Patan or Lalitpur city, a tour of few hours with a short drive to the second largest city of Nepal which is within Kathmandu valley close to the southern end of Kathmandu city separated by a bridge over Bagmati River, at one time a separate independent kingdom during the regime of Malla period from 6th to 7th Centaury till 17th C before it was united into a bigger Nepal.
Patan also known at present with its old name Lalitpur, means city of arts with beauty and grace, which was planned on a circular format with four Buddhist stupas at each corner of the city at present dominated by more building as the place expanded to a modern city retaining its historical and cultural importance.
Patan where one can visit for few hours tour around its famous Durbar Square, Hiranya Varna Mahavibar, Kumbheshwar, Jagat Narayan, Krishna Temple, Mahaboudba, Rudra Varna Mahavihar, Machchhendranath, and Tibetan Refugee Camp with Patan Industrial and witness metal-clay-wood work and other craftsmanship made in this place of cultural and religiously significance.
The areas offer views of mountains with the Ganesh-Langtang-Jugal Himal range of peaks towards the north direction.
