Free tour

Free Historical Sites Walking Tour

5.00

Excellent(2)

Kathmandu

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Languages: English

Guru: Rajesh

Registered on 16 August 2023

Namaste! I am Rajesh Thapaliya, working in the Nepalese tourism since 2000. I was born in a small village outside Kathmandu and came to Kathmandu for further study at university after high school. I started working in the Nepali tourism industry as a trekking porter for two years and then guided travelers to Nepalese historical sites after obtaining a tour guide license. I hope you choose me as your guide in Kathmandu!

Free reservation and cancellation

Pay-what-you-want tour, no set price, reservation and cancellation are free

Tour description

I will take you to one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites, either Kathmandu Durbar Square (ancient royal palace or Syambhunath (Swayambhunath), in the evening, by walking from Thamel, Kathmandu, on this walking tour.

You can even walk to both sites if you're up to it. For the Kathmandu Durbar Square walk, we start walking from Thamel and visit the Sigal Buddhist Stupa. After a quick visit to this beautiful Stupa, we walk to Bangemudha, which has a mythical and traditional belief to relieve tooth pain. After that, we walk to Ason Bazaar (local market), where we see the Goddess Annapurna (Ajima) temple, then walk towards Kathmandu Durbar Square through Indra Chok, seeing Seto Machhindranath and Akash Bhairav Temples.

I provide you with ancient historic information while visiting the Hanuman Dhoka royal palace, where you can see many temples, shrines, and the most crucial living goddess, Kumari.
The other site is the monkey temple in a hill station. You can see a magnificent view of the whole Kathmandu Valley, Buddhist monuments, and lots of monkeys in this place. The monkeys are not aggressive in this place.

After visiting any of these sites or both, we walk back to Thamel. It takes around two to two and a half hours to visit one site and four hours for both.

I have over two decades of experience guiding visitors, so you'll enjoy the tour with me and gather a wealth of information about Nepal.

Highlights

What will we see on this tour?

Meeting point:

P886+HM4, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal

I will meet you at your hotel in Thamel after you provide the name of the hotel where you are staying before the tour starts.

Outside visit

Kathmandu Durbar Square

It is an ancient historical palace square, where you see numerous pagoda temples, Newari art/architecture, the living goddess Kumari, and more historical monuments.

Outside visit

Swayambhunath

The Swayambhunath is also known as the monkey temple. It is a Buddhist site, you see some Buddhist monuments and monkeys. The monkeys here are not aggressive, so you do not need to be worried about them. It is on a hill station, so you can see magnificent view of whole Kathmandu Valley from this hill station.

Outside visit

Asan Bazar

The Ason Bazaar is the main local market, where locals buy daily supplies. we visited this market and walked through Indrachok to go to Kathmandu Durbar square to see this local Bazaar.

How much does this tour cost?

Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end the amount they consider appropriate (amounts usually range from €15 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).