Kathmandu Durbar Square and Historic Market Walk
Meet your tour guide and take a walk through New Road, situated east of Durbar Square. Here, you can purchase high-quality imported luxury items. A couple of small shops on New Road are dedicated to the traditional musical instruments of Nepal, such as fiddles and flutes, and a traditional souvenir sold here is the khukri, a traditional knife.
Continue to Durbar Square (Basantapur Darbar Kshetra). Dealers in Durbar Square sell a multitude of Tibetan-style curios. These tempting artifacts, made of silver, turquoise, coral, or ivory, are mainly fake, though you can still find some interesting items such as ethnic jewellery in gold and silver.
Reach Freak Street, situated south of Durbar Square. It is a fun place to shop for Tibetan woollen garments, jackets, and mittens. Among Nepal's famous bargains are kit bags, caps, and clothes made from black felt with rainbow fringes.
Visit Makhan Tole, situated north of the famous Durbar Square. This area is popular among shoppers because numerous dealers sell Thangka or Paubhā and other fine arts here. A thangka is a form of art widespread in Tibet. It is a piece of silk on which Buddhist deities or mandalas are embroidered. A Paubhā represents the Nepali version of thangka, on which the painting is done.
Head towards Indra Chowk, one of the ceremonial and market squares on the artery passing through the historic section of Kathmandu. Its temples and bazaar draw streams of pilgrims and shoppers. The intersection of Indrachok, along with Maru, Kathmandu Durbar Square, Makhan, Jana Bahal, Asan, and Naxal, forms a vibrant market street.
Explore Asan market, a residential square in central Kathmandu near the Annapurna temple and the Ganesha shrine. The bazaar at Asan attracts shoppers from all over Kathmandu because of the tremendous variety of merchandise sold here, ranging from foodstuffs, spices, and textiles to electronics and bullion.
Reach Thamel, a popular tourist destination in Kathmandu that grew up between two of the original hotels, the Kathmandu Guesthouse and Hotel Utse. Even though Thamel has been referred to as the
