Discover Nepal guide

Kathmandu Valley's Seven UNESCO Monument Zones

Explore the three royal cities, two Buddhist stupas and two Hindu temple ensembles in Kathmandu Valley's serial World Heritage property.

Kathmandu Durbar Square

Malla and Shah. Palace courtyards, Taleju traditions and the civic ritual centre of historic Kathmandu.

Visit respectfully: Keep processional routes open and follow museum and Kumari Ghar photography rules.

Malla. A dense palace, temple and bahal landscape renowned for stone and metal craftsmanship.

Visit respectfully: Treat courtyards and shrines as active community spaces, not architectural props.

Malla. Palaces, temples, public squares and neighbourhood routes within a living Newar city.

Visit respectfully: Use ticketed entrances, respect festival barriers and avoid climbing monument plinths.

Ancient and repeatedly renewed. A hilltop stupa complex central to the valley's Buddhist sacred geography.

Visit respectfully: Circle clockwise, do not feed macaques and ask before photographing worship.

Historic, with modern monastic growth. Nepal's largest stupa and a major centre of Tibetan and Himalayan Buddhist practice.

Visit respectfully: Join the clockwise kora and leave room for pilgrims, elders and prostrations.

Ancient sacred landscape; later rebuilding. An extensive Shiva temple, ghat and forest landscape on the Bagmati River.

Visit respectfully: Respect sanctum entry rules and never photograph identifiable mourners or cremations.

Licchhavi onward. A temple settlement preserving one of the valley's earliest dated stone inscriptions.

Visit respectfully: Protect carved fabric, remove shoes where required and support local guides and crafts.