Nepal
About Kathmandu
Kathmandu hits every sense at once-incense and exhaust, temple bells and horns, a medieval valley city crammed into the modern day.
Golden pagodas and Buddhist stupas rise over tangled lanes where prayer flags cross the alleys and monkeys patrol the shrines. Most travellers come to fly into the mountains beyond, and the city is the staging ground for treks into the high Himalaya.
It's chaotic, devout and overwhelming, a place that has survived earthquakes and simply keeps on praying.
Eat steamed momo dumplings and a plate of dal bhat to fuel up before the trail.
Get to Kathmandu
Round trip from Prague, any dates in November 2026.
Day trips from Kathmandu
- Half day
Bhaktapur
~40 min
, ~1 h 
The best-preserved of the valley's three royal cities: brick lanes, pagoda temples around Durbar Square, the five-tiered Nyatapola, and potters' wheels spinning in open courtyards. A living medieval city.
- Day trip
Nagarkot
~1.5 hA ridge-top village at 2,175 m that exists for one thing: the dawn panorama of the Himalaya floating above the valley haze — from Annapurna to, on the clearest days, Everest.
About Nepal
Himalayan trails and old temples
The highest mountains on earth, with teahouse trails linking the villages beneath them and temple-packed Kathmandu at the start of it.
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