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Faqs The Real UNESCO Seven World Heritage Tour in Kathmandu 4 days

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What is the UNESCO Seven World Heritage Tour in Kathmandu?

the UNESCO Seven World Heritage Tour in Kathmandu is a special heritage tour to seven UNESCO listed sites including Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Bouddhanath Stupa, Pashupatinath Stupa, Patan Durbar Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple. These all 7 UNESCO sites are located in Kathmandu valley of three districts: Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur.

Actually, this visit to Seven UNESCO sites are distinctly distinct in the sense that you can real and explore the history, culture and civilization of the times of immemorial. You will really feel blessed with marvelous insights of ancient arts and architectures and religious idols and painting on woods, stone slates, copper and silver places.

These the UNESCO Seven World Heritage Tour in Kathmandu can be completed even in one day but you will have a very rush timing during the exploration and visit. So, you at least must spare 2 days for the exploration like one day for Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Bouddhanath Stupa and Pashupatinath Temple and the other day for Patan Durbar Square and Bhaktapur Durbar including Changunarayan Temple. 

How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are there in Nepal?

Nepal has 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Seven UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in the Kathmandu valley and rest of 3 are out of the valley. The seven unesco world heritage sites located in the Kathmandu valley are: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Patan Durbar Square, Bouddhanath Stupa, Pashupatinath Temple, Bhaktpaur Durbar Square and Changunaryan Temple. And the UNESCO World Heritage Sites located out of the Kathmandu valley are: Lumbini, Chitwan National Park and Sagarmatha National Park. Mostly, UNESCO 7 World Heritage Sites located in Kathmandu and Lumbuni are very popular among the travelers for exploration and visit. Also, Chitwan National Park Activities and Everest Base Camp Trek through Sagarmatha National Park have equal importance among the global tourists. 

What are the 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu?

The 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu are: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Bouddhanath Stupa and Pashupatinath Temple. One can visit these 4 UNESO World Heritage Sites in one day. So, it is called day tour to 4 UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kathmandu. It takes around 5-6 hours to explore all these 4 unesco world heritage sites located in Kathmandu. You need to have a professional tourist guide to go to these UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Kathmandu. 

Which city has the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal has the most UNESCO world heritage sites. It has 4 the largest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. These are: Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa, Bouddhanath Stupa and Pashupatinath Temple. The all UNESCO world heritage sites are religiously, culturally and historically marvelous to explore. You will get astonished to visit and have the quality of insights during the visit. These 4 UNESCO world heritage sites in Kathmandu represent either Hindu or Buddhist religion and civilization and history of Nepal. 

What is the most beautiful World Heritage Site?

The most popular and the most beautiful World Heritage Site in Nepal or in Kathmandu is Swyombhunath Stupa or Monkey Temple. But, all over Nepal, it is Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha, lord Buddha.

In the Kathmandu, Swyombhunath Stupa or Monkey Temple is a massive and most probably the grandest piece of art and architecture and the holiest site of Buddhist followers all from the entire world. This astonishing Stupa has deep woods in its surrounding, has half closed eyes of Buddha, thousands of prayer wheels and prayer flags, holy ponds, stone steps and most importantly, the massive stupa offer the mesmerizing views of Kathmandu valley and surrounding mountain peaks.  Swyombhunath Stupa is also an ideal destination for evening and morning walks, normally exercises and aerobics before departing for trekking in Nepal.

And out of Valley, the most astonishing and beautiful World Heritage site is Lumbuni, the birthplace of lord Buddha. Lumbini has several ancient attractions for tourist to explore such as Mayadevi Temple, holy Ponds, garden and many other monasteries.

So, Swyombhunath Stupa and Lumbini are the must visit and explore world heritage sites in Nepal. 

Which UNESCO World Heritage Sites tour in Kathmandu?

Swyombhunath Stupa ( Monkey Temple) , Kathmandu Durbar( Hanuman Dhoka Durbar), Pashupatinath Temple and Bouddhanath Stuap are the 4 popular World Heritage Sites tour in Kathmandu. 

Swyombhunath Stupa is also known as Monkey temple as hundreds of monkeys are seen in its premises as it is surrounded by deep woods all round. The Swyombhunath Stuap is the tallest point of the Kathmandu city from where one can view entire Kathmandu Valley including mesmerizing Lamjung Himal. A big ceremony is held at Swyombhunath Area on the occasion of Buddha Purnina ( the birthday of lord Budda) in the month of March. 

Swyombhunath stupa is a popular destination for offering a holy prayer to Gautam Buddha and also popular for refreshments walks, exercises and observing magnificent arts and architecture. Swyombhunath Stupa is 30 minutes walk from center Thamel. 

Kathmandu Durbar Square also popular as Hanuman Dhoka Durbar has a palace from 12-13 th century with ancient weapons and objects. The woodworks here are marvelous to witness. More importantly, holy Kumari, the living goddess, Kasthamandap and grand Bhairav Statue are the major attractions of Kathmandu Durbar Square. For certain time, Kathmandu Durbar Square was closed for the visitors as the 2015 earth hit it and was under renovation. But now, it is officially reopened for the visitors. If you go to Kathmandu Durbar Square in the evening, you will enjoy a beautiful atmosphere and holy prayers with cool breeze. The Kathmandu Durbar Square is 20 minutes walk from central Thamel. On the way to Kathmandu Durbar Square, one can visit and buy the stuffs in traditional Ason Bazaar. 

Pashupatinath Temple is a world famous Hindu pilgrimage site located at the bank of holy Bagmati river. The temple has a massive temple furnished with gold and silver at its out layer with a magnificent steeple at the top. The temples also has a giant bull which safeguards god Shiva and many other idols all round. The Hindus all round the world go there to offer a holy prayer to god Shiva. Actually, it is believed that Kedarnath ( India) and Pashupatinath (Nepal) are two sides of same coin. 

Pashipatinath temple and its premises like Bagmati riverbank is the only cremation site for Hindus in Kathmandu Valley. One can observe various cremation sites and activities while exploring Pashupatinath Temple . 

Bouddhanath Stupa is a sacred Buddhist pilgrimage Site in Kathmandu. The stupa is grand and massive completely dedicated to lord Buddha. Both domestic and International visitors find the stupa very special with serene surrounding and holy colorful Buddhist prayer flags.

How many UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in Nepal?

Nepal owns 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Kathmandu valley and rests of the 3 are out the valley. Cultural, religious and historical World Heritage Sites are: Swyombhunath Stupa, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, BOuddhanath Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Changunarayan Temple and Lumbini. 

The natural World Heritage Sites in Nepal are Chitwan National Park and Sagarmatha National Park. Chitwan National Park is popular for jungle safari and one-horned rhino and royal Bengali tiger and Sagarmatha Natiional Park is popular for alpine species of animals and plants with the most popular Everest Base Camp Trek. 


Which two national parks of Nepal have been listed fall UNESCO World Heritage Sites?

Chitwan National Park and Sagarmatha National Park of Nepal have been listed in UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Chitwan National Park is located in the Terai belt of Nepal which is popular for jungle safari and other jungle activities. Most importantly, Chitwan National Park is popular for One-horned rhino and Royal Bengali Tiger. 

Sagarmatha National Park is the world highest national park located in Solukhumbu district of Nepal. The national park holds various species of plants and animals like fir, juniper, birch, pine, rhododendron, Himalayan Thar, Himalayan Blue Sheep, Snow Leopard and also popular for Yeti. It serves the trekkers and adventure seekers with various trekking and climbing trails like Everest Base Camp Trek, Gokyo Valley Trek, Island Peak Climbing, Everest Three Passes Trek and Everest View Trek. The most popular and world highest mountain base camp, Everest Base Camp (5364m) is located in Sagarmatha National Park. 

Which unesco world heritage sites tour in Kathmandu?

The UNESCO World Heritage site tour in Kathmandu are Kathmandu Durbar Square or Bashantapur Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa ( Monkey Temple) , Bouddhanath Stupa and Pashupatinath Temple. If you are looking for the world heritage sites in Kathmandu valley, it includes Patan Durbar Square, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple. Actually, It takes at least 2 days to go and explore all world heritage sites located in Kathmandu valley including Patan and Bhaktapur. If you want to visit only world heritage located in Kathmandu city, it takes at least a full day to explore 4 world heritages tour to Bashantapur Durbar Square, Monkey Temple, Bouddhanath Stupa and Pashupatinath Temple.

Why did Unesco list various site of Kathmandu in the World Heritage List?

The 7 world heritage sites from Kathmandu valley are listed in UNESCO. Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa (Monkey Temple), Pashupatinath Temple, Patan Durbar Square, Bouddhnatha Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and Changunarayan Temple are UNESCO Heritage Sites from Kathmandu valley. These heritages sites of Kathmandu valley are also known as real 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites and a must visit sites while one is in Kathmandu for any kind of purpose. 

UNESCO has listed 7 world heritage sites from Kathmandu valley as they carry age-long history, civilization, culture, religion and arts and architectures. People who go to visit UNESCO Sites in Kathmandu Nepal can experience and observe marvelous pieces of history, culture, civilization, arts and architectures, inscriptions on woods, copper and stones. These UNESCO Sites in Nepal are grand, massive and astoundingly magnificent to explore and visit and fascinate thousands of travelers from the world every day. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu Nepal are worth visiting. You won’t waste your money if you plan to visit World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO in Kathmandu and all over Nepal. 

How many heritages is to be celebrated in the world heritage sites?

There are, actually, 10 World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO in Nepal. 7 World Heritage Sites are in Kathmandu Valley and 3 are outside of the Kathmandu Valley. If you are in Kathmandu, you can visit and explore 7 World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO. It normally takes minimum 2 days to explore them but people do Kathmandu Day Tour to 7 World Heritage Sites in 7-8 hours in the same day.

Kumari Ghar or Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swyombhunath Stupa ( Monkey Temple), Krishna Mandir and Patan Durbar Square, Pashupatinath Temple, Bouddhanath Stupa, Changunarayan Temple and Bhaktapur Durbar Square with mueums and palaces are the 7 UNESCO World Heritage Sites located in Kathmandu Valley. Lumbini, the holy birthplace of Lord Buddha, Sagarmatha National Park, the national park located at the highest elevation of the world and Chitwan National Park, the first national park of Nepal listed by UNESCO as World Heritage Site. 

The Everest Base Camp Trek takes you through Sagarmatha National Park, Chitwan Safari Activities are beautiful to do in Chitwan National Park and one can go to Lumbini, the birthplace of Gautama Buddha via Chitwan. So, if you want a comprehensive and wild exploration of World Heritage Sites of UNESCO, you can go with UNESCO World Heritage Sites Tour 10 days. There are some exciting World Heritage Sites Tour in Kathmandu valley like 7 Real World Heritage Sites 2 days and Day Tour to World Heritage Sites Kathmandu. These are must do and must experience tours to UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu Valley. 

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Art representing various natural and cultutal heritages of Nepal