ORIENTATION

Bhaktapur rises uo on the northern bank of the Hanumante River.Public buses,minibuses and taxis from Kathmandu stop at Navpokhu Polhari on the western edge of town.Both are a short walk from the city center.

For the visitors,Bhaktapur od really a town of one carving road-the old trade route to Tibet-that links several squares.From the bus stop at Navpokhu Pokhari you come first to Durbar Sq,then Taumadhi Tole with its famous five-storey Nyatapola Temple,then to Tachupal Tole.