Nepal
Bagmati Province
Kathmandu

Thamel and West Kathmandu

Thamel and West Kathmandu is in and covers the backpacker area of Thamel, Swayambhu, Durbar Square, and Freak Street.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighbourhood in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Thamel”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Narayanhiti Palace Museum and Garden of Dreams.

Museum
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The is a public museum in , located east of the Kaiser Mahal and next to Thamel. The museum was created in 2008 from the complex of the former Narayanhiti Palace following the 2006 revolution.

Park
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also, the Garden of Six Seasons, is a neo-classical garden in Kaiser Mahal , , built in 1920. Designed by Kishore Narshingh, it consists of 6,895 square metres of gardens with three pavilions, an amphitheater, ponds, , and urns.

Square
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kathmandu Durbar Square is a historically and culturally significant site in , . It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the in Nepal that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Central Kathmandu and Kathmandu.

Photo: Anup Sadi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central covers Ratna Park, the former palace and New Road, and is home to a number of luxury hotels and the embassy quarter.

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is the largest city and capital of and the namesake of the . Once thought to be the fabled and inaccessible Shangri-La, is a fast-growing spot catering to a wide range of holiday types and budgets.

Quarter
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or Wongha: is one of the ceremonial and market squares on the artery passing through the historic section of , . The intersection of , along with , , Makhan, Jana Baha, and Naxal, mark the old India-Tibet trade route that is now a vibrant market street.

Thamel and West Kathmandu

Latitude
27.71703° or 27° 43′ 1″ north
Longitude
85.31126° or 85° 18′ 41″ east
Elevation
1,317 metres (4,321 feet)
Open location code
7MV7P886+RG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1349697740
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
7113953
Wiki­data ID
Q2467967
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Spanish—“Thamel and West Kathmandu” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Тхамел”
  • Cebuano: “Thamel”
  • Chinese: “塔美爾區”
  • Chinese: “泰米尔区”
  • Chinese: “泰美爾”
  • Dutch: “Thamel”
  • Finnish: “Thamel”
  • French: “Thamel”
  • German: “Thamel”
  • Hebrew: “טאמל”
  • Hindi: “थमेल”
  • Japanese: “タメル”
  • Korean: “타멜”
  • Nepali: “ठमेल”
  • Polish: “Thamel”
  • Russian: “Тамель”
  • Spanish: “Thamel”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Thamel and West Kathmandu”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.