking the valley, a legend has it that the stupa evolved spontaneously at the time of the Kathmandu valley’s creation, also known as the ‘Monkey Temple’ owing to the presence of a large number of monkeys around the area. O/N Kathmandu