White pavilions
Columns and arches.
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A neo-classical European-style garden created in 1920 for a prince of the ruling Rana family, also called the Garden of Six Seasons. It covers about seven thousand square metres behind high walls in the heart of Kathmandu's busiest quarter. It has elegant white pavilions with columns and arches, a small grassy amphitheatre, ponds and fountains, pergolas and ornate stone urns, colourful flowerbeds, shade trees and bamboo. After decades of neglect it was restored with Austrian help in the early 21st century and reopened. Residents and visitors come to escape the crowds and dust of Thamel for its calm, sitting on the lawns or on benches among the trees, with an elegant café and restaurant. It stays open into the evening. Foreigners pay NPR 400, per visitor guides, and the garden opens from 9 am to 10 pm. The clearest months are October to December and March to April; the monsoon runs from June to September.
Columns and arches.
Calm.
Among trees.
Kaiser Mahal, near Thamel, central Kathmandu
On the edge of Thamel in central Kathmandu, behind high walls, open from 9 am to 10 pm.
