{"id":56,"date":"2007-12-31T13:41:47","date_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/pokhara-nepal\/"},"modified":"2007-12-31T13:41:47","modified_gmt":"2007-12-31T13:41:47","slug":"pokhara-nepal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/pokhara-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"Pokhara, Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pokhara<\/strong> is <a href=\"\/travel-guide\/asia\/nepal\">Nepal&#8217;s<\/a> second city and a<br \/>\n<strong>recommended<\/strong> stop for travelers.\u00a0 Phewa Tal, the beautiful<br \/>\n<strong>lake<\/strong>, is surrounded\u00a0by green hills with a striking Himalayan backdrop.\u00a0 The lakeside<br \/>\narea is the place to visit.\u00a0 With a main street that is<br \/>\nsimilar to the Thamel region of Kathmandu, but less hectic, with every service a<br \/>\ntraveler could want.\u00a0 But it is easy to escape the commercial side, and<br \/>\nwith a short walk, bike ride or row into the lake you will find complete peace and quiet.<\/p>\n<p>There is lots to do in Pokhara, with a<br \/>\nlake,\u00a0trekking on the Annapurna range, mountain biking, rafting, kayaking, Paragliding<br \/>\nand more.\u00a0 This is a good place to spend<br \/>\na long time.<\/p>\n<h2>Things to do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Trekking<\/strong> &#8211; lots<br \/>\nof choices including access to the Annapurna range.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rafting<\/strong> and <strong>kayaking<\/strong> &#8211; take a trip down one of the<br \/>\nmany rivers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rent a boat<\/strong> on<br \/>\nthe Phewa Tal lake, visit the Varahi Mandir temple in the middle, row over to<br \/>\nthe World Peace Pagoda, or just<br \/>\nfloat around on the water.<\/li>\n<li>Try <strong>paragliding<\/strong><br \/>\nat the best place in the subcontinent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rent a mountain bike<\/strong> and explore the roads and villages around Pokhara, which are<br \/>\nmuch quieter.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rent a motorbike<\/strong><br \/>\nand explore further afield.<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy the amazing Annapurna range views from<br \/>\n<strong>Sarangkot<\/strong> .<\/li>\n<li>Walks\n<ul>\n<li>Walk to the beautiful hilltop <strong>World Peace<br \/>\nPagoda<\/strong>, with its magnificent views.<\/li>\n<li>Walk north through the town and along the lakeside<br \/>\nfor stunning views.<\/li>\n<li>Walk right around the lake, you&#8217;ll need to start<br \/>\nearly in the day though.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Visit the excellent <strong>International<br \/>\nMountain Museum<\/strong>, further out of town.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Devil&#8217;s Fall<\/strong> &#8211; where the stream<br \/>\ndisappears underground with great force and noisy.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the <strong>Tibetan settlements<\/strong>outside of town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Transport<\/h2>\n<h3>Getting to and from Pokhara<\/h3>\n<p>There are regular buses to the following destinations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/kathmandu-to-pokhara\/#buses\">Kathmandu<\/a> &#8211; there are a few things to do between <a href=\"\/travel-guide\/asia\/nepal\/places-between-kathmandu-and-pokhara\">Pokhara and<br \/>\nKathmandu<\/a> .<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/royal-chitwan-national-park-nepal\/\">Royal<br \/>\nChitwan National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Indian border &#8211; Sunauli is the closest border town,<br \/>\nbut others include Mahendrangar, Nepalganj, Birganj and Kakarbhita.<\/li>\n<li>Various trekking<br \/>\nroutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are regular flights<br \/>\nto:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kathmandu<\/li>\n<li>Jomsom<\/li>\n<li>Manang<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Getting around<br \/>\nPokhara<\/h3>\n<p>The lakeside area is small and you only need your<br \/>\nfeet.\u00a0 Get a taxi to Sarangkot, and other further a field places.<br \/>\n<strong>Bicycles<\/strong> cost NRS100 per day.\u00a0 You can rent<br \/>\n<strong>motorcycles<\/strong> for NRS350 per day, look around<br \/>\nthough.<\/p>\n<h2>Facilities\u00a0in Pokhara<\/h2>\n<p>There are lots of <strong>travel agents<\/strong> in the<br \/>\ncentral area of the lakeside town.\u00a0 Most are reputable.<br \/>\n<em>Wayfarers<\/em><br \/>\nare reliable.<\/p>\n<p>There are loads of <strong>Internet<\/strong> places with<br \/>\nmoderate speed, but cheap.\u00a0 USB access, CD burning and printing are<br \/>\navailable.\u00a0 WiFi is available at the MoonDance restaurant, but it&#8217;s the same<br \/>\nprice as an Internet cafe.\u00a0 There are only a couple of <strong>mobile<br \/>\nphone<\/strong> networks, but coverage is ok.\u00a0 Local and international<br \/>\n<strong>phone calls<\/strong> are available at most Internet places, but they&#8217;re<br \/>\nnot so cheap.<\/p>\n<h2>Accommodation in Pokhara<\/h2>\n<p>If, after the bustle of Kathmandu, you want a peaceful hotel head to the east or northern lakeside area. Hotels here are amongst small farms and many have great views of the Himalayas.<\/p>\n<h3>East Lakeside<\/h3>\n<p>East lakeside is set amongst small farms and residences,<br \/>\nbut no lake views.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Orient Youth<br \/>\nHostel<\/strong><br \/>\nt: 522619<br \/>\ne: hotelorient@hotmail.com<br \/>\nNRS300 &#8211; NRS450.<br \/>\nA lovely quiet, family<br \/>\nrun hotel with clean neat rooms. More expensive rooms upstairs have great views<br \/>\nof the Himalayas. Very quiet area, overlooking small farms.<\/p>\n<p>North Lakeside<\/p>\n<p>Quieter than the central area, the quiet road passes by, but the lake views are stunning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Banana Garden Lodge<\/strong><br \/>\nt:<br \/>\n542401<br \/>\nNRS150<br \/>\nA bright budget guesthouse right on<br \/>\nthe very edge of town.\u00a0 The views from the balcony are amazing.\u00a0 The friendly owners keep a lovely garden and provide\u00a0good Nepali meals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Namaste Lodge<br \/>\n<\/strong>NRS100 without<br \/>\nbathroom<\/p>\n<p>Next door to Banana Garden Lodge, with simple rooms.\u00a0 Upstairs rooms are the best.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pokhara is Nepal&#8217;s second city and a recommended stop for travelers.\u00a0 Phewa Tal, the beautiful lake, is surrounded\u00a0by green hills with a striking Himalayan backdrop.\u00a0 The lakeside area is the place to visit.\u00a0 With a main street that is similar to the Thamel region of Kathmandu, but less hectic, with every service a traveler could [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}