{"id":790,"date":"2016-04-03T19:01:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-03T13:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/?p=790"},"modified":"2026-05-09T17:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T17:19:15","slug":"bhaktapur-day-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/bhaktapur-day-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhaktapur Day Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bhaktapur, a small town about 10 KMs from Kathmandu, is famous for its many varied temples.The most impressive is the five-story\u00a0Nyatapola Temple\u00a0on Taumadhi Tole (pictured), the tallest temple in Nepal built in 1702 during the reign of King Bhupatindra Malla.Bhaktapur, which became an independent city-state under King Ananda Malla in the 12th century, also has its own\u00a0Durbar Square\u00a0(replete with a number of temples, including one featuring erotic cows, camels and elephants.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bhaktapur-old-city-half-day-tour-in-kathmandu-186748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bhaktapur-old-city-half-day-tour-in-kathmandu-186748.jpg\" alt=\"Kathmandu Valley Rim Tour\" width=\"820\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The northern section of the square is home to the\u00a0Royal Palace, with visitors able to access the Golden Gate, intricately carved and set into a bright red gatehouse, and the\u00a0National Art Gallery,\u00a0with an extensive collection of Tantric cloth paintings.But the town also has a timeless air, with visitors able to see grain laid out to dry in the sun, potters at work in\u00a0Potters&#8217; square, locals weaving baskets, drying laundry or collecting water, and children playing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4-day-sightseeing-tour-from-kathmandu-with-trips-to-patan-bhaktapur-in-kathmandu-222605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-792\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/4-day-sightseeing-tour-from-kathmandu-with-trips-to-patan-bhaktapur-in-kathmandu-222605.jpg\" alt=\"Bhakptapur Day Tour\" width=\"820\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out for exquisite architecture as you wander the streets: many buildings feature intricately carved woodwork (such asthe famous\u00a0Peacock window, on an alley leading south-east from the Tachupal Tole).No cars are allowed inside the Bhaktapur town centre and, as a result, it is quiet by comparison to the country&#8217;s capital. As a result, many travelers prefer to stay in Bhaktapur and take day trips to Kathmandu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bhaktapur.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/bhaktapur.jpg\" alt=\"One Day Sight Seeing in Kathmandu\" width=\"820\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhaktapur, a small town about 10 KMs from Kathmandu, is famous for its many varied temples.The most impressive is the five-story\u00a0Nyatapola Temple\u00a0on Taumadhi Tole (pictured), the tallest temple in Nepal built in 1702 during the reign of King Bhupatindra Malla.Bhaktapur,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[137,136,138],"class_list":["post-790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trekking-in-nepal","tag-bhaktapur-day-trip","tag-kathmandu-valley-rim-trek","tag-one-day-touraround-kathmandu-valley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coldfeetadventure.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}