Patan’s famous cityscape has not changed much!Patan, or Lalitpur as it’s known locally, is one of the central attractions in the Kathmandu Valley. It’s known as the “city of artists”. After the 2015 earthquake people said Patan had been flattened. This is simply not true. Patan lost over five temples. However some are not even visible to most people. If you’ve never been to Patan you might not even notice that there had been an earthquake at all! One big photo of Patan shows it allAs you can see from this photograph overlooking Patan Durbar Square it still looks fabulous. Indeed it makes Kathmandu’s own Durbar Square look dull in comparison What’s more, with new hotels opening up in the area you could wake up to a view like this in the morning. That’s pretty great! I took this photograph just a few weeks ago during monsoon season. So do excuse the clouds. I’ll be back soon to do a comparison shot as right now it’s all blue sky!
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We’ve been following your site for quite sometime. It’s so valuable to our planning. Great to see Patan still looking lovely.
Nice to have your reading along!
Looks like a stunning place. Wonder how big media got it so wrong. Ah, bad news sells.
Exactly.
Beautiful photograph and wonderfully enchanting looking place. I hope the rest of Nepal looks like this for our visit.
Thank you. Yes, there are many more enchanting places to visit in Nepal. Stay tuned.
Looks stunning. Very little difference between this and the cover of your book
Nice of you to notice! Yes, there are two temples missing from before the earthquake that you will see on the cover.
Do they normally let grass grow on the temple like that?
During monsoon season it’s very hard to stop it from happening. But yes, the temples are not as maintained as they should be.
Love the sentiments here. Keep them coming ….
Thank you, will try.
Looks like a stunning place to visit. Thanks for the update.
During monsoon season it’s very hard to stop it from happening. But yes, the temples are not as maintained as they should be.
It’s great to see live photos like this of Nepal. It’s has so much bad press. Please keep it up!
Bad press is sometimes needed. But regarding the earthquake and tourism there’s very little difference that most tourist will see in Patan.
This looks like a beautiful place! I just came across your site and love it!
Top photo Dave. Love following your travels in Nepal. Your passion and empathy for the country and its people is terrific. We’re heading back in December and will definitely visit Patan. Cheers mate