Patan Industrial Estate

Patan


Despite the unpromising name, this tourist-oriented crafts complex boasts a number of workshop showrooms selling high-quality carpets, woodcarvings and metalwork, if you have a special interest. It’s around 500m southeast of Lagankhel bus stand.


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Nearby Patan attractions

1. Lagan (Southern) Stupa

0.17 MILES

One of four Ashoka stupas marking the old city limits of Patan. Located south of the Lagankhel bus stand, crowning a hilltop and offering good views over…

2. Uku Bahal

0.42 MILES

South of the Mahabouddha Temple, this ancient Buddhist monastery is one of the best known in Patan. The main courtyard is jam-packed with statuary and…

3. Mahabouddha Temple

0.49 MILES

As you step through the entryway of this hard-to-find courtyard in the southeast of Patan, the temple suddenly looms above you, crammed in like a plant…

4. Minnath Temple

0.51 MILES

Just 200m south of I Baha Bahi, a large water tank marks the entrance to a courtyard strewn with wooden beams. In the centre is the brightly painted, two…

5. Rato Machhendranath Temple

0.53 MILES

Almost directly across the road from the Minnath Temple, down an alley, a white-columned gateway leads to the wide, open square containing the revered…

6. I Baha Bahi

0.61 MILES

Just a one-minute walk south of Durbar Sq, a large doorway flanked by black lions with Cheshire-cat grins leads to a quiet bahal containing the I Baha…

7. Bhandarkhal Water Tank

0.7 MILES

To the east of Sundari Chowk is the recently restored Bhandarkhal water tank, once the main water supply for the palace and featuring a charming…

8. Sundari Chowk

0.7 MILES

South of Mul Chowk is the smaller Sundari Chowk, arranged around a superbly carved sunken water tank known as the Tusha Hiti. The chowk was restored in…