Insight Guides Nepal (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

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Inspiring your next adventure

Nepal maintains a formidable allure for travellers - the name "Kathmandu" alone is enough to set feet itching. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of Insight Guide Nepal, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this fascinating and dramatically beautiful country, home to eight of the world's ten highest mountains.
Inside Insight Guide Nepal:
A fully-overhauled edition by our expert Nepal author
Stunning, specially-commissioned photography that brings this breathtaking country and its people to life.
Highlights of the country's top attractions, including the mighty Mount Everest and the medieval temples of Bhaktapur in our Best of Nepal.Descriptive region-by-region accounts cover the whole country from the cultural riches of the Kathmandu Valley to the Terai's jungles. Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip.
About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 8
• EAN13: 9781786718532
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book
This Insight Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Nepal, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editor’s Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Nepal. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights in Nepal are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Nepal. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
About Insight Guides
Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.
Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.
© 2018 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd




Table of Contents
Nepal’s Top 10 Attractions
Editor’s Choice
Introduction: A Country in Between
The Collision Zone
Decisive Dates
Royal Dynasties
From Monarchy to Republic
The Nepalese
Religion
Food and Drink
Architecture
Arts and Crafts
Insight: Nepal’s Wool Industry
Festivals
Flora and Fauna
Environmental Issues
Trekking
Mountaineering
Rafting and Kayaking
Insight: Adventure Sports: from Peak to Jungle
Introduction: Places
Kathmandu
Around Kathmandu
Patan
Bhaktapur
Insight: Nepal’s World Heritage Sites
Kathmandu Valley
Kathmandu to Pokhara
Pokhara and Pokhara Valley
Trekking in the Annapurnas
Trekking in Langtang-Gosainkund-Helambu
The Everest Region
Insight: Sherpa monasteries and gompas
East of Everest
The Terai
The Remote West
Transport
A–Z
Language
Further Reading


Nepal’s Top 10 Attractions





Top Attraction 1



Durbar Square, Kathmandu. Slowly recovering from damage wrought by the 2015 earthquake, this crowded Malla-era cityscape is still a living, breathing place of worship and commerce. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 2



Swayambhunath. Standing atop a monkey-infested hill, this great white stupa has been watching out over Kathmandu for millennia; its courtyard, bedecked with prayer flags and crowded with statuary, still offers the ultimate view of the city. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 3



Boudhanath. Set amidst the crowded spaces on the eastern edge of Kathmandu, this magnificent Buddhist monument is the hub of a thriving Tibetan community, with monks, monasteries and momos aplenty. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 4



Bhaktapur. Of all the medieval temple towns of the Kathmandu Valley, Bhaktapur feels furthest removed from the modern world. The beetling alleys are free from traffic, and around every other corner lies another temple-filled square. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 5



The Kathmandu Valley. Ringed with high hills and studded with spectacular temples, the Kathmandu Valley offers endless opportunities for exploration, from the alleys of Sankhu to the forests of Shivapuri and the epic mountain views from Nagarkot and Dhulikhel. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 6



Pokhara. Pokhara’s lakeside is the perfect place to relax after the rigours of a trek, or simply to take in the vision of the Annapurnas, reflected in the smooth waters of Phewa Tal. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 7



Bandipur. On a high ridge in the Middle Hills, the streets of this tranquil little town are lined with beautiful 18th-century buildings and a growing number of boutique guesthouses. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 8



The Annapurna region. A sacred massif at the heart of Nepal, the long white ridge of the Annapurnas is a powerful presence, and its flanks are traversed by some of the best trekking routes in the country. For more information, click here .
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Top Attraction 9



Mount Everest. Nepal’s ultimate icon and the planet’s paramount peak, Everest is an epic vision whether seen during an arduous trek to Base Camp, or viewed through the cabin window on a thrilling mountain flight. For more information, click here or click here .
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Top Attraction 10



Lumbini. Out in the hot flatlands of the Terai, the birthplace of the Buddha is suffused with an air of slow-paced tranquillity amongst the pilgrims, mendicants and epic sunsets over dusty plains. For more information, click here .
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Editor’s Choice






Elephant safari in the Terai.
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Pashupatinath is the place to see sadhus.
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Viewing wildlife

Chitwan National Park . Deep in the forests of southern Nepal, Chitwan is one of Asia’s great national parks, home to tigers, rhinos, bears and crocodiles. For more information, click here .
Bardia National Park. In the remote western Terai, this park is home to tigers and wild elephants and all manner of exotic birdlife. For more information, click here .
Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve. In the eastern Terai, this beautiful riverine reserve is remarkably rich in birdlife, and forms a major staging post for migrant species. For more information, click here .
Langtang National Park. Red pandas thrive in the dense bamboo groves of this beautiful mountain region, which is also home to elusive upland ungulates and a handful of snow leopards. For more information, click here .
Shey-Phoksundo National Park. This vast and fabled mountain park is home to blue sheep, wolves and the majestic and ghostly snow leopard. For more information, click here .



Porters assisting on a trek in the Langtang Valley.
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Best temples and religious sites

Pashupatinath. On the banks of the Bagmati River, the smoking funeral pyres and meditating sadhus instil this sacred spot with a profound atmosphere. For more information, click here .
Kala Bhairav. The ceaseless stream of devotees lighting candles and offering prayers before this terrifying deity underscores the role of Kathmandu’s Durbar Square as a living place of worship. For more information, click here .
Changu Narayan. On a narrow ridge, this temple is lavishly endowed with Licchavi-era carvings and is still a major place of pilgrimage. For more information, click here .
Dakshinkali. Set in the cool forests in the furthest southern reaches of the Kathmandu Valley, this tiny temple is the scene of spectacular blood sacrifices, demonstrating the depth of religious faith in Nepal. For more information, click here .
Janaki Mandir. Far from the beaten tourist track in the Terai town of Janakpur, this magnificent Mughal-style temple is dedicated to Sita, wife of the god Rama. For more information, click here .



Whitewater rafting.
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Top treks

Annapurna Circuit. Nepal’s original teahouse trek, the route around the mighty Annapurna Massif still sets the standard for Himalayan journeys. For more information, click here .
Everest Base Camp. Everest Base Camp is the ultimate goal for many trekkers, but the real highlight o