Patan

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Patan is a one of the largest cities in Nepal and is located just across the Bagmati river from Kathmandu. Confusingly, it is also known as Lalitpur, both names deriving from the Sanskrit "Lalitapattan".

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Chapagaon is a village in Lalitpur district. Chapagaon Travel Guide »
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  • Patan is the sistercity of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, and one of the 3 royal cities in Nepal (Kathmandu, Patan and Bakhtapur). The whole Kathmandu valley is really worth a visit, although the air quality is not the best. There is a lot to see: from old palaces to stupas and cremation areas, where …  Christian T.
  • the best part of patan is the museum in the square. you have to pay a fee to enter the historic square (a couple of dollars) and then you can pay for entrance to the museum (another few dollars). it is totally worth it though; this is one of the best museums i've seen. in an old historic building …  Julia P.
  • this city is filled with temples and beautiful buildings.the architecture is amazing......................splendid!!  Bandana P.
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Patan Travel Guide is based on Patan by Sylvain Pelissier, Kanchan Chitrakar, David, Ryan Holliday, Roundtheworld, Morph, WindHorse, iGuide and others. Patan Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.