Kathmandu is well known as the city of temples, you will find one in almost every corner of the capital. When you book your trip to Nepal, the first destination that you will land is Kathmandu as the only International Airport of the nation is located here. The capital is also one of the major attraction for tourist. The rich cultures and festivals, jatras and celebrations has always been one if the favourites of tourist. The Durbar square and different heritage sites of the valley are the another major attraction of tourist. While tourists who plans for city tour in the capital travels around almost every highlighted place of Kathmandu but however many of them miss Kirtipur- a hidden gem.
As many say, Kirtipur is a hidden gem for tourist and this ancient Newari town could not be better described than this. Kirtipur is a perfect place to hang out away from the noise of the capital. The business road throughout the area might not be the best interest to you but the treasure lies inside these roads through the allies.
Kirtipur has been recently been named as the first formal branding city of Nepal with the brand name 'City on the Hill'. The first thing that you will see when you arrive at Kirtipur is the hill of houses. It is like the houses are made on top of each other but not. Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) and the concerned authorities have been working in to build Kirtipur as a new tourist destination in the coming days, so yes we can definitely expect more from Kirtipur this time. They have planned for tour packages and development of homes stays in Kirtipur
The best thing to do in Kirtipur would probably be to explore and witness the local Newari culture. The temples with history. This ancient Newari town has a great history of its own. Almost every temples and monuments that you find here carries certain history along with them. Well, built in ancient times, these temples are itself an attraction to the tourists. Some of the temples are Bagh Bhairab, Umammaheshwor temple, Chilonchwo and more. When we talk about the history of this place ,then there definitely includes the unification of Nepal. So if you are interested in history then you are going to enjoy this one.
Kirtipur is a typical Newari town. The rich cultures and festivals of this place has always been lively. If you ask me about the best time to travel to Kirtipur then I would recommend you to travel during the time of Jatras and festivals. Well, this is the time when you can witness the pure local culture, tradition and celebrations of the Newari people. Kirtipurians has always hold their festivals and celebrations by their heart, everyone from the adults to the modern era kids everyone is ready to be a part of it. This is the best part of this place.
While we talk about the festivals and jatras, food and drinks comes along with it. Newari foods are one of the best and most popular foods of Nepal and where better to taste them than Kirtipur. Almost every local restaurants will serve the Newari dishes. However, Kirtipur is a home of internationally recognised restaurant, 'Newa Lahana'. This is the place where you get each and every typical Newari food items and drinks. The environment of Lahana will give you the pure local vibe unlike any other restaurants in Nepal. Every thing goes traditional here. In fact, Lahana itself has been a major attraction of Kirtipur.
Furthermore, you can also experience the homestays in Kirtipur. The homestay experience will definitely create a chance to witness the way of living of the Newari people. Apart from that, agriculture has been a major part of this place. Many Kirtipurians are still involved in different agricultural works. So of you are into agro tourism then there you go.
These are the few things that you can do in Kirtipur during your trip. I am pretty sire there is more to this. We will definitely be getting new tour packages for Kirtipur in coming days. This ancient town can be explored in a couple of days but this short period of time is totally worth it. Despite the popularity among the domestic tourists, Kirtipur has received very few number of tourists. Now being named as the first formal branding city of Nepal, lets hope Kirtipur gets all the attention from the tourist that it deserves. NTB sets to bring top plans to develop Kirtipur as one of the tourist destination of the capital, maybe soon after the pandemic is over we will see something new in Kirtipur.
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