pokhara.city

The city, today.

What you can see today, where to eat and stay, the walks into the hills, and how the rest of the city works.

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Now 21° Mostly clear
Nepal time
Wed 16 Sep, 23:04
Machhapuchhre
Likely visible
Paragliding
Looks flyable
Air quality
46 · Good

On the map

All places
Nature Phewa Lake Lakeside Daylight Landmark Tal Barahi Temple Lakeside Daylight Landmark Sarangkot sunrise Sarangkot 04:30–07:30 Landmark World Peace Pagoda Pame / Peace Pagoda 05:00–18:00 Nature Begnas Lake Begnas & Rupa Daylight Activity Paragliding Sarangkot 07:30–12:00

Neighborhoods

  1. Lakeside Baidam. The tourist shore: boats, bakeries, live music, guesthouses, and Lakeside prices. Walk it north–south in twenty minutes.
  2. Damside Quieter end of Phewa, closer to the dam, Devi’s Fall, and the road out. Fewer menus in English, better mountain angles.
  3. Mahendrapul The actual city. Banks, cloth shops, dal-bhat, buses. Come here when Lakeside starts to feel like a set.
  4. Chipledhunga New Road, Prithvi Chowk, the commercial grid. Hospitals, offices, and the kind of lunch a clerk actually eats.
  5. Sarangkot The ridge for sunrise and take-off. Stay up here if you want the mountains in the window and the lake below.
  6. Begnas & Rupa The other lakes. Twenty-odd kilometres east. Weekends, fish, and a Pokhara that is not Lakeside.
  7. Pame / Peace Pagoda The far shore. Boat across, climb to the stupa, or walk the dirt road around. Monkeys, forest, the city as a model.

Treks

All treks
Teahouse Poon Hill (Ghorepani) 3,210 m 3–4 days Sparse Mardi Himal 4,500 m 4–5 days Teahouse Annapurna Base Camp 4,130 m 7–10 days

The usual

Today
Most nights Lakeside live music Lakeside Most nights from ~20:00 Most nights Rooftop happy hour Lakeside Most evenings, ~17:00–20:00 Most nights Street 16 late Lakeside Most nights from ~21:00 Daily Sarangkot dawn Sarangkot Most mornings before 7:00