Madhyapur Thimi
Madhyapur-Thimi, also known as Thimi, is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal.
Madhyapur-Thimi, also known as Thimi, is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. Thimi lies between Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. It is one of the ancient cultural and historical places along the trade route from Bhaktapur to Kathmandu. The city is situated on elevated land and occupies an area of 11.47 square kilometres (4.43 sq mi), divided into nine administrative wards.
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Worth seeing in and around Madhyapur Thimi
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Pashupati, considered a manifestation of Shiva. Located on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, the temple is one of the oldest and most significant religious complexes in South Asia.
4.7 km · Hindu temple in Kathmandu · Wikipedia - 02Patan Durbar Square
Patan Durbar Square is situated at the centre of the city of Lalitpur in Nepal. It is one of the three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
5.6 km · square in Lalitpur, Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Bhaktapur Durbar Square
Bhaktapur Durbar Square is a former royal palace complex located in Bhaktapur, Nepal. It housed the Malla kings of Nepal from 14th to 15th century and the kings of the Kingdom of Bhaktapur from 15th to late 18th century until the kingdom was conquered in 1769.
4.7 km · Royal square in Bhaktapur, Nepal · Wikipedia - 04Singha Durbar
Singha Durbar is a palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The palace complex lies in the centre of Kathmandu, to the north of Babar Mahal and Thapathali Durbar and east of Bhadrakali Temple.
5.9 km · palace in Kathmandu, Nepal · Wikipedia - 05Nyatapola Temple
Nyātāpola is a five tiered temple located in the central part of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It is the tallest monument within the city and is also the tallest temple of Nepal.
4.8 km · Hindu temple in Bhaktapur, Nepal · Wikipedia - 06Guhyeshwari Temple
Guhyeshwari Temple, also spelled Guheswari or Gujeshwari, is a Hindu temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. The temple is a Shakta pitha and is about 1 km east of Pashupati Kshetra and is located on the southern bank of the Bagmati River.
4.4 km · Nepalese Hindu temple · Wikipedia - 07Nepal National Library
The Nepal National Library is the legal deposit and copyright library of Nepal under the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
1.2 km · national library · Wikipedia - 08Kumbheshwar Temple
Kumbheshwar Temple is one of the oldest Hindu temples, situated 200m from the northern part of Patan Durbar Square. It was built in the 14th century by King Jayasthiti Malla which makes it the oldest temple in Patan.
5.5 km · Hindu temple in Lalitpur, Nepal · Wikipedia - 09Hiranya Varna Mahavihar
Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra, also Kwa Baha: informally called The Golden Temple with literal meaning "Gold-colored Great Monastery", is a historical vihara situated in Patan, Nepal.
5.7 km · newar Buddhist temple in Nepal · Wikipedia - 10Patan Museum
The Patan Museum is a museum located in Patan, Lalitpur, Nepal. The museum falls under the UNESCO's World Heritage Sites.
5.6 km · history museum in Lalitpur, Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Madhyapur Thimi
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 3 km · Pokhara (PHH), 146 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 195 km
- Stations
- Tribhuvan International Airport, 3 km
- Pokhara → Madhyapur Thimi154 km · quickest by road, 4h 1m · ₨770–1,030
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Madhyapur Thimi192 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · ₨980–1,300
- Siliguri → Madhyapur Thimi320 km · quickest by road, 7h 9m · ₹3,120–3,900
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Madhyapur Thimi
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Madhyapur Thimi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt is entirely possible to trek from one village to another in the Valley (some examples below), otherwise it is easy to hire a taxi or take local buses to get around the Kathmandu Valley.
- Go nextA good centre for trekking, most notably to the Annapurna area.
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Next door to Madhyapur Thimi
Madhyapur Thimi is 6 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lalitpurcity in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal4.8 km
- Bhaktapurmunicipality in Bhaktapur District, Nepal4.6 km
- Bhaktapur Districtdistrict of Nepal3.7 km
- Kathmandu Districtdistrict of Nepal5.3 km
- Sundarijalhuman settlement in Nepal6 km
- Kageshwari-Manoharamunicipality in Kathmandu District, Nepal5.8 km