Lazimpat & the south

A look around

What you’ll be living next to. Swipe through.

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Where it sits

The circle is Lazimpat & the south and roughly a 10-minute walk around it.

How far is everything?

From the middle of this area to the city's headline sights — pick your own on the city page and these become your list.

• Garden of Dreams18 min walk1.5 km
• Thamel18 min walk1.5 km
• Newari food & momos18 min walk1.5 km
• Asan & the old bazaars27 min walk2.3 km
• Kathmandu Durbar Square8 min taxi2.8 km
• Pashupatinath Temple9 min taxi3.1 km
• Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple)10 min taxi3.4 km
• Boudhanath Stupa12 min taxi3.9 km

On your doorstep

What you’re living next to if you stay here.

• 5.Patan Durbar Square — Across the river in the sister city of Lalitpur lies the most beautiful of the valley's three royal squares — a dazzling ensemble of Newari palaces, stone and metalwork temples and the superb Patan Museum, in a city famed for its artisans and metalworkers. Quieter and more graceful than Kathmandu's, it's a highlight of the valley; wander the square and the craft workshops in the lanes around it.
• 10.An Everest mountain flight — A one-hour scenic flight along the Himalaya at dawn — cruising past a wall of the world's highest peaks, Everest included, close enough to fill the window, without a single step of trekking. Every passenger gets a window seat and a turn in the cockpit; unforgettable and, on a clear morning, worth every penny. The easiest possible way to meet the mountains that draw people to Nepal.
• 13.Narayanhiti Palace Museum — The former royal palace, opened as a museum after Nepal abolished its monarchy in 2008 — grand 1960s state rooms and royal apartments, and the poignant site of the 2001 royal massacre that hastened the monarchy's end. A fascinating, slightly eerie window into recent Nepali history and the vanished world of its kings; a cool, offbeat hour near the centre.